This person clearly has no taste
I get highlighting England for the meme (though the modern UK has some of the best food culture in the world)
But Germany, Belgium, Denmark & Austria? I’m sorry, OP clearly has never travelled outside their hometown and eaten nothing but white bread.
It’s the Germanic countries, simple as.
UK has good food culture, yes, but clearly indian inspired recipes shouldn’t count as british food.
Swede here. Before we imported potatoes in the late 1700s all we had were beets. Just beets. Beets everywhere.
What did you expect.
that’s not fair, we had parsnips too, which are honestly pretty alright. It’s like fibrous less sweet carrots.
And alcohol. And trees, darkness, cold, mud, did I mention darkness?
I supposed I expected swedes.
At least Sweden has decent fikabröd. The rest of the world has only almond croissants, brownies or dire travesties of kanelbullar to accompany its coffee
Bears and battlestar Galactica as well?
Pickled beets are awesome though
Well, no yummy Wienerschnitzel for you then!
People are constantly underestinating Germany. Like half the food is fried in butter and is delicious.
currywurst is incredible
or any of a plethora of awesome sausages
I’d heard the slander about Irish food but when I visited I had beef and Guinness pies, spiced stuffed mushrooms and herbaceous handmade brats.
also had a potato chip butter sandwich, but I was quite deep in the cups by that point and it tasted great.
could not complain.
haven’t been to Britain yet.
Tayto sandwich feckin rules
I’d heard the slander about Irish food but when I visited I had beef and Guinness pies, spiced stuffed mushrooms and herbaceous handmade brats.
That’s just something they serve there in the Irish themed pubs for the tourists.
not in my experience, those were fairly common menu items in restaurants.
besides, that was far from an exhaustive list of the good food in Ireland.
also, irish themed pubs?
in Ireland?
you mean “pubs”?
Sorry, I should have added a /joke or something on the end.
There was/is a proliferation of Irish themed pubs in other countries that give a false impression of what pubs in Ireland are like, as well as some actual Irish pubs in very touristy areas doing the same. The standard explanation being “it’s just for the tourists”.
oh, haha, sorry, of course.
I should better keep context in mind.
instead, I assumed you were an american doofing around.
Sounds quite similar to Steak and Ale pies, various curried items and herby sausages you’d find across the UK.
I’m sure.
I’ve been to a lot of countries, and food stereotypes are almost always misinterpreted or false.
a person who had lived in Ireland for a year told me the food was terrible and specifically mentioned the stews, how difficult she found it to get good food.
by which I guess she meant sandwiches?
then I ate several stews in Ireland and I was like how the heck could you possibly hate a boldly flavored savory beef and veg stew, especially during the colder part of the year?
to the point where you damned the entire cuisine?
speaking of stereotypes, I’m in India right now, and curry is not super popular here.
it’s just not a very popular dish.
they have tons of sauces and gravies, and spiced lentil soups, but curry is way down on the list in terms of popularity.
wouldn’t have guessed.
ireland was supposed to have terrible food from firsthand accounts people I knew who traveled there, and I had a bunch of great food there.
I think people just don’t like things that are different than they’re used to, so if they travel somewhere for a week and they aren’t used to the texture or taste of something, they try it once, get surprised and assume it’s bad.
So where are you from 😁 ?
I eat sauerkraut from the jar with a fork.
Then I drink the brine.
You must have an amazingly healthy gut microbiome
I’m a proud Celt! Fuck them Anglo-Saxons!
Genetic testing kicks down the door
This whole food thing. It’s so subjective. How has it reached this stage? 😄😄
Tikki masala carrying all of Scotland’s cuisine reputation
Buy dis cunt a square on roll with brown sauce n a pint a Tennant’s. Maybe a plate a good chips if ya good.
Mate, chips sandwich and pint aint exactly what I’d call a local speciality
The best food I’ve had in England was from other countries.
What’s up with German food? Didn’t know it was disliked…I’ve had plenty of good German food.
Not true! England invented Rogan Josh!
I’ll totally agree with Norway. Did a 3 week road trip from Oslo to Å and back this summer. Got sick of hamburgers, pizza, and fake “kebabs” real fast. I expected to be eating so much fresh fish, but it was fairly rare to find. Best meal I had was a Thai “restaurant” attached to a one pump gas station in the middle of nowhere run by the sweetest Thai grandma. It took some back and forth to convince her I wasn’t Norwegian and wanted actual Thai spicy. And it was excellent.
I mean, steak pies are delicious.
In my opinion as a “foreigner” living in the UK the biggest problem with the British cuisine is marketing.
You have all the pies which are awesome, steak and ale, kidney pie, Toad in the hole, beef wellington, the Cornish pasties…
Then cottage and shepherd’s pie which are not in the same category even though they share name, because they’re not bread pies but a “potato mash lasagne”.
There’s the Sunday roast, and all things game are excellent - this country has a longstanding tradition of game and you often see in pubs things like venison wellington, especially in the countryside.
Also fish and chips has the reputation of being fast food, but a proper one from a pub rather than a chippie is usually excellent.
If we think about snacks, there’s many really nice things typical from the UK, that we routinely dismiss because we don’t think of a homemade version but what you can get from a supermarket. Sausage rolls, scotch eggs, things like that.
And desserts - this country has a sweet tooth. Trifles, anything with rhubarb in it (rhubarb is quite rare in Mediterranean countries), sticky toffee pudding, Eton mess, rice pudding, crumble…
I have missed many things like the ploughman’s, all of the cheeses, or the haggis which is hated almost exclusively by people who’ve never tried it before.
Yet all of this gets routinely reduced to “fish and chips”. It’s like saying Italian cuisine is only pasta or all Spanish can make is paella. I find quite sad that Brits don’t do a better job at marketing their cuisine.
Wow, well said
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Agreed. It probably doesn’t help that Britain as a country actively tries to get erased from Europe’s mind, through Brexit, preventing immigration and trade, acting against tourism…
Probably it’s not the majority of the country anymore that is pro-brexit anymore, but hey ho, we had a vote and this is where we are now. Trying to have the UK as its own little separate entity that doesn’t participate in the world economy or culture.
O rite, are we supposed to be doing ironic “great replacement theory” here like in the subreddit now?
Yeah just pretend this speech didn’t happen. https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/watch-in-full-humza-yousafs-white-people-speech-that-has-sparked-racism-complaints-under-scotlands-new-hate-crime-law-4578704
That’s a great speech what’s wrong with it?
Its a hate crime.
Can you tell me which part of it is a hate crime?
Do the Scottish know they’re an Anglo-Saxon country?
I don’t think our Swiss food is so bad… Also what’s the big difference between German and Czech food, it seemed pretty similar to me when I was in Brno.
But worst of all is shading Ticino the same as the North of Switzerland. Their food is just like Italian food, so you take that back right now!
I condemn Knödel and Klöße slander and who looks at Kaiserschmarn and Apfelstrudel and sees dire food?
Finland not included?
Let me tell you the recipe for the Finnish national dish: Karelian stew.
Cubes of meat. Beef, pork, lamb. Put them in water. Add salt, (but like less than you’d actually need.)
Chuck it in the oven for hours.
Done.
No pepper. No vegetables. Nothing. Cubes of meat and salt.
God I hate Finland. There’s great parts and definitely easymode compared to a lot of places, but there’s problems as well. A lot, actually. Just very different.
I dunno, long-drink is a pretty solid beverage. Cheaper in Estonia tho.
There are good things, yeah.
But lately, for me, the problems have become too much to bear living here.
The emotional coldness is not exaggerated.
Karelian stew is simple peasant food, easy to make but fulfilling. It’s that but also delicious. It’s not supposed to go toe-to-toe with the whole culinary world.
“Delicious”?
My fucking god.
I’d like to see Gordon Ramsay reacting to people saying that cubes of meat in lightly salted water are “delicious.”
The self-deluding is insane.
I mean, there are modern versions which actually add spices and vegetables, and then it is good, but that isn’t “traditional” per se.
I mean I like the taste of meat so I really like it
Just… plain, unpeppered meat?
Whatever floats your goat, man.
Good meat doesn’t need anything else than salt imo. But usually Karelian stew has pepper and other stuff in it too.
Traditional Karelian Stew only says salt in the recipe, though.
Some do, some don’t. It’s not a set in stone thing afaik. Some old recipes are simpler than others. These days mostly always it’s more than just meat(s), water, salt.
What makes you feel like pepper is such an incredible and necessary ingredient?
If the meat is good, it’ll be good with or without pepper.
Overall I feel like boiling is in general ignorantly ridiculed far too much by modern cooking culture, especially famous restaurant chefs. Stews are usually easily better than the average “home chef’s” steak attempt #62.
It’s no the lack of pepper. It’s the lack of everything.
What makes you think boiled undersalted meat cubes are a meal?
Boiled meat is good.
luv me 'aggis and marag gheal, 'ate me black pudding
