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[karohemd]

Rubbish British chocolate in danger of becoming even more rubbish

Sadly, I don't have the writing panache of the staff at The Daily Mash so I won't elaborate.

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[mr-malk.livejournal.com]

I jest. I prefer the style of a well-made British sausage to the (generally) much denser German style, but that is probably upbringing (and the inability to resist a bad pun) as much as anything. I did have a German sausage in Switzerland once which was very bizarre though - as well as the meat, there was an even distribution of gristly pellets (about the size of lead shot), that were clearly intentional, but which I found to be scarcely edible.

(I don't know if you've ever watched any of the classic British political sit-com Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister, but there was a wonderful episode wherein a German EEC (as it was then) proposal was put forward to ban British sausages on the grounds that their ingredients were not up to standard. They wanted them renamed as "fatty offal-tubes" or something... but I digress)

Cadbury's chocolate is much lower in cocoa-solids than continental European chocolate, but it's not rubbish. It's just a different style, that does not conform to your own taste expectations (or indeed gastronomically elitist tendencies)!

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I know. :)
Actually, there's no such thing as a German sausage, recipes and styles vary wildly between regions and even towns, down to the individual butcher (one part of the practical master butcher's exam is a new Wurst recipe) and there are certainly ones that aren't to my palate, either, especially the overly fatty ones.

When Yes, Minister was originally on, I was still in Germany but watching it there made little sense as the dub removed any context and much of the humour. I've caught a few episodes as repeats on Gold etc. so yeah, that sounds like a typical thing they would come up with. :) That said, "fatty offal tubes" could be applied to various German sausages I've had, too.

I guess it's the same as beer. The recipes are different but both can be really nice (I really like ales) and horrid.

[mr-malk.livejournal.com]

I see we are in accord!
We should be at Copenhagen!