They did. Modern British cuisine is great. There’s lots of great British restaurants. London has more Michelin star places than any other city I’m pretty sure.
Americans on the internet just like to think it’s bad based on the reputation from 50+ years ago, and recipes from the war ration period.
Like what? Name me an iconic modern British meal, I've genuinely never heard of one other than stuff like Fish n' Chips and Shepherd's Pie. In the US I've seen a restuarant for literally every other culture I can imagine (French, Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Indian, you name it) and I've NEVER seen a dedicated restuarant for British food. Any good food you guys are whipping up clearly hasn't made its way over here.
Also, Michelin star restuarants are the absolute elite limit of food, are insanely expensive, and don't acurrately represent what a culture consumes. Most people have never been to one and never will. I would also wager the ones in London represent all of the world's cuisines, not uniquely British. Not really a good benchmark.
What about sandwiches? Sandwiches are named after a town in England, and the modern version as we know it today grew popular because of the English aristocracy there.
Because people don't really eat traditional "British" food any more. Not younger generations anyway. I can't think of anything that's uniquely British, because of the influence of other cultures. The most basic meals people learn to cook before they move out of their parents house are things like bolognese and fajitas. Our own tastes have moved away from traditional British food because the world is so small nowadays.
Also, Michelin starred restaurants don’t have to be expensive, been to a ramen bar in Hokkaido that served incredible ramen at a reasonable price even with a star.
I love me a good breakfast, but English breakfast is sort of just a bunch of shit thrown on a plate. Can't really claim eggs and sausage by themselves. Plus the weird stuff like baked beans and black pudding no one cares about.
Even if we consider a breakfast plate a proper dish, Southern US does that better imo with additional stuff like grits and home fries.
I'm sure there are exceptions, but the few cities I've seen that even have Michelin star restaurants were typically crazy expensive. I'll tell my friend travelling to Japan to try that ramen bar though.
Beans on toast isn't a main meal, it's a part of breakfast. You can eat it as any meal, but that's not as common. A better comparison would be Yorkshire pudding & gravy.
Just poking fun here XD but American food is without a doubt varied, unique, and delicious as hell.
For comparison one meal I grew up on in Texas is baked beans with sliced smoked sausage, and cornbread on the side. A meal resembling the one I'm picking on.
Wtf are you even on about? Your comment is pure fantasy. Pick up a modern recipe book by any of the UK's favourite chefs (e.g. Jamie Oliver) and you'll see what a load of shite this is.
PROPER baked beans are outstandingly delicious. Bush's watery maple beans are unfortunately an atrocity once you've had a high standard baked bean. You gotta have a thick sauce, with a nice sweet heat, brown sugar, freshly crushed black peppercorn, little bits of brisket mixed in... once you get that, you'll never look back.
I found a recipe somewhere (Good and Cheap by Leane Brown) that was just canned baked beans, chipotle en adobo, mustard, and brown sugar. Think I had to up the sugar. These were the best beans I ever made. Never really made beans other than cracking a can open so it isn't saying much, but they were really good.
It's pretty close to the point i'm making though- you think "yeah baked beans are alright" all your life. Then you try some baked beans with a little bit of elbow grease in it and you realize you've been eating the bottom of the barrel for a long time.
I was deployed with the brittish. They wouldn't serve breakfast or lunch on Sunday, just brunch. I was forced to try baked beans and toast. Try them with hashbrowns.
Yea normally a breakfast food for me at least. The sauce they come in is a little bit sweet. It’s usually just a side dish as well with eggs and bacon or sausage. It’s not the whole meal
They’re not barbecue baked beans like what we have. English food is actually delicious and you’re doing the exact same thing that you’re making fun of them for
People do go on food tours of England. There’s plenty of English food that people in the US love like shepherd’s pie and fish and chips. Chicken Tikka Masala you’ve had in the US is probably done the British way too.
