We absolutely love our bread in germany

Lots of Germans defending German cuisine, so as another German: you are absolutely right!

Germany has some great food and some Germans love making good food but German culture is absolutely not about food. The food culture we have is a development of the last ~40 years. Traditional German food is supposed to make you sated so you can go back to the fields and work! And the go to the army and fight! And then go to the ruins and rebuild!

Tasty and awesome food? Yes! A culture that tells you it loves food? No!

You haven’t had the right german food then.

Have you tried Currywurst or Spätzle or Sauerbraten or any kind of German sausage or Mettbrötchen or German bread and still think we don't love food?

I don't think I've ever had bad food in Germany. In England my limited experience is mixed, some good, some bad and some interesting lunch choices like salted peanuts.

I hate food. It's hard to explain but it's kinda like most food triggers my fight or flight response. It takes me a lot of willpower to eat through a regular meal. As a kid I was severely underweight because I was always avoiding food. When I moved out I took the easier approach and started eating only the stuff that was easier to eat (mostly fried and dried stuff, and some ultra processed stuff like chips and cookies). I went from one end of the BMI table to the other in ~5 years.

Or a Presbyterian church service. I gotta give it to the Pentecostals, they might be a cult but at least they know how to party.

Or they're dutch

Nor drowns every flavor in corn syrup!

There are large sections of the US that don't have consistent access to great food, so crappy fast food is what they get.

Then there are other parts of the US where the fast food is amazing. Also the other food.

Absolutely. And in the less extreme variants, there are cultures for which good food is the base of socialization - you mostly meet up for dinner or similar - and others where good food is the exception, happening for big occasions and parties but not an every day occurrence.

I live in Norway. I can confirm this. Norwegian food

Brits: I like my food like I like my trousers. Beige and tasting of cotton.

British food is unironically great, and the stereotype is based on experiences during WW2 rationing. It's made funnier that the people who say it comes from a country where people spray cheese from a can...

There's so many good pies, pastries, puddings, roast dinners, breakfasts, etc that are very good. British-Indian food is often excellent. Even a basic dish like macaroni cheese can be lovely if you make it right.

To be honest unless you include northern France, I'd argue nowhere in northern Europe has better food.

It’s definitely too strong a (sweet) flavor for me, but I just dislike adding sweet sauce to savory things. I also find barbecue and teriyaki sauce unpleasant for the same reason.

Chilies and spices are fine by me though, and tbf, I wouldn’t ever describe ketchup as spicy.

This is not meant to be a counter, I'm curious: have you? Cause I haven't, and I've always wondered who the target audience for that stuff is. Everybody I know thinks it's stupid, and I'll at most use drinkable food for health reasons (as in, if they have really sore teeth and can't chew or sth like that, or can't keep solids down) or if they've misplanned and can't have real food (like between two appointments).

Dutchies eat to survive, no care at all about what it is they are eating…

You need to find a better chippy