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"Boiling everything is a really super smart way to cook everything."
I see this a fair bit, but like our main things are Full English (fried), Fish & Chips (fried), and Roast Dinner (roasted, shockingly), so where does this come from?
Like the entire "hurr British food bad" meme in general, it was just made up by Americans who have very little knowledge of the going on of things outside North America.
I'm gonna get crucified for that statement, but it's true.
You're right, British foods are typically baked, fried, or roasted. I really don't know where this idea of boiling stuff comes from. Boiling is actually something I find unusually rare in British cooking.
during the rationing period I think boiling was more common. not sure why, but my gran would boil the hell out of sprouts. rendering them awful. always thought I hated them.
My granny would boil cabbage until white, that was her way of telling it was done. I used to hate cabbage.
Then I found that you can fry it with butter and bacon and black pepper. So good... although I'll admit that boiled was probably healthier 😁.
They did used to taste worse as well though, the ones you buy in the shops now are a different variety to the ones back in the day
I think in the 70s and 80s in the US people were boiling the shit outta vegetables as well. I don't know who thought turning every vegetable into watery mush was a good idea, but it's no wonder kids from that time grew up hating peas and brussel sprouts
In Italy it's common to joke about British food too.
Yes, because the stereotype was started by Americans.
Another common stereotype is bad teeth, despite British teeth being healthier than that of the US (or Italy) by a fair margin.
Because of the US's ability to publish media globally, they dictate a lot of stereotypes in media.
It's a quote from SNL Sarcasm 101
Thanks for sharing, enjoyed that. RIP Matthew Perry
Boiling is pretty rare here. Pretty much the only consistently boiled thing I’ve had are potatoes.