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minus-squareAlfredoJohn@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down5·7 days agoEurope: “terrorized and colonized the world to get spices” Also Europe: “serves up absolute disgusting food like this” What the fuck was it all for?!?!
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 days agoBritish Empire: Steals all the worlds spices Also British Empire: Refuses to use any of them
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoThe people who got rich pillaging the world weren’t the ones who ate like this.
minus-squarerabber@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down3·7 days agoUK isn’t Europe it’s just some shitty island
minus-squareNigelFrobisher@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-27 days agoShitty islands
minus-squaredoingthestuff@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·7 days agoAnd yet somehow food is the only place their culture falls behind. I know what I said.
minus-squareammonium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 days agoNo, exactly the same parts of Europe. Both the Dutch and the English were know for their spice trade and are known for their awful food. The rest of Europe has better food and terrorized and colonized for other reasons.
minus-squareaeshna_cyanea@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoThat doesn’t contradict what I said. Neither of those are a monolith. The people doing the colonizing and using the spices and the people eating the bland food were from different parts of their countries.
minus-squareammonium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoEnlighten me which part of the Netherlands doesn’t eat bland food ;)
Europe: “terrorized and colonized the world to get spices” Also Europe: “serves up absolute disgusting food like this”
What the fuck was it all for?!?!
British Empire: Steals all the worlds spices
Also British Empire: Refuses to use any of them
The people who got rich pillaging the world weren’t the ones who ate like this.
UK isn’t Europe it’s just some shitty island
Shitty islands
And yet somehow food is the only place their culture falls behind.
I know what I said.
Different parts of Europe
No, exactly the same parts of Europe. Both the Dutch and the English were know for their spice trade and are known for their awful food. The rest of Europe has better food and terrorized and colonized for other reasons.
That doesn’t contradict what I said. Neither of those are a monolith.
The people doing the colonizing and using the spices and the people eating the bland food were from different parts of their countries.
Enlighten me which part of the Netherlands doesn’t eat bland food ;)