Why is British cuisine so “simple” while its surrounding countries of France, Spain, and Italy have God-tier elaborate cuisines?
What makes the difference between it and them?
different priorities in life
Most of the British "cuisine" you hear about is actually the food they ate during WW2 while the Germans were bombing them.
>>51431844
Mmmmmm rabbit stew
>>51431576
>italy
>elaborate cuisine
>>51432092
What
So can you cook this just in 5 minutes?
>He doesn't know about our anglo horse semen liquor
Stay pleb, uncultured swine
>>51431576
>simple
pic related
>>51431844
We can thank the Yanks for this one.
They came into the war after we'd been fighting alone against the might of Nazi Germany and on food rationing for months. Their soldiers waltzed into the UK from comfy insulated America and started complaining about le terrible British food.
So much they had to issue a guide to living in Britain which told them to stop complaining everything you're entering a war zone.
Dumb Yanks believing WWII shit is also the reason they think the French are le surrender monkeys XD.
>>51432231
adjective: elaborate
Jˈlab(ə)rət/
1. involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning.
Things that take some time to cook != elaborate. There's nothing complicated about cooking seafood and sauce with pasta. And even if the dish was elaborate (it's not) a single (or even a few) cherry picked example doesn't prove anything other than how desperate you are, faggot.
>>51432231
The only "difficult" part is cleaning the mussel, and it's more time consuming that complicated.
French cuisine is shit. Cannot speak for Spain. English cuisine is great, OPenis.
Kill yourself.
>>51436601
I don't think you are on position to criticize other country's cuisines when your "country" eat garbage like GMO & chlorine chicken with a digusting obesity rate.
english food is good, honestly, but it still lacks complexity or ingenuity that the french or italians have.
just came back from trip around yurop
Everything I cook I learned from Jamie Oliver. Now I realise I cook mostly Italian style. Maybe I should marry a Sicilian.
>>51431576
>Why is British cuisine so “simple” while its surrounding countries of France, Spain, and Italy have God-tier elaborate cuisines?
Isolation of the British isles combined with shit weather.
What do the three other countries you mentioned have in common? Both are in favorable climates which encourage agriculture (most of the EU's agricultural output still comes from these countries, especially France) as well as being on the Mediterranean, which is the crossroads of three continents. Historically, chefs in those regions had access to ingredients from pretty much all over the world. France even has an extra advantage as it not only borders the Mediterranean, but it's also right between the Latin and Germanic worlds. This is why French cuisine also has some rustic food like quiche or flammkuchen.
What surprises me is why the British never incorporated food from their empire. The French more or less assimilated couscous into their national cuisine, the Iberians assimilated potatoes and tomatoes to the point where almost nobody knows of their South American origins anymore, but what have the British done? The closest thing I can think of is curry restaurants all over Britain, but even those are advertised as Indian food and not assimilated into British cuisine. It could've been world class if they had assimilated Indian and African elements into their traditional cuisine.
really craving some fried fish right about now, senpai
>>51436601
>French cuisine is shit. English cuisine is great
-America, 11/29/15
>>51437813
The French are vile
Can't wait for more bombings tb h
There is literally nothing wrong with British cuisine and the best food I had in Europe was fish and chips.
>>51437728
Tea ?
Hey, maybe we could try to cook with tea ?
>>51432510
Is this the same America that was going through the great depression with city blocks wrapped with lines of men hoping for a loaf of bread?
I know my family survived off of killing and eating wild hares.
You frame it as if Americans were in the dust bowl of Oklahoma just eating big succulent thanksgiving meals every night and cruising in their automobiles down roads paved with gold on their way to dancing at jazz clubs or whatever.
And we're assholes because your food sucks.
Listen, when people who have had to survive off of stale bread and gamey wild rabbits say your food sucks, it's probably because it fuckin sucks.
>>51438192
>Hey, maybe we could try to cook with tea ?
You're laughing now, but this actually exists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCnO8t3UR2w
>This triggers the frog
>>51437020
>Jamie OIL-ver
>not Chef Rubio
>>51438461
wtf is the dog doing there? kek
>>51432092
So, I guess your knowledge of Italian cuisine is limited to pasta and pizza. Impressive.
