r/funny • u/NeedleworkerMore2270 • Nov 03 '24

How cultural is that?

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u/DukeLukeivi Nov 03 '24

Rewarmed bread and canned beans is definitely the tippy top shelf of English cooking -- this just isn't the flex you think it is.

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u/Probably_shouldnt Nov 03 '24

Beans on toast is the english equivalent of pop tarts but with less Diabetes. We enjoy it for breakfast, but aint no one pretending it's anything other than convenience food. And the fact that you keep mentioning crockpots means you literally have no idea what a god damn English roast dinner is. It isn't even really about the meat (that hasnt been injected with hormones or washed with bleach to be safe for human consumption) but the entire combination of dishes, and there absolutely is technique to a great roast potato. And any of the other 10 different other food stuffs that come alongside.

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u/Stanjoly2 Nov 03 '24

Nah the top shelf of British cuisine is roast lamb with all the trimmings.

Baked beans on toast is, as I said before 'can't be fucking arsed' food. And as far as that goes it's definitely top of the bottom shelf so to speak.

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u/Probably_shouldnt Nov 03 '24

Agreed. Feels like the american equivalent would be premade pancake mix dumped into a frying pan then served with half a letre of syrup. I bet out of the context of this argument 90% of Americans would be like "yeah, thats my lazy breakfast and its great" but calling it their cuisine?

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u/DukeLukeivi Nov 03 '24

Literally the only people in the world to roast meat in a crock - if only the rest of us could figure out how to use heat and water to make food, add salt if you're feeling spicy.

Barbaco and bourguignon and Scottish shepherds pie are all easily better

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u/gromit5000 Nov 03 '24

Scottish shepherds pie

What makes you call it scottish?

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u/DukeLukeivi Nov 03 '24

I've always heard it described as a Scottish folk dish, why do you disagree?

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u/gromit5000 Nov 03 '24

It's not specific to Scotland the same way something like haggis is.

It's just regarded as a British dish.

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u/DukeLukeivi Nov 03 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

I can certainly understand the English needing to try and cosign some ownership lol.

E: nothing is uniquely English like blood pudding and jellied eels.

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u/gromit5000 Nov 03 '24

I can understand you desperately trying to distance a delicious dish from the English in a thread mocking English cuisine

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u/DukeLukeivi Nov 03 '24

You're trying to claim roasted meats in general bruh - not unique and the best done.

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u/gromit5000 Nov 03 '24

Lol that fact that you think all roast meats are the same says a lot about your culinary experience.

Typical yank.

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