I’ll admit i misunderstood the intent of the comment because I was at a stoplight and trying to read it quickly my fault. Regardless I was just recounting a personal experience and not making the general claim that all british food is bad all the time. I have had british food that was good even, just not good enough to surprise me and make me want to recreate it. I probably could have made that more clear but honestly I didn’t expect anyone to care
No worries, out of curiosity what part of my comment made it obvious I was American. Is it just a reasonable assumption or are we just that easy to spot lol?
Honestly, it’s the latter. Sorry. Without trying to be ironic, it’s the over generalisations and lack of nuance in their views of other cultures. It’s also like you guys are worried anything other than harsh put-downs might go to our heads and we’ll start invading the world again or something.
Also, the only people who tend to be that negative towards our food tend to say it in French and be a lot more specific, almost constructive in their feedback (by French standards that is). Even then, I’m yet to meet a French person who isn’t partial to a well made fish and chips or a shephard’s pie and I’ve met a fair few. In fact, the French have their own version of shepherd’s pie that isn’t as good as the British, can you believe? Maybe it’s the exception that proves the rule lol.
Most British people tend to make the poor French version and not slow cook the mince down in stock and stout beer until thick or use a proper buttery, cheesey mash to go with it.
Pointing out that I think someone is being a bit unfair and overly generalising isn’t making something a competition.
It genuinely does take time for people to adapt. That’s not point scoring.
I’ll admit i misunderstood the intent of the comment because I was at a stoplight and trying to read it quickly my fault. Regardless I was just recounting a personal experience and not making the general claim that all british food is bad all the time. I have had british food that was good even, just not good enough to surprise me and make me want to recreate it. I probably could have made that more clear but honestly I didn’t expect anyone to care
Fair enough, apologies if I came across too strong. It wasn’t my intention.
No worries, out of curiosity what part of my comment made it obvious I was American. Is it just a reasonable assumption or are we just that easy to spot lol?
Honestly, it’s the latter. Sorry. Without trying to be ironic, it’s the over generalisations and lack of nuance in their views of other cultures. It’s also like you guys are worried anything other than harsh put-downs might go to our heads and we’ll start invading the world again or something.
Also, the only people who tend to be that negative towards our food tend to say it in French and be a lot more specific, almost constructive in their feedback (by French standards that is). Even then, I’m yet to meet a French person who isn’t partial to a well made fish and chips or a shephard’s pie and I’ve met a fair few. In fact, the French have their own version of shepherd’s pie that isn’t as good as the British, can you believe? Maybe it’s the exception that proves the rule lol.
Most British people tend to make the poor French version and not slow cook the mince down in stock and stout beer until thick or use a proper buttery, cheesey mash to go with it.