Do the British still have any of thier empire left today?

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Originally posted by Agelastus
I do live in Britain remember-one McDonald's minimum per small town these days.

Overpriced, lukewarm, often cardboardy burgers, the taste of which they're trying to hide with an overabundance of onion, lettuce etc. You can get better burgers from a street trader (I know, I do!)

Still, the milkshakes are rather nice, though, I will admit.

Oh yeah, I forget Britain (England? UK? Great Britain?) and the US are so similar. My cousin is a Londoner and she found us Americans quite unpleasant ( Hurumph! Imagine locals asking her about her crazy accent! ).
Hmmm.... you like the Milkshakes... I am beginning to think that you do not get the American version of McDonald's Milkshakes...and that maybe your hamburgers are not the same juicy warm ones as ours... though the McDonalds in India and Singapore got everything else the same (minus the beef in India of course- substitute goat!).

ANYWYAS... back to topic: Is McDonalds in the UK evidence of their loss of Empire? If they had the strength to defend their borders..could Ronald McDonald penetrated?

 

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Although McDonald sells dried vomit it's still better than the British cuisine. Apart from its quality the rise of McDonalds food is certainly helped by the rise of the American empire. I therefore predict a growing popularity of Chinese food in the next decennia.

 

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Originally posted by Blade!

ANYWYAS... back to topic: Is McDonalds in the UK evidence of their loss of Empire? If they had the strength to defend their borders..could Ronald McDonald penetrated?

There's a theory that Ronald is the anti-christ and can cross borders with impunity. I actually read this on the web somewhere.

 

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Originally posted by WFHermans
Although McDonald sells dried vomit it's still better than the British cuisine. Apart from its quality the rise of McDonalds food is certainly helped by the rise of the American empire. I therefore predict a growing popularity of Chinese food in the next decennia.

If popularity of cusine were an indicator of the power of empire, Texas would be already split up between China and Mexico.
And of course the UK would be an Indian colony.

 

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Power for a country promotes the popularity of its cuisine. This doesn't mean that a popular cuisine indicates the country it came from is powerful...it can be caused by other factors like the tastiness of the Indian cuisine compared to the British and the colonial past.

 

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Originally posted by WFHermans
Although McDonald sells dried vomit it's still better than the British cuisine. Apart from its quality the rise of McDonalds food is certainly helped by the rise of the American empire. I therefore predict a growing popularity of Chinese food in the next decennia.

I don't think it can grow in popularity around here, they're already everywhere. Maybe China has reversed your theory and is trying to reach empire through the kitchen.
Chinese restaraunts are second only to pizza places in a lot of cities. Good, too, though like most transplanted cusines, they aren't a whole lot like the original.

 

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Originally posted by WFHermans
Power for a country promotes the popularity of its cuisine. This doesn't mean that a popular cuisine indicates the country it came from is powerful...it can be caused by other factors like the tastiness of the Indian cuisine compared to the British and the colonial past.

Hmmmm... I like the UK being a vassal of Bangladesh theory! Of course the recent riots in england show that perhaps they are feeling rapid change?

BTW: Wot's this I hear about deep-fried choclate bars in the UK? MAybe it is just in Scotland, a scotsman was telling me about it.

 

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Germany also has it

 

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Originally posted by SoleSurvivor
Germany also has it

Can't be the same. The Germans make better chocolate.

 

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Consider then British thing a rip or cracked version of it

 

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In any case...German or British..... Wow! That is crazy sounding... I mean how do you keep the choclate from melting? And is it good? I mean what kind of batter is used?
And to keep this On Topic: Is this a sign of British or German imperialism upon the other?

 

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Not exactly.... Not Germany rules but german chocolate so to keep true you must say it's "German Chocolate's imperialism over the world".

 

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Originally posted by SoleSurvivor
Not exactly.... Not Germany rules but german chocolate so to keep true you must say it's "German Chocolate's imperialism over the world".

Schokolade, Schokolade über Alles?

 

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yeah, or

Denn wir essen, schokolade,
Schokolade! gegen Engeland!

 

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http://www.friesian.com/british.htm has a list of the (ex-) British posessions. Have a look (after you finished your choco ofcourse).