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The criteria was "originally from nonwhite countries" for which both tomatoes and potatoes would qualify. If you go back far enough everything would qualify, but even if we're talking the last millennium, potatoes are from a nonwhite country. The kind of dipshit who's liable to care also seems liable to come up with some flimsy excuse for why X thing is fine when they're pressed, though.
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Elysiume posted:The criteria was "originally from nonwhite countries" for which both tomatoes and potatoes would qualify. If you go back far enough everything would qualify, but even if we're talking the last millennium, potatoes are from a nonwhite country. The kind of dipshit who's liable to care also seems liable to come up with some flimsy excuse for why X thing is fine when they're pressed, though. Not true. They can have kale and that rotten shark Icelanders feed to tourists.
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Oct 17, 2020 09:00
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Darn, I’m going to have to serious post to defend my skills. British food being bad is french propaganda that originated in the pre-revolution era. We had a problem after the Romans left whereby our trade with outsiders absolutely and completely broke down to the point where there was no currency for hundreds of years. We get invaded by the vikings and then immediately make up for lost time with the import of spices to the point where it could be called a national obsession to this day. The french however built their capital city in the wrong place and the aristocracy turned all the fertile land round it into vineyards. This meant meat and fish was pretty much rotten by the time it got to the city and then navigated through the packed streets. Their solution was to invent marinades and sauces that would hide the rotten meat, as the British didn’t need to do this and would serve meat just lightly dry spiced. Made sense for the french government to push the lie that french cooking was awesome look at the plain English food haw haw in case the general population looked at the champagne region and went “hang on why are there not sheep on here”
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Oct 17, 2020 09:36
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Skwirl posted:My understanding was that what passes for 'authentic British food' in Britain was pretty terrible too. When I think British food I think English breakfast, Sunday roasts, meat pies, cottage pie, Eton mess, scones with Jersey cream and jam etc. When I see Americans talk about British food they bring up stuff like jellied eels, a dish which I don't know a single person who's even seen it let alone tried it.
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Oct 17, 2020 09:42
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There’s a pie and mash shop in Walworth near Burgess park if you are absolutely desperate to try them https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186338-d733562-Reviews-Arment_WJ_Son_Pie_Mash_Eel_House-London_England.html
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Oct 17, 2020 10:38
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Yeah the whole thing about British food being “bad” seems to be more about British food being “basic”. Like “here’s some easily prepared things that we threw onto a plate, now eat it” but basic poo poo like that usually suits my palate more so... v  v
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Oct 17, 2020 11:29
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The American view on British food was probably formed from GI’s posted to UK during WWII. So basic rationed food.
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Oct 17, 2020 11:52
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Mega Comrade posted:When I see Americans talk about British food they bring up stuff like jellied eels, a dish which I don't know a single person who's even seen it let alone tried it. I like jellied eels  wouldn't say they are that obscure, at least in London - you can get them in any pie & mash shop
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Oct 17, 2020 11:59
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Capt.Whorebags posted:The American view on British food was probably formed from GI’s posted to UK during WWII. So basic rationed food. This probably also combines with the fact that Americans going on holiday to Britain are... well, probably not the most adventurous. Which leads to a bit of a selection bias; the Americans going for British food are expecting something fairly comfortable, and they get something fairly comfortable, because fairly basic but tasty food is plentiful in Britain.
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Oct 17, 2020 12:02
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British food includes a concerning degree of ambiguity as to what constitutes pudding
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Speaking as an atheist, I think Christmas is great and we go for it in a big way, tree, turkey, presents, cards, cake, family, decorations. Just none of the churchy stuff.
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Cleretic posted:This probably also combines with the fact that Americans going on holiday to Britain are... well, probably not the most adventurous. Which leads to a bit of a selection bias; the Americans going for British food are expecting something fairly comfortable, and they get something fairly comfortable, because fairly basic but tasty food is plentiful in Britain. Problem is that what is served up in most pub restaurants tourists are going to be eating comes frozen off the back of lorry. What is served up in spoons and bass pubs is utter shite in comparison to what we make at home. I get this food box every two weeks and it’s the definition of British food https://www.morrisons.com/food-boxes/box/british-food-subscription-box
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learnincurve posted:There’s a pie and mash shop in Walworth near Burgess park if you are absolutely desperate to try them I watched an American travel show in a hotel years ago that was on London. They went to one of these pie and mash shops as "this is what British people eat" but didn't go to Burough market which is a few stops away. (if you're a foodie and in London you should go to Burough market!) nurmie posted:I like jellied eels Pie and mash shops are mostly a London thing yeah. Outside at best you get a pukka pie stand in a fish and chip shop. Definitely no loving eels. Elysiume posted:British food includes a concerning degree of ambiguity as to what constitutes pudding The greatest of puddings 
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Oct 17, 2020 12:24
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A lot of British food that gets bought up on here is the most basic/awful British food. Plenty of awful American food too guys. When I went to the states I mainly got the impression of quantity over quality. I had some really good stuff sure, but you get good stuff anywhere in the world. I did find a lot of the food far too sweet, though. So I guess if you're used to that and go anywhere else maybe it'll taste a bit bland. Jealous of the amount of proper/good Mexican food places you guys have though. (though that's not exactly American - if you guys can claim that the Brits can sure claim a shed load of curries).
