York, England
In which I encounter sauces, Shambles and Snickelways, and fall head over heels in love with England.
{York, England}
“Do you want any sauces with that? “
This is our third meal in England and the third meal in a row a server has asked this very question. The first two times I just respond no thank you, but this time I decide to be brave and ask: what kind of sauces? And the server looks at me like I am absolutely crazy.
“I don’t know, red sauce, brown sauce….you know.”
Actually, I don’t. I have no idea what brown sauce is. Red sauce I guess is similar to ketchup, but are there other sauces? And if so, what are they?
I google it, but the results are inconclusive.
This is, of course, the first of many times I will resort to googling when trying to order food in the UK. What is a bap? What is a traybake? What is a parkin? What is a flapjack? Are mushy peas different than regular peas? How? What is gammon? What do you call bacon in the UK, because I think I know what bacon is and that’s not it. (answer: streaky bacon) What, for the love of God, is a fat rascal?