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I came across a great article from 1946 by George Orwell, where he both explains the problems of British food, and comes to its defence: http://theorwellprize.c
by TorKlingberg 10y ago
I came across a great article from 1946 by George Orwell, where he both explains the problems of British food, and comes to its defence: http://theorwellprize.co.uk/george-orwell/by-orwell/essays-and-other-works/british-cookery/ http://theorwellprize.co.uk/george-orwell/by-orwell/essays-a...
I think I blame the British connection for some of the issues with American food: overly sweet, fish without bones, little seafood, etc.
- SideburnsOfDoom 10y agoA summary of the problems of British food from 1986 would no longer be applicable. One from 1946, even less so.
- wtbob 10y agoTrue enough — but it explains where British food got its bad reputation from. As it happens, real British food is delicious: savoury, flavourful and just generally wonderful.