Comment on in all fairness italian cuisine is a relatively recent invention
ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 5 weeks agoThey make good meat dishes (roasts, meat pies), but then they pair them with the most uninspiring sides…
I mean… British were always shafted by their nobility. The land wasn’t known for fruits or sweet veggies, the rent in UK paid to the landlord was relatively high, so most peasants ate pickles, chutneys or different mushed veggies as sides.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Not known for fruits? Strawberries, gooseberries, blackberries, apples…
ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Yes. Historically British Isles had meh climate for fruit production. You could either forage for berries, but fruits were mostly seasonal apples or pears or plums, but the harvest seasons were rather short.
ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
And you did utilize the fruits you had, but there never was an abundance of them like for example in medieval Italy.