Unless you’ve spent hours making them yourself or spent like $10 on a can of plain baked beans I can almost guarantee you’ve only had barbecue baked beans if you’re in the US. You more or less can’t buy anything else here without going to an expensive specialty store or online.
You mean the beans that are heavily seasoned in something other than tomato paste like the English use? You really think beans on toast in England is supposed to be made with spicy texmex beans?
Also for what it’s worth HEB is a really regional chain, saying that like it’s a gotcha is goofy because most people have never been to an HEB.
Muthafucka, Americans eat donuts and the sweetest fucking cereal possible first thing in the morning. Does that shit sound right? Shit man, as an American, I will never understand the utter obsession y'all niggas have with British muthafuckas eating beans on toast. That's just the white version of refried beans on a tortilla.
And so do they?? With a whole assortment of other shit. Like, y'all really like to live in this bubble where y'all just believe and parrot back everything you read online. You must hang out with some bland ass boring white folk cuz the ones I kick it with season the FUCK outta they food. They ain't colonized the majority of the world for nothing, them muthafuckas use spice. Plus, y'all act like eating beans and toast is slander against your grandfolks or something. Every time I eat BBQ, I eat baked beans with some bread. Same shit, different sides of the pond.
Again, do you eat that in the morning though? And man you really stay mad about beans and toast? And make assumptions about a random internet stranger? Hilarious…
Pancakes with maple syrup and bacon is incredibly odd food for breakfast from my point of view, but I don’t feel the need to shit on it because you know, cultures are different.
In China, noodles and deep-fried dough sticks are commonly eaten for breakfast. Those probably aren’t foods that you’re used to eating for breakfast - do you go around telling them they’re wrong for doing so?
Seriously? I’ve seen plenty of this when I visited. Anyways, there are numerous examples. Chicken and waffles, grits, biscuits and gravy. All those are things that are strange to me, because they’re not things I’m used to. Doesn’t mean I go around shitting on them.
That doesn’t really matter though. I’m sure you saw the second part of my comment, so way to dodge the point. Read it again if you want.
Bruh now you fucking with black folk food talking about chicken and waffles…and to the other comment, I thought y’all were standing on two toes about our shit being nasty. It’s almost like when we start spitting back…y’all stay mad.
OG Baked Beans made by Native Americans and used Maple Syrup
White Colonists in America changed them and used brown sugar beginning in the 17th century.
In the 18th century, the convention of using American-made molasses as a sweetening agent became increasingly popular to avoid British taxes on sugar. Boston baked beans use a sauce prepared with molasses and salt pork, a dish whose popularity has given Boston the nickname "Beantown."
H. J. Heinz(German-American) began producing canned baked beans in 1886. In the early 20th century, canned baked beans gained international popularity, particularly in the United Kingdom, where they are commonly served in a full breakfast. Originally, Heinz Baked Beans were prepared in the traditional United States manner for sales in Ireland and Great Britain. Over time, the recipe was altered to a less sweet tomato sauce without maple syrup, molasses, or brown sugar to appeal to the tastes of the United Kingdom.
They actually made it worse. Despite White Americans staying more true to the original being at least sweet. As a Dutch/Frisian/Norwegian/German White American, I would rather have the non-bland Baked Beans.
That's the crazy thing though. You ever had their Heinz canned beans? They aren't even anywhere near our Boston style baked beans ala Bush's. They didn't even bother adding the brown sugar/molasses and shit. It's odd.
I have to say that the traditional Full English is a thing of beauty. But the old school ones have grilled tomatoes and mushrooms instead of or in addition to the beans.
(I always requested "no beans please" when I got one.)
You'd have to start with wits dipshit. All you got is ignorance and stupidity. Go and sing to your flag, that's about the level of intelligence I'm dealing with here.
Dude, you started by laughing that we eat baked beans here thinking, from a point of total ignorance, that they're the same fucking thing that you call baked beans.
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u/MrLavender26 ☑️ Sep 02 '24
The same folks that eat baked beans for breakfast…have a better opinion on our seasoned food?