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  • mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Mmmm the fabled half english.

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    • idunnololz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I tried the fabled beans on toast and i was shocked when I bit into the toast that there was butter on the toast. It was a dumb thing to be shocked at but I did not expect it 😂.

      That being said, it looks really stupid in person because it’s literally toast with a ton of beans. Taste wise, it was ok.

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      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        What sort of catastrophic mental state do you have to be to think

        I shall put beans on thine toast. And yea; there was much rejoicing

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    • VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      World-renowned chef Gordon Ramsay saying "delicious. Finally, some good fucking food.

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    • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Compliments to the british chef

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If that sandwich is bland it’s on you it clearly says to add butter, salt and pepper to taste.

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    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you think you can make something not bland with just butter, salt and pepper, you may be a Brit.

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      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Good butter ain’t bland.

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      • Dave@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Fat and salt are the key ingredients in most fried food, so it’s basically deep fried bread.

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      • PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Homemade bread with just butter and salt is fucking awesome.

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      • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If you think butter is bland you may have broken tastebuds, or really shit butter. You know it’s supposed to come from a cow?

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      • Ledivin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Literally any meat in a pan

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      • Ziglin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Or a German to be honest. They eat just bread with butter. (no toast between!)

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    • RecallMadness@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The crunch of the toast vs the softness of the bread. The saltiness and richness of the butter against the spice of the pepper.

      It’s got contrast across two food metrics! Beats the shit out of PB&Js, and you don’t get peanut fragments stuck in your teeth.

      It’s poverty food (for when butter didn’t cost $20/kg), but it’s not half bad.

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      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Peanut butter is perfect and I’ll die on that hill. My country’s cheap combination of pulses and bread is much better than yours! That said you need unsweetened peanut butter and unsweetened bread, both of which can be difficult to find in the us

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  • ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s a wartime / depression era food, not something you’d make by choice, typically

    Cause bread was cheaper than say meat or cheese or what not

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    • BanMe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      First appeared in an 1861 cookbook, target for this was sick people. Would be easy to keep down, carbs and fats to nourish more than just a broth.

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    • yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ive had it a couple of times, for a laugh, while broke as a joke. Only just discovered that i didnt invent it though.

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      • ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Incidentally a UK paper a few years back called it “the cheapest british meal” and invited someone to send in a cheaper meal and they’d get an award. They got flooded and had to pick the winner at random.

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      and that applies to all the british (and “white people” food in general) that people think is boring, yeah it’s boring because the main goal was not starving to death…

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  • cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I dunno man when I was in the UK I had a shit ton of awesome food. Lots of fried fish, roasted meat, savory and sweet pies, sausages, breads, cheeses, not to mention the crossover and fusion food like Indian and South Asian.

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    • BlackVenom@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They have the best bacon

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      • cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The dairy and processed meats in the UK are fire!

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      • ButWhatDoesItAllMean@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Although I learned the hard way that there are two types! Streaky vs back bacon. Imagine my disappointment when I ordered a caesar salad with added bacon and it came out with what looked like a slab of ham on it 🤣

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    • Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I couldn’t have one now, but scotch eggs look great.

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    • Fmstrat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But did you get a Meal Deal?

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      • cattywampas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I got a full English twice, so there’s that.

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  • Fedizen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Don’t knock it until you’ve been on rationed flour for several years

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    • finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Fry your flour in butter.

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      • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Also rationed.

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    • miked@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Are you Native American?

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    an empire built on stealing spice from brown people and they REFUSE to use them

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • foggianism@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They refused to use the spices, not the brown people.

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      very funny and all, but most of the “indian” food westerners are used to was invented in the UK

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  • MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What even is jove

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    • not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      great scott!

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  • VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The Xzibit “yo dawg” meme captioned “yo dawg I herd you like toast so we put toast between your toast so you can eat toast while you eat toast”

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  • nialv7@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The Fat Duck, a restaurant with three Michelin stars, serves toast sandwich as a side dish.

    So, you tell me.

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    • ashenone@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Your not improving the reputation of British food your just making the reputation of Michelin stars worse

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      • nialv7@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        either way, i win 😈

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      • PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s specifically a rating system to sell tires. And cars are terrible for humanity. So yeah, who cares about that system.

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    • Drusas@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, and I'll bet there's duck fat on that sandwich.

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  • yakko@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It was invented for a “cheapest meal” competition if I recall. If someone really made this, the inside bread would be drowned in something with several insane flavours. Probably Branston pickle.

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    • Beacon@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You're half right. Wiki says it's been around since at least Victorian times, but the modern version revival happened as you say .

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_sandwich

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    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I can understand the appeal of a piece of bread that’s been soaked or buttered or even just toasted and salted. I bet that’s delicious, if done right.

      My question is, why the other two slices of bread? What’s the thinking there? Why not have three slices of delicious middle bread? If the bread is good enough on its own, why not eat it alone?

      It’s like if you made a drink of tepid water by adding ice cubes to a glass of warmed water and then letting them completely melt until room temperature. Who is this recipe for? “Oh, but maybe the ice cubes are flavored” OK then why freeze them before melting them? “Maybe the hot water is flavored with herbs that rele-” Bitch, that’s tea.

