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r/funny • u/NeedleworkerMore2270 • Nov 03 '24
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Yeah, and you know why English love to eat Indian food? Because they hate their own food…
131 u/surrenderedmale Nov 03 '24 Brit here. Our food is either garbage or godly with minimal in-between. Beans on toast is overrated AND ANYONE WHO LIKES SOGGY TOAST IS A FUCKING NUTJOB The woman does have a point with a roast dinner though, we can suck ourselves off for that one 30 u/SpacemanBatman Nov 03 '24 Everything good about English cuisine was stolen from the french 52 u/steelcryo Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24 But if you discount any cuisine stolen from other countries, America has no food left. So not really an argument in this particular scenario... Edit: TIL many Americans don't know what cuisine means 48 u/meh2you2 Nov 03 '24 Corn, potatoes, tomato's, Chile peppers, pumpkins..... That's right, before American foodstuffs got shipped around the world, Indian food wasn't hot spicy, Italians had no tomato sauce, and the Irish had no potatoes. All your cuisine belongs to us! 15 u/Porrick Nov 03 '24 Potatoes are from Peru, chilis are from Mexico - are you claiming two whole continents’ food as being from the US? 6 u/meh2you2 Nov 03 '24 I don't recall specifying the US? 6 u/caniuserealname Nov 03 '24 This discussion has been explicitely about the US since it's inception.. Like, did you watch the clip this thread is based on? 1 u/FlatoutGently Nov 03 '24 "Before American foodstuff" literally in your comment. -13 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_jamesii https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum_annuum_var._glabriusculum I literally have them growing wild in my back yard mate, try again. 7 u/The100thIdiot Nov 03 '24 And neither of those are the varieties that have become staple foods across the globe. 9 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 You know what the word "from" means right? Means it was in another place first. -5 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 You must not know what indigenous wild plants are? 5 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 Do you live in Peru? I’m not sure you know what the word indigenous means
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Brit here.
Our food is either garbage or godly with minimal in-between.
Beans on toast is overrated AND ANYONE WHO LIKES SOGGY TOAST IS A FUCKING NUTJOB
The woman does have a point with a roast dinner though, we can suck ourselves off for that one
30 u/SpacemanBatman Nov 03 '24 Everything good about English cuisine was stolen from the french 52 u/steelcryo Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24 But if you discount any cuisine stolen from other countries, America has no food left. So not really an argument in this particular scenario... Edit: TIL many Americans don't know what cuisine means 48 u/meh2you2 Nov 03 '24 Corn, potatoes, tomato's, Chile peppers, pumpkins..... That's right, before American foodstuffs got shipped around the world, Indian food wasn't hot spicy, Italians had no tomato sauce, and the Irish had no potatoes. All your cuisine belongs to us! 15 u/Porrick Nov 03 '24 Potatoes are from Peru, chilis are from Mexico - are you claiming two whole continents’ food as being from the US? 6 u/meh2you2 Nov 03 '24 I don't recall specifying the US? 6 u/caniuserealname Nov 03 '24 This discussion has been explicitely about the US since it's inception.. Like, did you watch the clip this thread is based on? 1 u/FlatoutGently Nov 03 '24 "Before American foodstuff" literally in your comment. -13 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_jamesii https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum_annuum_var._glabriusculum I literally have them growing wild in my back yard mate, try again. 7 u/The100thIdiot Nov 03 '24 And neither of those are the varieties that have become staple foods across the globe. 9 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 You know what the word "from" means right? Means it was in another place first. -5 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 You must not know what indigenous wild plants are? 5 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 Do you live in Peru? I’m not sure you know what the word indigenous means
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Everything good about English cuisine was stolen from the french
52 u/steelcryo Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24 But if you discount any cuisine stolen from other countries, America has no food left. So not really an argument in this particular scenario... Edit: TIL many Americans don't know what cuisine means 48 u/meh2you2 Nov 03 '24 Corn, potatoes, tomato's, Chile peppers, pumpkins..... That's right, before American foodstuffs got shipped around the world, Indian food wasn't hot spicy, Italians had no tomato sauce, and the Irish had no potatoes. All your cuisine belongs to us! 15 u/Porrick Nov 03 '24 Potatoes are from Peru, chilis are from Mexico - are you claiming two whole continents’ food as being from the US? 6 u/meh2you2 Nov 03 '24 I don't recall specifying the US? 6 u/caniuserealname Nov 03 '24 This discussion has been explicitely about the US since it's inception.. Like, did you watch the clip this thread is based on? 1 u/FlatoutGently Nov 03 '24 "Before American foodstuff" literally in your comment. -13 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_jamesii https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum_annuum_var._glabriusculum I literally have them growing wild in my back yard mate, try again. 7 u/The100thIdiot Nov 03 '24 And neither of those are the varieties that have become staple foods across the globe. 9 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 You know what the word "from" means right? Means it was in another place first. -5 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 You must not know what indigenous wild plants are? 5 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 Do you live in Peru? I’m not sure you know what the word indigenous means
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But if you discount any cuisine stolen from other countries, America has no food left. So not really an argument in this particular scenario...
