Does all British food look like literal diarrhea or only the British food that gets photographed?
I can't believe it
Submitted 10 months ago by Maven@lemmy.zip to [deleted]
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infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
The cameras lie to you. It looks way less disgusting when you are about to eat it!
but yes, it doesleaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 10 months ago
it just not feeling cute right now 🥹
Lemminary@lemmy.world 10 months ago
She never is 😅
renamon_silver@lemmy.wtf 10 months ago
It turns like that right before being photographed
possiblyaperson@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I can’t lie that looks genuinely amazing. Yes I am British, how can you tell?
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 10 months ago
As an American, I’d try it. I just don’t understand it.
Paddzr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s pork, chips, gravy and peas. Had it had less gravy, it’d look less messy.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
my only complaint is that the chips look dreadfully underdone, they should be way darker
but hey what do i know, maybe brits just like fries that are still raw in the middle…
selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I like that we all knew exactly the country
jimmux@programming.dev 10 months ago
The £ is a bit of a giveaway.
morrowind@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
I think the r/casualUK is a bigger giveaway
swab148@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Luv me mushy peas, simple as
match@pawb.social 10 months ago
i think it would still be overpriced at 4₱ or 4¥
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’d say that’s a reasonable price for dog food.
elucubra@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
As a Spaniard I was going to comment that it is kind of overpriced dog food.
LordWiggle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Here in the Netherlands I spend 80 euros on 10kg of cat food (kibble).
Spezi@feddit.org 10 months ago
Why do you hate dogs?
Bahnd@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Is this what yall think poutine looks like?!?
Canadadians, shield your eyes!!!
Ghostwurm@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Those peas look like they came from can in a silent film and were colorized for this photo.
cattywampas@lemm.ee 10 months ago
British food gets a bad rap but I don’t really get it. Fried fish, potatoes, roasted meat, cured meat, meat pies, lots of puddings and sweets, not to mention the Indian food. What’s not to like? I’m going to the UK in October and I’m pumped for the food.
JohnnyMac@lemmy.world 10 months ago
[deleted]Pumafred9@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No, you’re thinking of our grammar.
BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
The taste of British food and the looks of British women made the Britains the best sailors in the world!
arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I was going to defend us by pointing to how some of the most popular places to eat here are focused on spicy foods (curry houses) but when I thought about it more… you’re right :(
The most popular dishes there are usually the less spicy ones (but they taste really nice and would probably taste even better if they were more spicy)
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 10 months ago
We didn’t just steal the spices, we stole cooks too. Eg, our first curry house was 1810, run by a Bengali chap. So we didn’t piss about with traditonal English dishes to get our spice fix, we just went out for a ruby instead.
swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
If you’re bringing cash, bring it in 20s and below. 50s aren’t used much at all as they arouse suspicion - many smaller places will flat out not accept them.
Hope you enjoy the trip :)
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 10 months ago
I remember people used to say £50 notes were easier to forge compared to the others. Not sure if that was because of something about the note itself or because people saw them less and weren’t as used to them. Either way people became wary of accepting them. Plus it can be a pain to make change, especially when a lot of people pay with card now.
arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Are you from the UK? How are you using lemmy.zip?
Also, I never pay with cash so this might be why but I have never heard about the 50p thing, Is that true or are you saying it to mess with tourists?
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 10 months ago
Lots of it I love but there’s definitely outliers. See jellied eels
BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I’ve eaten Surströmming and liked it, been eating it once a year ever since. I’ve eaten Beuschl, Narezushi, mite cheese, eel soup, fried insects (pupa, crickets, spiders, scorpions…), snails, brain, testicles… heck I’ve even made the fish finger pie that one British YouTube cooking show lady made (same ingredients but different preparation). You can’t scare me with eels in azpik!
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 10 months ago
Yea, jellied eels are only really eaten on a small section of the south coast. The rest of the country wouldn’t go for that.
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Best place to have fish and chips is near or on a beach in overcast weather. It’s a vibe. Pasties are definitely worth trying if you like pies and things. Greggs is worth a look. I think a lot of the bad press on our food is because so much of it doesn’t go for any kind of presentation, it just happens.
idefix@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Greggs is my biggest cultural shock ever. I couldn’t find anything remotely edible there but locals keep praising it.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
people just love to hate germanic food in general, all “no spices!” as if salt isn’t a spice and onions have no flavour…
the thing is just that germanic food tends to be quite “simple”: some meat, some carbs, a sauce, some vegetables maybe. Yeah it’s generally very same-y but that’s because it fucking works.
lmuel@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Pretty sure £4 is below minimum wage, especially since you’re exposed to such hazardous materials?
