Food in (some parts of) the UK got dramatically better over the last few decades. When people bash it I always wonder whether they’re working with outdated information. It used to be pretty awful. But recently when I travel from Canada to the UK the food is one thing I look forward to.
people have many good reasons to bash the uk, but the food isnt one. Maybe if theyre talking about traditional recipies, sure. But in terms of availability and variety, I’ve seen far worse here in ‘continental europe’.
Hey, don’t knock the UK’s traditional recipes. The British should learn to be far more proud of their food.
People who will dismiss Shepherd’s Pie (a tremendous dish when made well) will then go weak-kneed at a bloody moussaka or beef ragu because they’re fancy and exotic… There’s nothing wrong with a steak and kidney pud, or a bloody good roast with all the trimmings, or a corned-beef hash, or a cornish pasty, or a good kedgeree made with leftovers or… Well, point is there is loads of amazing food in the UK culinary tradition. That most of it doesn’t involve salad leaves artfully balanced on top of a cherry tomato owes more to climate than cuisine; nobody wants that shit when it’s winter outside 11 months in 12.
I swear the whole “British cuisine is bad” thing is just a conspiracy cooked up by the French in order to distract everyone from the fact they’ve elevated overcomplicating otherwise thoroughly unremarkable dishes to an artform. If you’ve ever worked in a French factory and had to chew on horsemeat with the texture of a car tire in the canteen, you’d know the caraffe of cooking wine isn’t there to provide a touch of exotic class, it’s to try and numb the tastebuds. (The Italians though, they get to judge tbf.)
The British diet may be awful, but it’s not because British cuisine is awful, it’s mainly because of shovelling junk food - mainly US in origin - instead of the traditional food.
You are right. British cuisine has absolute gems in it that are hardly recognized outside of GB itself. I think it would need some attemps at fusion kitchen. Like a sheperd’s pie goulash.
If you compare the diet of a regular blue collar worker in Manchester with the diet of a blue collar worker in Lille, Dortmund or Kraków I can assure you British guy will have the worst diet.
This was 96.4% true until the UK left the EU. Now it’s 100% true.
Oi, we have awesome food in the UK! (We also have a LOT of complete crap too)
The UK is still part of Europe.
And Guam, and even US embassies based in Europe are technically part of the USA too, but that’s not what’s being referred to.
It’s part of Europe the same way a divorced dad who moved out is still part of the family.
Not when it comes to food culture
Food in (some parts of) the UK got dramatically better over the last few decades. When people bash it I always wonder whether they’re working with outdated information. It used to be pretty awful. But recently when I travel from Canada to the UK the food is one thing I look forward to.
people have many good reasons to bash the uk, but the food isnt one. Maybe if theyre talking about traditional recipies, sure. But in terms of availability and variety, I’ve seen far worse here in ‘continental europe’.
Hey, don’t knock the UK’s traditional recipes. The British should learn to be far more proud of their food.
People who will dismiss Shepherd’s Pie (a tremendous dish when made well) will then go weak-kneed at a bloody moussaka or beef ragu because they’re fancy and exotic… There’s nothing wrong with a steak and kidney pud, or a bloody good roast with all the trimmings, or a corned-beef hash, or a cornish pasty, or a good kedgeree made with leftovers or… Well, point is there is loads of amazing food in the UK culinary tradition. That most of it doesn’t involve salad leaves artfully balanced on top of a cherry tomato owes more to climate than cuisine; nobody wants that shit when it’s winter outside 11 months in 12.
I swear the whole “British cuisine is bad” thing is just a conspiracy cooked up by the French in order to distract everyone from the fact they’ve elevated overcomplicating otherwise thoroughly unremarkable dishes to an artform. If you’ve ever worked in a French factory and had to chew on horsemeat with the texture of a car tire in the canteen, you’d know the caraffe of cooking wine isn’t there to provide a touch of exotic class, it’s to try and numb the tastebuds. (The Italians though, they get to judge tbf.)
The British diet may be awful, but it’s not because British cuisine is awful, it’s mainly because of shovelling junk food - mainly US in origin - instead of the traditional food.
You are right. British cuisine has absolute gems in it that are hardly recognized outside of GB itself. I think it would need some attemps at fusion kitchen. Like a sheperd’s pie goulash.
If you compare the diet of a regular blue collar worker in Manchester with the diet of a blue collar worker in Lille, Dortmund or Kraków I can assure you British guy will have the worst diet.