>>51438609
Don't talk smack about Francis 1v1 me I'll rek you're shit.
>>51437893
fite me rosbif
>>51438934
o-ok semmy
>>51431576
British are Germanic barbarians, Spaniards and Italian are Mediterranean masterrace, French are whatever they want
>>51432092
Why are Swedes always so butthurt at us? Are they just envious?
>>51431576
Spanish cuisine is simple as fuck.
>>51432510
Not only the French, Brits are also generally considered cowardly.
>>51432440
The fact that it's Scottish says a lot
>>51439854
Scotland is UK
>>51432440
>dat sprig o' parsley
why?
>>51439656
Ham, Ham, Pork & Ham again ?
seriously guys you love reconquista but at this level....
>>51439854
I didn't realise that Scotland =/= British. As much as people like to pretend otherwise, Scotland is part of the UK and will forever be.
>>51437728
Your post makes a lot of sense, senpai.
Now I'm convinced.
>>51432440
>Haggis is banned in the USA
You can't make this shit up
>>51437728
>but even those are advertised as Indian food and not assimilated into British cuisine
Bullshit. It's integrated into UK cuisine as much as mexican or Italian in the USA. For ecample, Tikka massala being the national dish or the Balti, which is usually recognised as coming from the 'Balti triangle' in Birmingham.
>>51436889
>thinking GMOs are bad even though the single study saying they are has been debunked multiple times
you're literally the same as an antivaxxer
>>51431576
France, Spain and Italy are the "romance" countries (nothing to do with love - the family of the languages is called the "romance languages")
They are quite similar to each other culturally because their recent history stems from the same and interrelated ethnic groups, eg the gauls, the goths, the visigoths, etc.
Britain was colonised by the Anglo saxons and the Danes (and partly the Bretons from France but they're celtic anyway - very different from their European neighbours).
So we have that nordic / germanic influence that has played a large part in dictating our culture. But then British culture and food evolved on their own to become what we know as British food today. The meats we eat are the animals that are native to Britain - beef, chicken, mutton, venison, lamb, etc. And we eat the crops that grow here - potatoes, root veg, etc. I reckon the reason the Sunday roast became so popular here is because Britain is bloody chilly and you need a good hearty meal once a week to survive through the winter.
Think for once in your goddamn life Japan, Christ.
>>51431576
Because anglos don't give a shit what they eat.
>>51437728
You clearly know nothing m8, tea came from our colonies, and curry has definitely and completely been assimilated into British cuisine, because British curry is completely different from actual Indian curry and we Brits all know that. British curry has changed for British tastes. Chicken tikka massala (most popular dish in Britain OF ALL I think) doesn't exist in India.
I just saw a tv program where they said British cousine is one of the richest in the world. Maybe because of so many foreigners there now.
>>51432440
is that some sort of ground meat inside pigs intestines?
>>51432092
Well yeah it is.
>>51442832
sheep organs and oats in a sheep's stomach, boiled back to life, and served with a solid helping of scotch.
>>51442695
Thanks for your pretty reasonable explanation, senpai.
>Think for once in your goddamn life Japan, Christ.
You seem to be a bit angry, but I just said British cuisine is "simple", neither "unappetising" nor "terrible".
It's not necessarily worse for foods to be simpler. For instance I really like Sushi but the way of making it is actually simple as fuck.
So please don't be so pessimistic, and be proud of your """"Great""""" cuisine, my friend :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
>>51442918
with the exception of sheep's stomach (which I can't fairly assess since I've never had it), it sounds like it'd be tasty.
>>51432092
>swedes
>food or culture
>>51442951
properly cleaned and seasoned, it's not too bad at all... still a once-a-year kinda thing for me at least.
>>51438335
Bollocks, we had the depression too and it was all over by 1939.
>>51432440
>haggis is british
when will the english stop being so deluded
>>51442918
It's not eaten with scotch you fucking canuck, you don't know shit about Scotland
>>51442951
It contains sheep's heart and lung by the way, thought you should know that
>>51442411
you know most institutions on regulation and government laws are paid off right?
FDA thinks sugar is good and they promote the use of anti-depressant world wide
not to mention GMO """farmers""" have monopoly and kills bio-diversity and tried to rob seed-banks multiple time in the past
>>51432510
>They came into the war after we'd been fighting alone against the might of Nazi Germany and on food rationing for months. Their soldiers waltzed into the UK from comfy insulated America and started complaining about le terrible British food.
