It sometimes takes me a while...

[mrv3000]

Ianto: [on phone] Yes, I'd like a Pepperoni Feast and some coleslaw.

Me: Uh... Oh! Betcha a "Pepperoni Feast" is something like "Toad in a Hole in a Log Next to a Mushroom." The British are adorable.

[later on the show]

Pizza Girl: [arrives]

Me: [thinks nothing of it]

[a day later as David Johnson is babbling about the stock market and the banking scandal in France...]

Me: WAIT. PIZZA AND COLESLAW???


So. Is this a British thing? Or is Ianto off his nut?

Comments

[vicki595.livejournal.com]

Off his nut.

I adore coleslaw, but not with pizza omg!

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Okay, GOOD. Because EW!!

[fauxkaren.livejournal.com]

haha. I never noticed that!

My vote goes to it being a British thing. When I spent a few weeks over in Britain a couple of summers ago, I noticed that they serve coleslaw as a side to dishes WAY more than we do in the states.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Really? I never knew! I always think of it as this big Southern thing, and something they throw at you at KFC, but beyond that...

[katesutton.livejournal.com]

You know what is disgusting? I know you want to know. Coleslaw on barbecue sandwiches. Whyyy? It's SOGGY.

[aj.livejournal.com]

But not actually disgusting outside of the soggy.

WHAT?

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I kinda like that. :D I'm not always in the mood for it, but sometimes.

[sethoz.livejournal.com]

While I don't eat it EVER, Coleslaw is often served with Pizza over here yeah.

It's not the only dubious side-dish that we Brit's apparently like with our pizza, some of it is mind boggling.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Coleslaw is often served with Pizza over here yeah.

:-O

It's not the only dubious side-dish that we Brit's apparently like with our pizza, some of it is mind boggling.

I think I'm afraid to ask.

[icepixie]

These people put corn on their pizza. And tuna. Coleslaw as a side item sounds almost normal after that.

(I mean, as normal as cabbage, vinegar, sugar, and mayonaise slopped together can. UGH.)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

These people put corn on their pizza. And tuna. Coleslaw as a side item sounds almost normal after that.

EEP! Although...I do admit I like shrimp pesto pizza. Or there's this one with prosciutto and artichoke hearts that I love. MMMMMM.

[solielle.livejournal.com]

Ha! I didn't even think about that! But then, after Japan, nothing pizza related surprises me. (And I will never use "pointing to the menu" as an effective communication tool again!)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

HA! Well yeah. On the global scale of things, coleslaw as a pizza side: not that weird.

[principia-coh.livejournal.com]

Sugared popcorn, ketchup that is either a thick red sugar solution or dyed vinegar, candies that primarily feature almonds not having, well, almonds, the aforementioned corn (maize) on pizza, french fry sandwiches, meatballs wrapped in intestines, eels stewed in their own ick and left to sit there, puddings and sausages featuring blood as the main ingredient... and coleslaw with pizza is strange to you?

Which is not to say I don't enjoy some of the above (I like kettle corn, which is pretty sugary, and chip butties sound intriguing if horrid for you), but still.

Of course, we eat some weird crap in this country (mmm, mmm, pickled pigs' feet... would you like that spicy or mild?), so I'd be interested to hear what horrifies a Brit.

As to the matter of coleslaw on barbecue, when it's in the correct combination of type of coleslaw, type of 'cue and quality of roll, it's a really good combination. Serving large-chunk, wet, mayonnaise-based sweet coleslaw on St. Louis-style barbecue with a hamburger bun is a disaster waiting to happen.

[ginamak.livejournal.com]

Hey, now, we do french fry po-boys in New Orleans, so that's not too weird.

Then again, I've never actually seen anyone eat one.

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

BUHA!

I feel like I've learned so much about Britain today.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Now no one can ever say I didn't learn something because of Torchwood.

[fairygnomes.livejournal.com]

I've never had (or indeed, been offered) coleslaw with a pizza. With a burger in a restaurant yes. but not pizza. KFC try to make you eat it with everything though.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever seen it even offered with burgers before. Well...maybe in a sit-down restaurant if they have a large number of sides to choose from.

