US SWers - what have you heard about English food?

I like a lot of it actually

They have shepherd’s pie? I like it

Got my eyes on you hoes

Sort of on topic.. A couple of times (pre covid) We had relatives of mine from Britain come over and visit, staying with us. They were stunned by the sheer variety and quality of offerings available to us in meat, fresh produce and the variety of supermarket options on the shelves. They are used the the Aldi style of supermarket and even our Aldi had them jealous...😷

can't go wrong with bangers and mash (but i'm canadian)

There's something called black pudding and it's made with animal blood?

There has been for many years the myth of English food being bland/tasteless.

My guess is that this originated from the U.S. military stationed in England during WWII - my understanding is that England was experiencing heavy food shortages and rationing, which led to boiled this or that and rather plain foods.

I think that myth is still around but fading out.

some dishes have very unusual nicknames

My favs are fish & chips, bangers & mash, bubble & squeak

I'm American and have visited England a few times. Things I like to eat in England include fish-n-chips, Cornish pasties, and ethnic Indian food. I used to enjoy shepherd's pie, but I gave up red meat.

I've heard its bland.

I didn't think it was bad at all. I quite liked the food there.

I might be bland.

Steak and kidney (🤢) pie.

Tried it once.

Never again. 🤮

Food is bland . Curry chips is popular now.

Heard of something called spotted dick

there's a reason there are no global restaurant chains that originated in the UK...

fish and chips

I've heard it's boring and quite bland, but I've never actually had any except for English Earl Grey tea, (which I personally though was horrible.)

Boiled meat and blood pudding tells me to stay away from it. No thank you. And you guys still don't know the difference between biscuits and cookies

Bland and overcooked. No idea how to make a salad or cook vegetables. Better off getting South Asian takeaway.

During the World Cup, that it’s sparse and nasty… from brits

Iv heard how bad it is over and over. Im calling bullshit on that though. British people post pics with tost and piles if beans. Looks good to me.

That’s great and all, but you should be trying to GAUGE opinions.

That your people spent 200s building an empire in order to secure access to exotic spices from around the world so you can never ever use a single one.

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