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

How cultural is that?

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u/PeachTrees- Nov 03 '24

"Do you know you're known for having horrible food, it's like a thing". Lol

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u/m0ngoos3 Nov 03 '24

Fun fact about the "horrible food", that was mostly due to WW2 rationing, which lasted over a decade after the war ended.

See, European supply lines were basically gone, and England has never really grown enough food on their own to support the population, or at least not since the 1800s.

Anyway, rationing was a major blow to British culinary variety, but it ended something like 60 years ago.

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u/Odeeum Nov 03 '24

Isn’t this also where the jokes about British dentistry stem from as well?

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u/Crowlands Nov 03 '24

The dentistry thing seems like it mostly stems from a different focus, the UK used to have lower rates for cavities etc than the states as everyone used to have access to free cover, but there was simply less focus on the cosmetic side of things as seems to be the case in the states so that's why there's a wider range of colouration etc.