The diet in America at the time wasn't much to write home about either thanks to the Depression and wartime rationing.
>>51443640
Burns supper - gotta toast the thing, no? Or is that just something the tree-tossers who left started up?
Plus, you need something to drink while waiting four to six hours waiting for that... Does it count as an aperatif if you kill the bottle?
>>51443160
The Depression didn't really end here until 1940.
>>51438461
Japanese make Matcha everything <_<
>>51443938
true
everyone knows that the medical comapnies are buying the studies that claim vaccines don't cause autism
>>51431576
>Japan talking about simple cuisine
>literally just eats animals alive without cooking or even preparing them
>and just downs a bowl of plain white rice with it
reminder that le rosbif meme comes from starving French being mad that English people had a regular meal containing cow's meat
>>51431576
British was busy at invade in the world, Meals is just an act of take in nourishment or souvenir from colonies for them.
France, Spain and Italy were soooooo rich in the Middle Ages and there was nobles had luxurious life. Meal culture was like common practice.
>>51444427
>>literally just eats animals alive without cooking or even preparing them
Where the heck do you hear about such bullshit and how can you even believe in it just like a literal retard?
As for very tiny fishes like "Shirasu", sometimes we eat them alive, but I've never ever heard my countrymen who eat ANIMALS alive.
wtf, it really seems that excessive consumption of burgers cause some disorder in your brain.
>>51444915
I thought you guys eat things like frogs and fish alive, I've seen GIFs of it
And as we all know
My GIFs don't lie.
>>51444915
confirmed weeb diaspora
>>51431576
says a rice/raw fish nigger
>>51444915
>wtf, it really seems that excessive consumption of burgers cause some disorder in your brain.
It's true, America has highest depression rates in world, and About 30 percent of adults in the US will experience some sort of mental health disorder.
>>51444915
Have you seen this movie?
>>51444988
>things "like" frogs and fish
Do not use such a vague expression to make up us as barbarians, please.
As I said already, yeah, there are only few tiny fishes we eat alive without any cooking.
However eating frogs is never our dietary culture, let alone eating them ALIVE.
My GIFs lie, you anons lie, and almost all of things on the Internet can lie, m8.
>>51444996
Does it mean my English is too decent for a genuine Japanese?
It's really glad to hear that, thanks :DDDDDDD
>>51445159
says a retard with the same flag as the OP's
>>51437813
He must be a tourist. In general here even people who don't like French food understand their superiority to the English in these matters.
>>51445267
But Yoshi, I saw a GIF of some Japanese chef cutting open a LIVE frog, pulling it inside out, and serving it on a plate, still alive. It was disgusting.
How do you explain that?
>>51445741
How can you distinguish Japanese and Chinese?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_legs
You guys always say Asians are arr look same LMAO
>>51445741
Chinese you idiot
>>51448356
>How can you distinguish Japanese and Chinese?
Chinese are Cockroach, Japanese are Korean
>>51445741
>>51448356
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUStSeqWx-s
>>51442981
What are you talking about, Sweden is super culturally enriched.
>>51442941
dear japan,
ty for being so forgiving to an assmad poster. it is clear that english is not your first language. I hope this helps.
simple has the connotation of 'dumb, lazy, etc.' in anglo-saxon culture because it is primarily used to describe: 1. things meant for children 2. dumb people ('he's simple")
>>51432440
Fancy me some of that 'aggis, my son?
>>51431576
The difference between glorious European cultures and uncultured northern barbarians who eat bread and dried meat
>>51442695
Wrong
>>51442113
When someone says "Breton"...they only mean English. Same with Bretoni and Britain
>>51448814
That's well known for bizarre food restaurant, Japan have not eating frog and dog culture unlike China.
When English curry’s recipe was transmitted from China, Japan used chicken meat instead of frog meat immediately tbqh.
Frog and mouse meats is hazardous for their own germs and have parasites.
>>51441849
GET FUCKED BILEL.
JAMON Y VINO.
ALCOHOL AND PORK.
NO KIKES OR MOROS ALLOWED.
SANTIAGO.
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