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British food is still made either like the Luftwaffe is flying overhead or we are celebrating the fact that the war is over and we can cook with butter and oil again. There's nothing in-between.

Thanks to successive waves of immigration in the 20th century from India, Bangladesh, the Caribbean, Africa, China and others we actually have a pretty diverse and vibrant food culture.

Sadly a lot is still dominated by roast dinners and meat and two veg (one of those veg is always potato) but go to any major city and you'll likely find excellent quality restaurants from pretty much every culture on earth.

I think the problem is that after the Second World War, Britain's economy was so shot to hell that folks had to keep eating like the Luftwaffe was still blitzing London. That kept going on long enough to introduce generational trauma into British cuisine.

Sounds like somebody never tried a warm plate of Scraggledy Numps, or a bowl of Thumps in a Bodice, or even a hot cup of Singeshammy Longerjohns in Tabbernickywammelty sauce.

British Food is awesome. It's not very colorful or ultra complex but it's the kinda food that warms the soul.

• A good Sunday Roast with yorkshire pudding, lamb, roasted potatoes, peas, and gravy
• Fish and Chips served with a good curry or mushy peas
• Fresh warm scones with clotted cream and jam
• A proper fry up with a cup of tea
• Beef Wellington
• Pie Mash
• Meat pies
• Bridies
• Scotch Eggs
• Minemeat Pies
• Spotted Dick (Yeah yeah)
• Treacle Tart
• Banoffee Pie

There are few things that bring me more joy than popping into a Greggs on a cold rainy morning for an overheated cup of generic tea and a sausage roll.

Shepherd's Pie (with beef, though, I only like lamb in gyros, and only then when it's a blend with beef), minced meat pies, good chicken pot pie, and Yorkshire puddings are all great. Bangers and mash with the right sausage is great. Fish and Chips are generally great but the flavor and texture of the batter can vary significantly.

I once had a conversation with my boss who was well-travelled. He said the secret to Europe is to eat in the Catholic countries. If you must spend time within a Protestant country, look around for a Catholic enclave within it. Not only will the food be superior, but people will be falling over each other to make sure you are well fed.

I looked at him incredulously. How can you say that? It's such a sweeping generalization! And then I went to Europe…

Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

It’s ok, we all think American food is shit too.

Chicken Tikka Masala. Nuff said.

I can confirm that no "Brit" uses a semicolon like that. We're not barbarians.

Mostly a stereotype perpetuated by cheap or hastily found dining places.
When you get fish and chips from a good place that handles fresh catches, there is considerable flavour, yet buy from the fast food place in the middle of a high street and you'll get a soggy representation from the frozen cod.
Same situation with a good roast, or a cottage/shepherds pie, or pie and mash that isn't just a casserole with a hat, etc.

Honestly I've stepped foot in 39 US States so far, and it's a similar thing there. I just think the "British food bad" thing has stuck as humour, there's plenty of theories about it I won't get into but it's just a thing I suppose.

Say what you will about British food, but a full English breakfast is the best thing after night out drinking.

We got bread. We got cheese. We got beans.

What more do you want?

British food is a lot like the english countryside - lots of earth tones in the palate and everything sounds different (but after your third slice of hamlet you realize it's all basically the same)

Dunno man I just roasted a couple sausages, yorkies, sauted mushrooms, butter peas, and gravy. It's pretty damn good.

I sometimes wonder after the unusually high number of “British people try X food for the first time and are blown away” videos.

Then I started watching Great British Bake-Off, and it’s clear there’s some damn good food somewhere over there. The number of times I’ve envied Sue Perkins her taste testing job is extreme.

Fish and chip is awesome wdym

The taste of their food and beauty of their women made the British the greatest sailors on Earth.