Yeah, I wonder why they didn't develop a better cuisine tbh, considering they're that close to France. Maybe the British were like " We don't want to be like our enemies, the french. The french eat nice food, and thus we shall eat crap! "
There's some truth in that. I'm sure there are still many Brits (particularly older ones) who dismiss a lot of dishes as "foreign muck" and refuse to even try them.
I suspect that, for the majority of Brits, French food is still considered over-priced, pretentious and something only for the upper class. But on the other hand, virtually every British town has one or more restaurants serving Indian, Chinese and Italian food. In cities, it's not hard to find Thai, Mexican, Greek, Turkish, Japanese and Korean restaurants. They obviously wouldn't stay in business if there weren't a lot of people who were willing to pay to eat there.
I don't know a lot about French cuisine, but I'm pretty sure there's a big difference between what you get in a Michelin starred restaurant in France and what ordinary French people eat every day. And I'm also sure that it's just as limited and repetitive as what ordinary Brits eat, although the ingredients and style of cooking will be slightly different, and there may be more fresh produce due to cultural traditions and France's climate being a bit warmer than Britain's.
That’s because they’ve finally learned from the Italians. My Italian grandmother lived 2 doors away from my stepdad’s mother, who had 13 kids. Every year my stepdad’s mother wanted all her grandkids there between Christmas and New Years to give us our presents. The food was inedible, consisting of boiled meat, potatoes and some kind of greens like rhubarb. My sister andI would pick at the food and then walk over to my grandmother’s to eat pasta. 😋
Having lived in Italy for several years, my view is that Italians can be incredibly parochial about food, and the range of ingredients available in the typical Italian shop or market is very limited compared to what's normal these days in Britain.
I can completely understand you much preferring Italian food to the classic British crappy meal of boiled beef, potatoes and over-cooked veg, but the food eaten by ordinary Italians day-to-day rapidly gets pretty damn boring if you come from a country where Indian, Chinese and Thai food is considered perfectly normal. My wife found cooking in Italy particularly challenging since she's Dutch, and it was simply impossible to find the ingredients used in Indonesian and Surinam dishes.
Meh, no reason to get didactic. From across the pond, my view is simply this: why worry about the food in England when the ale on tap is top shelf stuff?
I've never liked beer, so I can't rave about how wonderful British beer is. I'm aware that a lot of Brits who are into beer think that run of the mill American beer (Bud, Coors, Pabst, etc) is crap, but I suspect that's mainly due to many Brits preferring beer that's much more strongly flavoured.
What is your opinion on the British?
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They're good at imperialism, and absolutely horrendous at cooking.
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Embarassingly. Their best food is Indian. France is just miles away and is one of the culinary meccas of the world.
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Yeah, I wonder why they didn't develop a better cuisine tbh, considering they're that close to France. Maybe the British were like " We don't want to be like our enemies, the french. The french eat nice food, and thus we shall eat crap! "
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There's some truth in that. I'm sure there are still many Brits (particularly older ones) who dismiss a lot of dishes as "foreign muck" and refuse to even try them.
I suspect that, for the majority of Brits, French food is still considered over-priced, pretentious and something only for the upper class. But on the other hand, virtually every British town has one or more restaurants serving Indian, Chinese and Italian food. In cities, it's not hard to find Thai, Mexican, Greek, Turkish, Japanese and Korean restaurants. They obviously wouldn't stay in business if there weren't a lot of people who were willing to pay to eat there.
I don't know a lot about French cuisine, but I'm pretty sure there's a big difference between what you get in a Michelin starred restaurant in France and what ordinary French people eat every day. And I'm also sure that it's just as limited and repetitive as what ordinary Brits eat, although the ingredients and style of cooking will be slightly different, and there may be more fresh produce due to cultural traditions and France's climate being a bit warmer than Britain's.
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Well, they've certainly gotten better at cooking since back in the days.
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That’s because they’ve finally learned from the Italians. My Italian grandmother lived 2 doors away from my stepdad’s mother, who had 13 kids. Every year my stepdad’s mother wanted all her grandkids there between Christmas and New Years to give us our presents. The food was inedible, consisting of boiled meat, potatoes and some kind of greens like rhubarb. My sister andI would pick at the food and then walk over to my grandmother’s to eat pasta. 😋
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Having lived in Italy for several years, my view is that Italians can be incredibly parochial about food, and the range of ingredients available in the typical Italian shop or market is very limited compared to what's normal these days in Britain.
I can completely understand you much preferring Italian food to the classic British crappy meal of boiled beef, potatoes and over-cooked veg, but the food eaten by ordinary Italians day-to-day rapidly gets pretty damn boring if you come from a country where Indian, Chinese and Thai food is considered perfectly normal. My wife found cooking in Italy particularly challenging since she's Dutch, and it was simply impossible to find the ingredients used in Indonesian and Surinam dishes.
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Meh, no reason to get didactic. From across the pond, my view is simply this: why worry about the food in England when the ale on tap is top shelf stuff?
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I've never liked beer, so I can't rave about how wonderful British beer is. I'm aware that a lot of Brits who are into beer think that run of the mill American beer (Bud, Coors, Pabst, etc) is crap, but I suspect that's mainly due to many Brits preferring beer that's much more strongly flavoured.
So the English breakfast is a fluke?