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John Bull! Cast the spices into your food! Use them! (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was due to some British nobility who got angry at the poor being able to eat the same food as him, so he came up with the idea that "a good chef does not need seasoning", yet the common folk tried to copy him.

[โ€“] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

And y'know, WW2. I hear they're still salty about it.