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Eels are more or less exclusively a london thing and I have never even seen one much less ate one. British food is like, roasted everything, stewed everything, like you take good veg and meat and either roast it or boil it all up together in a big pot with some salt and pepper and maybe stuff like rosemary and other stuff that grows over here, until it tastes great. It's often very heavy but god drat does it sort you out. Maybe stuff it in a pastry case too. Like interesting foreign spiced concoctions are nice too, but so is just letting the food do the work for you. OwlFancier has a new favorite as of 13:26 on Oct 17, 2020 |
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British food is delicious but there's a chance I think that because Polish food is mostly flour objects, lard, and cabbage, in various configurations
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Mega Comrade posted:Pie and mash shops are mostly a London thing yeah. Outside at best you get a pukka pie stand in a fish and chip shop. Definitely no loving eels. you have to leave london to find such local delicacies as the babbies yed with pey wet, or maybe a wigan slappy
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Capt.Whorebags posted:The American view on British food was probably formed from GI’s posted to UK during WWII. So basic rationed food. This is similar to where I suspect the pervasive decades-old meme of "Mexican food gives you diarrhea" comes from: boomers on spring break going to Tijuana in like the 60s and drinking local water.
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Oct 17, 2020 13:41
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learnincurve posted:Darn, I’m going to have to serious post to defend my skills. British food being bad is french propaganda that originated in the pre-revolution era. Actually my experience of British food being bad is from eating it
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OwlFancier posted:Like interesting foreign spiced concoctions are nice too, but so is just letting the food do the work for you.
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goblin week posted:British food is delicious but there's a chance I think that because Polish food is mostly flour objects, lard, and cabbage, in various configurations Oddly I found Polish restaurants tastier that British ones when I lived in Britain. English breakfasts are very good, however, and if there was a place that served them with  -style buttermilk pancakes I'd be in heaven.
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Oct 17, 2020 14:05
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A great British restaurant we like serves incredible Michelin-star food like this: and because of the coronavirus shutdowns impacting their business has started doing restaurant-quality takeaways. There's nothing wrong with pie and chips, but there's a lot of awesome british food out there.
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Oct 17, 2020 14:08
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I think that place is called "scotland" because that's also a scotch pancake. And they'll do you a tattie scone too. I take it back british food is cursed.
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Skwirl posted:Not the op, but I do want to concur that he's not a Nazi, but he is a huge loving idiot. This is true, if memory serves handset is one of the folk that Kramered into a trans thread to go "HURR BUT WHAT ABOUT *REAL WOMENS* RIGHTS HUH???" or something equally stupid to warrant just ignoring. Relatedly you're going to see it, so don't bother replying handset because lmao I ain't reading it you utter eggplant. E - back on topic. It's always hilarious to see just how utterly loving boring the nazi chuds are with their tastes. And for some actual content Antoons got suspended from twitter. He's one of the 'stonetoss redpanel sphere of influence' fash comic folks. It's likely he got suspended for repeatedly harassing a trans POC youth. And also stealing character designs from several other leftist creators to "fair use" them in an abusive "game" project. Mercedes Colomar has a new favorite as of 14:31 on Oct 17, 2020 |
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luxury handset posted:i'm just pointing out where evidence leads. if you see nazis everywhere you look then i beg you to remove all the mirrors from your home Laughing at you very much and not in the way you wanted when you wrote this troll post
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Stoatbringer posted:A great British restaurant we like serves incredible Michelin-star food like this:
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british and french food are bad. 
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StillFullyTerrible posted:british and french food are bad. French toast and french fries rule p. hard, there, bud
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Oct 17, 2020 15:05
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French fries are just naked poutine
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The French know cakes and pastries though. The receptionist at my job is French and I always negotiate a rum cake from her for special favors. I still think it's some kind of magic that makes the cake the most dense object in existence while also being the fluffiest. Time and space hold no bounds within the rum cake.
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chitoryu12 posted:It’s from an Atlantic article about why Lauren Southern disappeared that was just “She found out literally every alt-right guy around her hated women and wanted to rape her” drat. This should be cross-posted in the schadenfreude thread.
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Oct 17, 2020 15:50
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StillFullyTerrible posted:british and french food are bad. "All food is bad" I scoff through my mouthful of liver milkshake.
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hooman posted:"All food is bad" I scoff through my mouthful of liver milkshake. 
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xtal posted:French fries are just naked poutine
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Question Mark Mound posted:Where’s the rest of it? That’s a mighty big plate for all the food that’s actually on it. Then I'd normally ask for a big portion of chips and ketchup to dump on it.
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OK, first, no-one has even mentioned how amazing British fish and chip shops are. Here's one near me and its amazing. Second, here's some idiocy on British social media.  
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Is a cod's scallops like the bee's knees?
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It is a pune on the phrase "dog's bollocks" which yes, means the same thing as bees knees.
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