• dantheclamman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 days 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.

  • ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    23·
    2 days 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

    • BanMe@lemmy.world
      15·
      2 days 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.

    • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      2 days 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.

    • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      What even is jove

      Edit: okay this one’s complicated. It’s like saying “holy shit” (“oh my god”), but you’re Roman and saying “holy jupiter(the god)”, but you’re also English and it entered popular usage through Shakespeare, and you’re also from before it became “by george”…Or something… Tldr it’s old Latin and jove=jupiter

    • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      I still do this. I save easily $200/month eating it 3 days a week. Pro tip: the bread and bologna at Aldis is S tier and with the right addons and seasonings it’s a fantastic light meal.

  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 days 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.

    • makingrain@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Didn’t the US have pasta in jello?

      By 1930, there appeared a vogue in American cuisine for congealed salads, and the company introduced lime-flavored Jell-O, to complement the add-ins that cooks across the country were combining in these aspics and salads. Popular Jell-O recipes often included ingredients like cabbage, celery, green peppers, and even cooked pasta.[10]

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jell-O

      • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        I’m pretty sure people were writing recipes as shit posts back then. There’s no way any human being willingly ate those.

  • cattywampas@lemmy.world
    181·
    3 days 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.

  • ebolapie@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 days 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 really just meant “poor white people food.” It’s not gourmet, but sometimes all you have is fucking bread.

  • fox2263@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    That says it’s from the 19th century. What American food from then wasn’t garbage?

    • Jax@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      2 days ago

      Uh, your average breakfast in the U.S. was basically a shitload of protein and potatoes in the 19th century. Idk about you but I definitely like pork, oatmeal, fried potatoes, eggs — with a couple pieces of toast that’s all I need in current year.

    • idunnololz@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 days ago

      Funny enough, a lot of popular food today was invented due to a food scarcity with people forced to make due with what they had on hand.