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n_huffhines said:
I saw a video of some journalist interviewing Tom Holland and the journalist made a joke about British food and Holland went on the offensive. "What even is American food? You just steal from everybody else." and the Journo says, "What about hamburgers?" and Holland says "that's from Germany. Pizza is from Italy. Tacos are from Mexico. Etc." and totally stumped the guy.

I almost threw my phone. Hamburgers are American. They are nothing like what they serve in Hamburg. Pizza is Italian, but American pizza (Chicago, NY, and Detroit) still deserves credit for being its own thing. My guy couldn't come up with barbecue? Soul food? Pathetic.
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Our variety of cuisine options, even in small towns, is unique in the world.
 
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McDad said:
Our variety of cuisine options, even in small towns, is unique in the world.
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You know how everybody's Dad repeats himself?....one of my favorite things I've heard my Dad say about 100x is "The king of France didn't eat the variety and quality of food that I can get here in [insert small town we were living in at the time]"
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
A "full English" apparently also includes Black Pudding as well as beans that look like the Bush Beans we eat at BBQs etc...

Black Pudding is made from cooking animal blood. Not sure if swine or bovine. English food is terrible man. So glad I wasn't raised there.
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Never had black pudding served in any of the full english breakfasts I had in England. That's a good thing too. 🤮
 
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n_huffhines said:
I saw a video of some journalist interviewing Tom Holland and the journalist made a joke about British food and Holland went on the offensive. "What even is American food? You just steal from everybody else." and the Journo says, "What about hamburgers?" and Holland says "that's from Germany. Pizza is from Italy. Tacos are from Mexico. Etc." and totally stumped the guy.

I almost threw my phone. Hamburgers are American. They are nothing like what they serve in Hamburg. Pizza is Italian, but American pizza (Chicago, NY, and Detroit) still deserves credit for being its own thing. My guy couldn't come up with barbecue? Soul food? Pathetic.
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We also don't seem to have a hang-up on "national" foods. We just accept and eat what we like regardless of origin. I can't even recall questioning who gets credits for the foods that I like whether it's something simple and "lowly" like grits or an elaborate delicacy. But then I also don't get the bit about presentation and tend to see food as something that pleases the taste buds rather than pleases the eyes. Although I do look at some foods and say "not going there."
 
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We had our work Christmas dinner at a Chinese restaurant many years ago..I was thinking kung pow or sweet sour pork type food, and they bring out fish heads and occtopus and such..Screw that lol
 
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n_huffhines said:
I saw a video of some journalist interviewing Tom Holland and the journalist made a joke about British food and Holland went on the offensive. "What even is American food? You just steal from everybody else." and the Journo says, "What about hamburgers?" and Holland says "that's from Germany. Pizza is from Italy. Tacos are from Mexico. Etc." and totally stumped the guy.

I almost threw my phone. Hamburgers are American. They are nothing like what they serve in Hamburg. Pizza is Italian, but American pizza (Chicago, NY, and Detroit) still deserves credit for being its own thing. My guy couldn't come up with barbecue? Soul food? Pathetic.
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And another thing, screw Tom Holland and the English. Making tea for hundreds of years but never thought to serve it sweetened and cold.

Never thought to put gravy on biscuits.

All that beef and no barbecue.

They have ZERO room to throw scones.
 
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McDad said:
And another thing, screw Tom Holland and the English. Making tea for hundreds of years but never thought to serve it sweetened and cold.

Never thought to put gravy on biscuits.

All that beef and no barbecue.

They have ZERO room to throw scones.
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why we kicked their ass in 76..rubes.
 
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McDad said:
And another thing, screw Tom Holland and the English. Making tea for hundreds of years but never thought to serve it sweetened and cold.

Never thought to put gravy on biscuits.

All that beef and no barbecue.

They have ZERO room to throw scones.
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Trust me, even you wouldn't want gravy on an English biscuit.

They first need to learn what a biscuit is before they move on to advanced maneuvers like smothering them in gravy.
 
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McDad said:
And another thing, screw Tom Holland and the English. Making tea for hundreds of years but never thought to serve it sweetened and cold.

Never thought to put gravy on biscuits.

All that beef and no barbecue.

They have ZERO room to throw scones.
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Have you seen the viral video of the British lads trying bbq ribs for the first time?

 
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