I read an interesting article a while back. Rather long but one of the key points was previously spices were expensive and only available to the upper class, and were used in their foods fairly extensively. As spices became more affordable to lower classes they were used, but then the upper class haute cuisine stopped using them because they’d lost their exclusivity. Instead they focused on techniques to highlight a food’s inherent flavor, particularly with things like meat.

To be fair, fish and chips is perfect just the way it is. And as for beans... Well this is Lemmy, is it not?

Mate, you should have some UK food that isn't white man comfort food straight from the freezer. We're a multicultural society now.

First of all, whilst everyone knows about the Anglicisation of Indian curry into the Chicken Tikka Masala, fewer know about the Indianisation of the Full English Breakfast and my GOD is it tasty.

Second; Roast Dinner. Enough said.

Third, if you find yourself in a UK city like London, Birmingham, or Manchester and want a simple meal, look for a Fried Chicken shop that has a huge queue that is ethically diverse. Guaranteed to be a thick chicken burger dripping with sensational spice.

Like seriously, we've had people from food tiktok travel all the way from London to try Miami Crispy in Manchester.

That's just three examples.

There's good and well seasoned food in the UK, you just have to know where to find it, and your best bet is looking for cuisine that is the legacy of empire and immigration that's been adopted by the local population. You know, like how all the best food you can find in the US is either from Italian or Mexican heritage.

This ancient meme brought to you by the people who think their food tastes better simply due to the vast amounts of salt, butter and high fructose corn syrup

Fuckin brave way to eat when you can't afford a heart attack 😂😂

Who replaced the chips with french fries???

Get out, and stay out.

Americans allegedly have access to the best education in the world, yet constantly post inane unoriginal shitposts like this.

They have brown sauce, whose initial purpose was as proof of having access to ingredients from both India and the Caribbean

And some clown even got the flag upside down.

A good dealer knows you never get high on your own supply.

They were very good about not getting high on their own supply.

Some of the spices that are used in ketchup and/or baked bean tomato sauce include: allspice, cayenne, cassia, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, mustard, paprika, and pepper.

What do you think tea is made of? Rocks?