• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Yes, although the American ones come in a different, much more sugary sauce, which has led to Americans being confused as to why people would put it on toast and top with cheese.

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        9 months ago

        American bread is also more sugary than uk bread too right? I’ve never tried it but I’ve heard from a lot of other fellow Brits that it almost tastes like cake in comparison

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        9 months ago

        Oh yeah those. Yeah that’s one of the ways to eat beans in the US (with sausage and onions), but it’s the third that comes to my mind personally. When I think beans, my first thought is Mexican refried beans, with salt, lime, probably some other stuff I’m not sure, and topped with a pinch of Queso. Not remotely sweet. Then I think of our chili’s, which are usually pretty bean heavy too, how sweet they are depends on where it came from. In my experience it’s mostly just the storebought chili’s that have any sugar, I don’t think people consider adding any to their homemade stuff.

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        9 months ago

        UK food has lots of seasoning, I really don’t know where this meme comes from.

        The UK actually has spicier food than anywhere else in Europe. The only other countries really being Spain and Hungary.

        Even putting aside how massive British-Indian cuisine is here, there’s extensive use of English mustard, which is spicy (try it if you haven’t, it’s nothing like American or Dijon mustards), and horseradish, which is basically wasabi.

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        9 months ago

        They abandoned the spices when France did. The reason? Poor people could also afford spices so it was no longer a status symbol. The new status symbol was simple meals of very fresh meat and vegetables cooked with complicated methods requiring many hours and loads of practice.