They should be getting way more for taking care of this monstrosity.
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
I’d eat that, especially at that price. Not even British
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
That looks fucking disgusting.
SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 10 months ago
It tastes amazing. I wouldn’t have mushy peas like, but never mind.
wabafee@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I gobble the thing still though.
AA5B@lemmy.world 10 months ago
If I were to spend £4 on a meal, I prefer an egg
Tungsten5@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Youd have to pay me to eat that shit
tauren@lemm.ee 10 months ago
How much?
Tungsten5@lemm.ee 10 months ago
For $30 id facefuck this meal into another dimension
andybytes@programming.dev 10 months ago
Poor people acting fancy calling garbage food. Yet after a joint at 3am I would fuck with it. Ever try ketchup and peas?
yournamehere@lemm.ee 10 months ago
yuck
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 10 months ago
Ya got yummy sausage. Ya got gravy. Ya got yummy deep fried starchy goodness to soak up said gravy.
Why the the fuck would someone throw peas into that heavenly mix?!
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Imma be real, peas in gravy are delicious in the same way corn is in mashed potatoes. Adds a sort of poppable texture that just goes well with the flavor
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I’m not a fan of mushy peas. Swap it and the gravy out for some Irish-style curry sauce and now we’re talking.
tauren@lemm.ee 10 months ago
2 girls 1 british food
synicalx@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Call me a child, but peas a gross. The rest looks fantastic though.
picklejar@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
You child!
You’re welcome.
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Let us be called children together then. Peas suck absolute ass in terms of texture and taste.
Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Only good peas I’ve ever had were raw fresh off the vine. ENTIRLEY different texture and taste, juicy and crispy, vs bland and mushy. Whoever decided we need to start cooking them deserves the lack of love in their life.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
i mean the flavour is just “green”, but the texture is great! idk how you’ve had them prepared but i just dump some frozen peas in the hot food
Wilco@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Holy shit … 4 pounds for the worst diarrhea and wet bean farts of your lifetime. What a steal.
AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 10 months ago
When you get a takeaway in the UK and it comes in these little containers, it often looks like gross slop. I recently got a taco+cheese chip, and it looked like pure vomit.
Doesn’t put us off eating it though. Normally tastes good. Our local chippies and curry houses are supreme.
2ugly2live@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m always so worried about food with gravy. It can either be delicious, or foul. There’s no middle.
They should allow gravy samples like they do ice cream 😤
bravesirthomas@lemm.ee 10 months ago
As a Brit… yeah, that looks disgusting.
MashedTech@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I bet it tastes great. But I do hate any other kind of soggy fries.
kwedd@feddit.nl 10 months ago
I’d eat that, and in only a little drunk.
dan00@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Ehi thats a good british dish… they’re trying their best guys, come on. This is nasty but a good builder breakfast is great: eggs, bacon, hotdogs, potates, beans and tomatoes. You can work for 3 days after it 🤣 south uk fish and chips is the shit ✌️
Shezzagrad@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Clearly you never been north. The south fish and chips are shite
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
I want to make a joke about “shitpost”, but my beloved chili is right there with it. I suspect this might be mouthwatering to the intended audience.
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Almost makes me wish I could abide mushy peas. If I did I would finally be allowed to return to the North.
PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 10 months ago
I thought that was blueberry vomit
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
Beans.
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 10 months ago
True, but those are peas in the pic friend
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
peas are just round beans
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Actually, they make Britain work too. Baked beans.
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
That looks like the supper we had when the dole ran out.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 10 months ago
British invaded the entire world, and shipped exotic foods and spices back home for hundreds of years…
Only to make food that looks like this.
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I hope whoever put that in there wiped
Enkers@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Looks like the Brits were trying to follow recipe for poutine, but read peas instead of cheese.
Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I thought he bought a box of vomit for 4 bucks. What you said seems to make a lot more sense.
NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
People in here loving poutine, but you swap cheese chunks in your gravy for a vegetable and it’s suddenly disgusting? The North American palate is weird.
FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Cheese is better than every vegetable. Especially melted cheese. That’s certainly not an unpopular opinion or a weird take.
Peas + gravy is a weird pallet mate, there’s a reason you can only find it in 1 place.
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 10 months ago
Fuck yeah poutine.