Comment on Common British L

ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Americans are borderline obsessed with hotsauces and spicy food, though. IME, the pushback about english mustard is usually the same as with vegemite - its too easy to use way too much, and thus obliterate the flavours of the rest of the dish. (Plus it doesn’t pair super well with a lot of regional menus.)

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• cattywampas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  American food can get spicy/spiced as hell

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  • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most american stereotypes I understand or even represent (fat white guy with too many guns here) but I’ve never understood the “american food is bland” thing - I can’t think of a region of the US known for bad food. Why the hell do you think we’re all so fat, if not because we have so much good food to tempt us into excess?

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      utah

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      • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Mormonville, as a theocracy, doesn’t count as America. It is categorized as a malignant internal growth.

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      • somethingsnappy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And the entire Midwest outside of big cities. Food has to white.

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    • gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The Midwest?

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      • Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Depends on where in the Midwest. It’s a big place.

        My partner’s small hometown has a few local dishes. One is a Cream of Chicken soup Sandwich, which is awful IMHO, and seasonal fall apple spiced doughnuts, which are fucking amazing.

        My town is a foodie heaven, but an hour away in any direction, and you better like fries and burgers, because that’s all there is.

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    • socsa@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      A lot of the boomer food trends are taken from depression recipes and are very bland by today's standard. Shit like steamed veg with no seasoning or six thousand types of casserole with no seasoning. It took me literally two decades after moving out to convince my father to salt steak before grilling, and I am still working on getting him to salt tomatoes for burgers.

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    • lengau@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      American food relies far too much on capsaicin for making things spicy. There are other spices too.

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      • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I guess? The alternatives to capsaicin (mustard, garlic, horseradish, etc) are all pretty overwhelming flavors, so if you want things even moderately pungent they’re the only thing you’re going to be tasting in a dish. I personally loathe the taste of most hot peppers (but love spicy food) so the trend of "spicy everything" is getting pretty tiresome.

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  • SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So why are you so scared of English mustard?

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    • cattywampas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve never heard of English mustard, but I don’t Americans as a whole are afraid of spicy mustard.

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      • SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s fine, I was taking the piss.

        I know some USAians like spicy sauces, on chicken wings for example. There’s also the guy I used to work with who said his favourite meal was lamb and vegetables with gravy. The most vanilla thing on earth.

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