[misssimm.livejournal.com]

Um I know you can order it separately, but on a pizza? I've never seen any of the main places over here offer that as an option!

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I was boggling about it being a side to pizza actually. :D Your strange ways frighten and confuse me!

[nel-ani.livejournal.com]

Coleslaw *on* the pizza?

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Nonono. Just as a side. But that's pretty foreign to me. In my mind, coleslaw shows up at outdoor BBQs and KFC, and that's about it. :D

[asgaja.livejournal.com]

I'm adding my vote to the whole regional thing but then again we usually have a type of coleslaw with our pizzas here in Sweden too.. and although it might seem odd, it is really kind of good.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's the type of coleslaw I'm used to that's throwing me. Is it mayo-based?

[rjrog77.livejournal.com]

Coleslaw with a pizza? Sure; coleslaw on a pizza? Not so much.

Then again, I'm one for bacon, cheese and strawberry jam sandwiches, so what do I know about disgusting combinations? ;)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I started to ew at that, but then realized I'd take maple syrup on bacon or sausage. It's probably not much different.

[loriel-eris.livejournal.com]

I very rarely have pizza takeaway, but he few times I have had it, I vaguely remember there being the option of a little tub of 'side order'. Where 'side order' could include coleslaw. I'd never contemplate having it on my pizza tho.

OK, I went and did some research, read: 30 sec with google looking for Domino's Pizza website. The link goes straight to their 'food' page (where coleslaw is served as a 'dip'). Domino's is the most well known/widespread (as far as I'm aware) pizza take away place, so I figure it's pretty representative. To see our pizza restaurant-ness, Pizza Hut is the best option. Again, it's the most popular/widespread sit-in pizza place. The only other 'pizza' restaurant I can think of is Di Maggios. However, Di Maggios is what I'd class a restaurant (where one would make reservations and is somewhere where one would Go Out To Dinner) whereas I'd say that while Pizza Hut is classier than, say, McDonalds, it's not quite at the level of Somewhere Nice For Dinner (ie Di Maggios), if that makes sense.

Thus endeth more than you even wanted to know about pizzas in the UK. *g*

[tripocket.livejournal.com]

Huh. So I checked the Domino's menu here in the US..and the only sides they show on the web are bread sticks and such. The Pizza Hut here serves all kinds of stuff, and I think I recall slaw on the menu there.

I prefer my pizza with a side of beer!

[jo-siris.livejournal.com]

Coleslaw as a side with pizza? Yum. I woould not want it on a piza, cos thats just ewww!

yes we brits do have strange eating habits, but zomg so do you guys.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that we do. Can I offer you a corn dog? :D

[selenityshiroi.livejournal.com]

Mmm...coleslaw.

I like coleslaw, and I don't normally like mayonaise products (or any condiment products, to be precise). And, yes, we would have it with pizza. Or KFC. Or chips. Not on, just with. Very much a side dish.

Normally, though, you get it with salad or barbeque foods.

Also, seeing a little hint of pizza topic squick in the comments, my favourite pizza is the Domino's full house pizza: Pepperoni, ham, ground beef, pineapple, sweetcorn, onions, mushrooms, green peppers, cheese...yum.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I think I'd be willing to give corn a try on pizza. We do already have it in a lot of stuff around here - mainly Mexican dishes which you can't go two feet in San Diego without tripping over.

[nandamai]

Coleslaw with a vinegary dressing I could kind of understand. Coleslaw with mayonnaise? EWWWWW.

[kynaii.livejournal.com]

This poor non-french speaking American ordered what I thought was a pizza in Paris, it came out with an egg on it, sunny-side up. *bleah*

[doctor-addict.livejournal.com]

Oh and even Jackie Tyler loves coleslaw with her fast food - think of the new chicken place in Parting of the Ways.

Coleslaw. A National Institution!

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

With chicken I can understand. I'll totally eat it with chicken!

[hyari.livejournal.com]

Here I was all, "OOH!!! 78 comments about David Johnson (I can't help it; it's the twang)," and INSTEAD, I get 78 comments about coleslaw pizza. Which sounds... intriguing!

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Apparently coleslaw is more interesting than David Johnson. Go figure!