Tbf, both of these things are stereotypes and I think we all know it! Both countries have ranges of high quality produce and cooking styles and ALSO have terrifying stuff that makes foreigners go "...this is food?" and back away slowly.

Ofc, stereotypes often have kernels of truth and a whole popcorn of falsehoods that get assumed to be the be-all & end-all in the face of all available evidence to the contrary.

True and I have experience with British foods (I don't count London Chinatown and the Indian food which saved me from starving the Spring of 1992). I will concede that I might not have had all the UK had to offer.

Why are you posting at 3 am your time?

Firstly, 1992 was a long time ago, and secondly, tourists go to tourist traps

I love that a six month period spent in the UK thirty-three years ago - the entire lifespan of two Labradors! - makes one an expert on how we all cook and eat in 2025. (I'm having quinoa salad for lunch if the local mini-Tesco actually has it next to the rice.)

I saw this about an hour ago and I'm still mulling timespans per labrador lifetimes. I have a dose of mild plague so my brain is wandering off on tangents about labrador crossbreed lifespans for precision dating.

You measure time in Labradors?

Please there is no reason to start cursing people. Every population is allowed a lapse in judgement. Do you like all of your leaders?

“Yeah honey, I know I slept with your sister and shot your father but everyone’s allowed a lapse in judgement”

Pedophiles and incest is not a good example of sameness to the analogy☹️ I presented.