      I’m so confused, I’m getting mad at imaginary arguments I’m having with hypothetical morons about analogous situations that only exist in my head.

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      • mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The middle bread will be saturated in fat, crispy, and spiced heavily.
        The outer breads are dry, fluffy and neutral-tasting.
        You need them for the same reason you need them in any sandwich.

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      • starik@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        To keep your hands clean

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      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Texture. Crisp sandwiches are the closest thing I can think of but crisps cost a lot more than a slice of bread.

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  • BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This isn’t typical cuisine, this reads much more extremely poor so all I have is bread and fortunately butter.

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  • ebolapie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    you guys remind me of a girl I used to work with who would always mock “white people food,” except that to her that meant specifically “poor white people food.”

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    • RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If all you have is bread, you should try eating it rather than fucking it, though.

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      • ebolapie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You have to be really hungry before you eat the fucking bread

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    • Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Mustard crackers are the bomb if that’s all you have in the fridge.

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    • Riverside@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Plenty of delicious struggle meals if you get creative, half of “popular” cuisine stems from them. Spanish cocido and tortilla de patata are a few examples of well-loved affordable struggle meals.

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, it’s filling and I would like to see you come up with better for £0.06 a meal.

    Poverty food exists for a reason.

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    • mech@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I dare say potatoes are cheaper than bread.
      And you can turn them into a more filling, more nutricious and better-tasting meal with nothing but salt and vegetable oil.

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      • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah but that would take effort.

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      • AnyOldName3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        With energy prices in the UK being what they are, it’s only raw potatoes that are cheaper than bread. At least toast toasts quickly, so isn’t that energy-intensive compared with boiling a pan of water.

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      • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You have to cook the potatoes or they’re poisonous, and buying and running a hob or an oven is comparatively pretty expensive in the UK. I get your point though, if you’re a bit wealthier, of course you’d be looking at potatoes or other foods - and it can get really ingredient cheap if you buy a sack of potatoes and mostly just eat potatoes :)

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      • plyth@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        That’s why toast with crisps is the more popular food.

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    • Ziglin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have not seen bread this cheap anywhere.

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      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Aldi, to be fair food was a bit cheaper when I was living on £600 a month, around 2017. Like £0.34 for about 20 slices. I think it is more like £0.45 now for the cheapest loaf of bread.

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  • MCTamTam@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sounds delicious imho

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    • D_C@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In my 5 decades of Britishness I’ve never ever heard of a toast sandwich. And for one and a half of those decades we were so poor that we sometimes had sugar sandwiches just so we wouldn’t starve.

      But, yeah, I’d give it a go. Hell, I may even have one today.

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      • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        sugar sandwiches

        Fairy bread without butter?

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    • j_elgato@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s strangely tasty.

      Tried it when I first heard about this and somehow the crunch and the butter work really well with the untoasted bread.

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    • BanMe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Someone made this after discussion here or on reddit, I can’t remember, and said it was surprisingly good.

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  • bananabird@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I feel like I’m the strange person for answering yes, I eat these now and again. I like to toast only the middle slice, and when it is done, butter salt and pepper both sides. The butter soaks in and softens the toasted slice up again, but it keeps a chew. Gives it a meaty texture that way.

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  • minorkeys@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The only people who survived medieval England were those who could psychologically tolerate bland food.

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  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not even my dad ate this and he liked all sorts of crazy rationing-era foods he’d grown up with in the war.

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  • dantheclamman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I ate a lot of good food when I visited the UK. Honestly anyone who claims <place> has only bad food has a skill issue.

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  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wasn’t this like midwar bombing rations when things got bad or something?

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  • SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Tikka Masala is pretty fuggin’ good. And you lot did invent Worcestershire sauce. Oh, and your packaged snacks? Hugely better than the crap we get in the states. But you can have Mushy Peas.

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  • Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You people do know neither the Luftwaffe nor the Kriegsmarine are no longer immediate threats to the safety of the United Kingdom?

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  • Saapas@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve made it out of curiosity. It tasted like buttered toast with pepper. Honestly pretty good

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  • BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thought the food was a running joke for ages till I went and had some of their Fish and Chips at nice pub. Oh boy was I wrong! That and the curry will absolutely blow your mind.

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  • BaraCoded@literature.cafe ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Saddest and most redundant dish I have ever seen. My french soul is crying tears of cheese, ham, fresh lettuce, pickles, tomato, and mayo, or anything that would go into a sandwich while not being bread, really.

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  • hector@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Bread sandwhiches were popular in the US too when they got the machines to refine grain, and remove the endosperm from the outer coating of the seed where all the vitamins are, they would put a slice of white bread from that processing inbetween two pieces of coarse bread from the whole grain.

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  • Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A cracker tastes good when you're starving.

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ok, Brits… what is GOOD British food? Fish ‘n Chips? Mushy Peas? Full English? Sunday Roast? I’ve been to the UK more times than I can count and even the Pubs often serve international fare instead of Spotted Dick.

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  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Somebody is a texture eater

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  • cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    beans on toast on toast on toast

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  • marighost@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Shameless plug for Scrandle, the daily “dle” game where you choose the superior scran (stadium food) based on the community’s votes.

    Anyways, it’s really shown me how awful British food is. And as an American (sorry), just how fucking expensive our own food is.

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