Fried Pickles are very good, so are Fried Mushrooms. And my old job Bennigan's had GREAT fried broccoli balls

Fried pickles.....yuuuum. There is a resturant in Auburn that has the best fried pickles :)

Mrs. Bridge's Pantry cannot be used as a valid reference because a. it's in Connecticut and b. they serve crumpets with jam and clotted cream. That's blasphemy! Crumpets are to be eaten with butter and butter only! :P

Beans on toast is The dietary staple and spaghetti on toast is a variant. Most people will say, 'cor I really fancy beans on toast', not spaghetti. Even though it's the sauce that makes the meal worth it, which can be acquired from either baked beans or canned spaghetti.
Also, you can't really make beans on toast over here. The bread is too small so there are too many beans! Though I did make some the other week, after procuring a rare can of English baked-beany goodness.

I did try Fridays' 3 meat fondito (or however you say it.) THAT is one excellent skillet of cheesy meaty goodness.

/just saw the ads for the other New Appetizers...

And what precisely is wrong with Connecticut?? Connecticut is in New England, after all... ;)

I still hold to my position that they are both current dietary staples - whether beans on toast predated spaghetti on toast or not.

-- aephi alum, whose British mother never served her either one

ETA: There's a great little store called UK Gourmet that sells a number of food items that are hard to find outside the UK, including sweets, very good bangers, and many different varieties of cheese. It's in Connecticut too. :p

There's a store in MA called British Delights where I go squeal like a schoolgirl every few months :D But good to know about the other one in the area. There's nothing wrong with CT...it's a pahkin' lot!

EDIT: That website is an eyesore but it's making me drool. They have way more stuff than British Delights, at least fresh food wise. Sausages, sausage rolls, steak and kidney pie, bacon, and all the sweets in the world. I'm only two hours away...I think I'll be popping in for a visit :D

That is part of the reason why San Francisco is great, the only chain "casual dining" restaurants within city limits are Chevy's and the cheesecake factory. We have no PF changs, Chilis, Friday's, or any of that OH WAIT I LIE, we have 1 Olive Garden too.

I did try fried pickles for the first time last night, and I have to say, I thought they were pretty tasty.

Wow.

I tried it earlier today. It wasn't bad, but nothing I would make a special trip there to eat.

Had lunch with my cousin at fridays the other day. we tried the potato dippers (can't remember the name) they were actually pretty good. not to greasy (that is what I was worried about) and the stuff to dip them in was a queso type sauce that was very good. Of course we both got salads so we could eat that, but still it was worth it since it was on sale too.