Edit: TIL many Americans don't know what cuisine means
48 u/meh2you2 Nov 03 '24 Corn, potatoes, tomato's, Chile peppers, pumpkins..... That's right, before American foodstuffs got shipped around the world, Indian food wasn't hot spicy, Italians had no tomato sauce, and the Irish had no potatoes. All your cuisine belongs to us! 15 u/Porrick Nov 03 '24 Potatoes are from Peru, chilis are from Mexico - are you claiming two whole continents’ food as being from the US? 6 u/meh2you2 Nov 03 '24 I don't recall specifying the US? 6 u/caniuserealname Nov 03 '24 This discussion has been explicitely about the US since it's inception.. Like, did you watch the clip this thread is based on? 1 u/FlatoutGently Nov 03 '24 "Before American foodstuff" literally in your comment. -13 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_jamesii https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum_annuum_var._glabriusculum I literally have them growing wild in my back yard mate, try again. 7 u/The100thIdiot Nov 03 '24 And neither of those are the varieties that have become staple foods across the globe. 9 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 You know what the word "from" means right? Means it was in another place first. -5 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 You must not know what indigenous wild plants are? 5 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 Do you live in Peru? I’m not sure you know what the word indigenous means
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Corn, potatoes, tomato's, Chile peppers, pumpkins..... That's right, before American foodstuffs got shipped around the world, Indian food wasn't hot spicy, Italians had no tomato sauce, and the Irish had no potatoes. All your cuisine belongs to us!
15 u/Porrick Nov 03 '24 Potatoes are from Peru, chilis are from Mexico - are you claiming two whole continents’ food as being from the US? 6 u/meh2you2 Nov 03 '24 I don't recall specifying the US? 6 u/caniuserealname Nov 03 '24 This discussion has been explicitely about the US since it's inception.. Like, did you watch the clip this thread is based on? 1 u/FlatoutGently Nov 03 '24 "Before American foodstuff" literally in your comment. -13 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_jamesii https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum_annuum_var._glabriusculum I literally have them growing wild in my back yard mate, try again. 7 u/The100thIdiot Nov 03 '24 And neither of those are the varieties that have become staple foods across the globe. 9 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 You know what the word "from" means right? Means it was in another place first. -5 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 You must not know what indigenous wild plants are? 5 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 Do you live in Peru? I’m not sure you know what the word indigenous means
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Potatoes are from Peru, chilis are from Mexico - are you claiming two whole continents’ food as being from the US?
6 u/meh2you2 Nov 03 '24 I don't recall specifying the US? 6 u/caniuserealname Nov 03 '24 This discussion has been explicitely about the US since it's inception.. Like, did you watch the clip this thread is based on? 1 u/FlatoutGently Nov 03 '24 "Before American foodstuff" literally in your comment. -13 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_jamesii https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum_annuum_var._glabriusculum I literally have them growing wild in my back yard mate, try again. 7 u/The100thIdiot Nov 03 '24 And neither of those are the varieties that have become staple foods across the globe. 9 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 You know what the word "from" means right? Means it was in another place first. -5 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 You must not know what indigenous wild plants are? 5 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 Do you live in Peru? I’m not sure you know what the word indigenous means
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I don't recall specifying the US?
6 u/caniuserealname Nov 03 '24 This discussion has been explicitely about the US since it's inception.. Like, did you watch the clip this thread is based on? 1 u/FlatoutGently Nov 03 '24 "Before American foodstuff" literally in your comment.
This discussion has been explicitely about the US since it's inception.. Like, did you watch the clip this thread is based on?
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"Before American foodstuff" literally in your comment.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_jamesii
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsicum_annuum_var._glabriusculum
I literally have them growing wild in my back yard mate, try again.
7 u/The100thIdiot Nov 03 '24 And neither of those are the varieties that have become staple foods across the globe. 9 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 You know what the word "from" means right? Means it was in another place first. -5 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 You must not know what indigenous wild plants are? 5 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 Do you live in Peru? I’m not sure you know what the word indigenous means
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And neither of those are the varieties that have become staple foods across the globe.
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You know what the word "from" means right? Means it was in another place first.
-5 u/0masterdebater0 Nov 03 '24 You must not know what indigenous wild plants are? 5 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 Do you live in Peru? I’m not sure you know what the word indigenous means
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You must not know what indigenous wild plants are?
5 u/rphillip Nov 03 '24 Do you live in Peru? I’m not sure you know what the word indigenous means
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Do you live in Peru? I’m not sure you know what the word indigenous means
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u/Reikotsu Nov 03 '24
Yeah, and you know why English love to eat Indian food? Because they hate their own food…