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[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Meat pasties with fresh herbs, cloves, and onions are a much better representation of British food than beans on toast. And that shit slaps. Not that the island shouldn't fall into the sea, but this "Britain has bad food" bit is extremely fucking tired.

Also, Japan has some absolutely nasty ass traditional fermented fish dishes that just are not popular anymore.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

M8 u go' a loicense for that pea n 'am soup?

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

u best not be talkin shit about comfy soup

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[–] Riffraffintheroom@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Beans on toasts tastes fine. People act like it’s fermented pig anuses

[–] Kefla@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It barely tastes of anything is the point

[–] Orcocracy@hexbear.net 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Is it? The comic shows various prepared main dishes and then compares them to a cheap canned breakfast. I’m not sure if there is a point.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (30 children)

Wdym? It's salty-sweet beans on toast, that's a... flavour

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[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (12 children)
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[–] axont@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I have something terrible to admit. I actually enjoy beans on toast. I even enjoy mushy peas. By god, I've even had a smack barm pea wet and found it delicious.

I'm not even British.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's a cheap treat for children, sometimes adults get it too

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] Salah@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

Beans on toast for breakfast slaps.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Smack barm pea wet is a common order at chippies in Wigan (a town in Greater Manchester, England). The syntax of this order may need some explaining. A "smack" (in other regions called a "scallop" or a "potato cake") is a battered and deep-fried potato slice. "Barm cakes" are soft, enriched rolls which were traditionally leavened with "barm," or the froth from the top of a fermenting vat of beer—though bakeries today use active dry yeast. Thus "smack barm" is a noun-noun compound, where "smack" gives the specific type of "barm," or "sandwich on a barm cake," that's being described.

"Pea wet," or "pey wet," is another noun-noun compound. It describes a condiment that, as far as anybody can tell, is completely specific to Wigan: the liquid, or "wet," off the top of a batch of mushy peas (though a few solid peas may make their way into the ladle as well).

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[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago (5 children)

For the inventors of the language they sure do take their liberties with it

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[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 34 points 1 month ago

Beans: :)

Beans, England: :(

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

Qin baking some beans

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Baked beans are the lowest bean, beneath mushy peas.

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[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Soot@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Next time this thread comes round on its regular schedule, I will forego all my comments and just say this

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Norwegian cuisine dean-frown

Norwegian cuisine without lutefisk dean-smile

[–] Krem@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

isn't the dish in the picture the sheep's heads that they eat? and an overcooked cabbage

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[–] Hestia@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Japan is the Britain of Asia. Made some Japanese "extra spicy" curry last week and the spice barely registered. Had to throw gochujang paste and red chili flakes into it before I got some heat.

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[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Man seems every week there's a post ragging on baked beans they are GOOD they are YUMMY they are CHEAP they are BEANS

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Its beans and tomato sauce. What's to dislike?

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

I've never known so many people who've not eaten beans on toast to have such strident opinions about it. It's just a simple, comforting foodstuff on crunchy bread, it's pretty easy to grasp the appeal. Nobody's saying it's the pinnacle of Pommy cuisine.

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[–] Soot@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Japan: $20 sushi box

England: half a 70 cent tin and a slice of bread

Yes this is totally because of the countries and not just "poor people eat worse food haha"

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[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

After searching out several European recipes, I genuinely can't fathom the depths of misery it must be to be a Euro

I've had several of these recipes that were so dreadfully bland you would think their third successful crusade was against flavor

[–] Soot@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (14 children)

Then you must've got some shit recipes, because our food slaps. I would argue conversely American food can get in the trash.

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[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Skill issue truly. I cannot imagine fucking up borsch. Or literally any of the many other lovely meals that are to be found in Europe.
This is just orientalism with extra steps.

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[–] SerialExperimentsGay@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

learning: beans on toast massively dilate your pupils because there's 120mg of MDMA in every tin

[–] puppygirlpets@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

you crackers are so fuckin weird about food i stg

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago
[–] sleeplessone@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

This struggle session reminds me of a teacher I had in elementary school who would always shittalk pretzels because they're just salted bread.

[–] Feed_el_Castro@hexbear.net 7 points 1 month ago

Sushi is fucking shit though, literally raw fish on a lump of cold rice for 10€.

[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only the English could fuck up beans

[–] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (11 children)

Only yanks could fall for a meme so hard they'll pretend beans on toast is some extraordinary nastiness

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