Apparently the British wish to lock me up for daring to suggest something with flavor instead of a cucumber sandwich

  • DefinitelyNotAPhone [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    This is why the English have to claim half of the food their immigrants brought with them as their own, lest they look up and realize the only tasty thing they make themselves is deep-fried (and even then that’s arguably Scottish).

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      Over a year ago I made fun of the blood-soaked colonial empire island’s cuisine and had someone go full gammon on me because I was completely ignorant and (ableist slurs here) because I wasn’t aware of how amazing this one curry place was from an authentic Indian family just down the street. cap-think

    • Saeculum [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Regardless of how it got there, if it’s the most eaten food in the country, how is it not their own? Tea and potatoes don’t come from Britain either, not were fries or deep frying invented there.

      You can make a pastry in a million different ways, but ultimately there’s not really any significant difference between any north European pastry dish.

      Scotland has as much a rightful claim to deep frying fish as Britain had to India in the first place (absolutely fuck all right).