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Laittakaa meemejä tänne.
Whenever I see some recipe with tomato or potato and people in the comments are trying to convince everyone it's a dish from their country I can't help but be a bit amused. It's often Indians unsurprisingly, and I say that because 1/8th of the world's population and most spices are from India.
And on the flipside, it's almost impressive how England has stuck with their guns culinary-wise. I mean, just play a round of Scrandle for those mushy peas.
jokes aside, i'd say british cuisine is definitely taking more flak than what it deserves.
A lot of you still cooking like the Germans are still flying over your heads NGL
Well de are, but instead that the English read the dropped recipe books they use it as toiletpapers!
Of course it does. I grew up in the UK and it's fun taking jabs but then you have a bunch of people who just keep doubling down as if they're God's gift to the kitchen.
My favourite take of theirs is always what they exclude from English food but they'll talk about American food and include everybody else's cuisine ...
In fairness, a lot of people will only experience or know what's brought out as quintessential English for at holidays or other special occasions, which isn't always the best thing there is to offer from the cuisine. It's something else entirely if you actually go there for a couple of weeks and pay attention to all the delicious stuff you'll eat while there.
Plus, you get plenty of weirdos from every country who seem to have Stockholm syndrome with the most bland/boring aspects of their cuisine and will wholeheartedly recommend their absolute most terrible dish as the pinnacle of their country's cuisine. I have a coworker from Ireland who won't touch a spice bag if his life depended on it, but will tell anyone who listens how wonderful beans on buttered brown bread is and that it should be more common everywhere.
lol I actually quite like Irish food. Went to a random pub in Galway and had some stew and it was so good! Irish beef is awesome.
I have friends kinda like what you described though. No spices and they love bland food, lol.
I'm okay with people taking jabs at British food to be honest. Like, my first year back when I was an adult I didn't know what to eat and I actually cooked more because I didn't know what to get. It wasn't until I made some friends that I knew places to check.
Maybe...
What I don't understand is how they can be on an island, surrounded by some of the best fish in the world (including the fantastic Scottish salmon) and the only piece of fish you can find in the whole country is freaking cod with four layers of batter applied to it and fried until the only flavor you can perceive is that of mediocre burnt oil.
They make good meat dishes (roasts, meat pies), but then they pair them with the most uninspiring sides... The UK cuisine has a few good things, and they have good ingredients, but more often than not they cook them in boring ways and stop there, calling it "good enough"
Yeah, you all definitely have... 8 or maybe 9 edible things that aren't beer or curry.
All the same, I'd rather have a full English breakfast than 90% of French food and 98% of German food. Kidneys in cream, or raw pork crackers, or bread and cheese like they invented it or whatever.
Very ignorant take because everything a full English offers is also very German. This includes the pig blood which isn't french but you probably didn't think of that anyway.
He's Scottish though, not English
The Scotts will one up the English at any chance they get out of pure spite if for no other reason.
"Relatively recent"
I'll be sure to let the Etruscans know.
It's a reference to Alberto Grandi and his theses about the origins of many popular Italian dishes that are perceived as "traditional" but did not become mainstream until after WWII (and that Italian cuisine before that was much more regional and less homogeneous).
I think there's something to those arguments, but it is worth noting that he's not really a "food historian" as he's often described but a professor of economics and management.
Ahkshually, cultures all over the world have eaten crustaceans for millennia!
(I made up that fact for the sake of the punch line, no idea if accurate)
My people would rather have starved than eat crustaceans. Lobsters were being fed to prisoners in the US until recently. People are weird.
(It was a valiant attempt)
The Etruscans, famously known for their tomato sauce.
"Food made by people living on what is now the Italian peninsula" is not a synonym for "Italian food."
Yeah, all they did was form the basis for modern pasta, and cultivate the seasonings used by modern Italians. I'm sure that counts for absolutely nothing. /s
British food is great. Chicken tikka, pizza, Chinese, lasagne... The list goes on.
Who would have anything against British cuisine? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVHbWHGVYaU
This is another one of those times where I can’t tell if this is British humour or British documentary.
England had to utilize military force to control India to get the spices, to make the blandest food on the planet.
I can't agree, but I can very much understand.
"Everybody get the fuck out of my way and don't touch anything"
-Me, in the kitchen
But seriously i had a roast at an English friends house, have you guys ever heard of slow cooking? Braising? Grilling? Marinating? Just throwing a roast in boiling water or in the oven for an hour isnt gonna cut it
Don't worry, it's not a trad misogynist belief that women belong in the kitchen. It's just a widdle bit of cute racism.
I have several thousands of millions of food intolerances, so I love that British simplicity
I'm italian, but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want me in your kitchen
Yeah, no, Italians can't make breakfast for shit.
Coffee and a cake does not breakfast make.
