It wouldn’t be so funny if they didn’t so comically over react. I pulled a cookbook from 1721 and now I have some kind of blood feud with a “kind of heart” in bio guy.

Make fun of the monarchy or driving on the wrong side of the road, but bring up 1721 recipes???? Sails are raised and the British navy is on the way. Only steak and kidney pie can save us now. