cm0002@no.lastname.nz to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agoin all fairness italian cuisine is a relatively recent inventionlemmy.mlimagemessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down129cross-posted to: memes@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11.2Karrow-down1imagein all fairness italian cuisine is a relatively recent inventionlemmy.mlcm0002@no.lastname.nz to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 2 months agomessage-square195fedilinkcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.ml
minus-squaren7gifmdn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down3·2 months agoEngland had to utilize military force to control India to get the spices, to make the blandest food on the planet.
minus-squaremika_mika@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoThey sold the spices to other nations for major profit to enrich themselves. They never intended to eat said spices.
minus-squareTattorack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThat’s what the Portuguese and the Dutch did. By the time the British finally defeated the Dutch in… like… the seventh war, the spice trade was no longer the most profitable. It was then the Atlantic Triangle… or whatever it was called.
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoNever tried English mustard or fresh horseradish sauce then?
minus-squaredeHaga@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoDijon is nice, but not as strong as English
minus-squareInsekticus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoWhat’s that old saying? British women and British food made British sailors the best in the world.
minus-squareMrScottyTay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoCurry is practically the national dish in the UK now and a few variants were even invented there
England had to utilize military force to control India to get the spices, to make the blandest food on the planet.
They sold the spices to other nations for major profit to enrich themselves. They never intended to eat said spices.
That’s what the Portuguese and the Dutch did. By the time the British finally defeated the Dutch in… like… the seventh war, the spice trade was no longer the most profitable. It was then the Atlantic Triangle… or whatever it was called.
Never tried English mustard or fresh horseradish sauce then?
French mustard is better.
Dijon is nice, but not as strong as English
What’s that old saying?
British women and British food made British sailors the best in the world.
What do you think tea is made of?
Leaves.
Come back
Curry is practically the national dish in the UK now and a few variants were even invented there