I'd say really good cuts of steak and that's about it. Even steak can do with a touch of pepper and a kiss of garlic. It's generally best lightly seasoned though. As flavorful as duck is on its own though why not add seasoning? I like smoked paprika. Although any other traditional way of preparing it is also great. Just nothing though? Why? Fuck the British.
The two world wars, and the subsequent post-war rationing, did an absolute number on our ability to cook decent food. Everyone collectively forgot that you make gravy with the water you use to boil the veg, for instance, and they forgot how to properly spice a roast pork joint. English cooking used to be about bringing the flavours of the ingredients out with careful preparation, but after the 50s it had been reduced to boiling shit until it was white, then covering it in salt and pepper to give it some sort of semblance of a flavour. Blegh. Being the son of a london chef is suffering, when I go to eat meals with other people.
I suspect that instant pots don't do anything that a pressure cooker and getting good doesn't also do.
Stilton is one of the saving graces of English food. It is actually sad how much credit England does not get for cheese. Wensleydale, Cotswold, Double Gloucester, obviously Cheddar, but the vastly underrated Stilton, perhaps the best cheese in the world. I absolutely adore Huntsman, which is basically Double Gloucester layered with Stilton. It combines the mildness of Double Gloucester with the intense flavor of blue Stilton, and is unbelievably good. Fuck you, French people, you could be obliterated tomorrow and cheese would still be delicious.
I highly recommend Brussels sprouts with bacon jam. Find a good recipe and make it. It'll make you cream your pants.
Fuck off, that looks insanely good.
