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[–] 89 points 2 weeks ago (25 children)

Fuck that. Every culture has great food if you're willing to get over your preconceptions.

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  • [–] 57 points 2 weeks ago* (2 children)

    And the comparison doesn’t even make sense. Like British beans on toast is low effort breakfast food that people make at home. Japanese people rarely make sushi at home. A better comparison would be Natto.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    The English stole all that spice to sell it, not put it in their food.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    There's a whole other comment thread about that. But food doesn't need spices to be delicious - most relevant to the picture, sushi does not have spices in it.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 weeks ago

    Not only that, but the British use a hell of a lot of both herbs and spices in traditional cooking. And also there’s the whole mildly racist element in not considering Anglo-Indian cuisine (which is very distinct from traditional Indian) to be British food.

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    [–] 83 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

    Bean on toast isn't even bad. It should be jellied eels or a toad-in-the-hole.

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  • [–] 46 points 2 weeks ago* (11 children)

    Brits made those up so the colonies would give them the spices willingly, out of sheer pity.

    They did fuck all with the spices, but that's not the point.

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  • Traditional British food actually uses a lot of spices, just not usually chilli. British food is full of coriander seed, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, aniseed, mace, rosemary, parsley, black pepper, mustard etc. They were originally used because people believed they would preserve meat and extend the shelf life. So recipes from before refrigeration use a lot of it, but also things like Christmas food and desserts use a lot (especially cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg and cloves). There's a blend of spices sold in British shops specifically for sweet things called mixed spice similar to pumpkin spice in the states.

    But even if you take spice to mean only hot capsicim Peppers, the hottest curries (phall) are a British recipe. Tabasco is one of the few non British companies to receive The Royal Warrant of Appointment (permission to use the Royal cost of arms on their products) because the Royal Family love Tabasco so much.

    Also Britts drink a lot of ginger. Both alcoholic and non alcoholic ginger beer and ginger wine.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (6 children)

    They did fuck all with the spices

    The British national dish is curry.

    Bigotry always goes hand-in-hand with ignorance.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    WTF toad in the hole is amazing! What do you even think it is?

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    [–] 49 points 2 weeks ago* (5 children)

    This is what Japanese people eat for breakfast, it’s basically their version of beans on toast called Natto:

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    [–] 48 points 2 weeks ago (17 children)

    British food is thoroughly underrated. Who could say no to even a small part of a full english breakfast?

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    [–] 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    I'm not a football fan myself, but that did just make me think of this image.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    what even is the norwegian one? boiled cabbage and meat? it's like you guys have never heard of lutefisk

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    [–] 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Icelandic people: “Enjoy the rotten shark lass!”

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    French: Enjoy rotten milk with rotten grape juice?

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  • [–] 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Comparing the Nordic rotten fish stuff with cheese and wine is certainly a choice.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

    Beans on toast is amazing. With cheese 🤌

    I am a Brit though

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    [–] 13 points 2 weeks ago

    Beans on toast is delish - Aussie

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago*

    I won't complained if you served me cabbage or beans. Both are delicious.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    I'm Irish, but I like beans on toast. I don't see what people find weird about it

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    [–] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

    Tldr tropical areas have more food sources than not tropical areas and coincidentally the cuisine from those areas is more vibrant.

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    [–] 7 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    As a Japanese person, I fucking LOVED beans on toast when I visited London. Don't listen to the stupid haters.

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    [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

    My British friend actually eats beans on toast unironically and I'm curious if anyone's tried this as well, he says he enjoys it but dislikes the decision making when it comes to actually eating it with bare hands or with a fork and knife

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago

    I mean, it’s a hell of a lot better for you (especially the brands without added sugar) than something like a grilled cheese, to use a comparison of similarly low effort. It’s a quick and easy meal, not a whole culinary tradition. No one is whipping up a sushi platter in Japan when they get home exhausted from work.

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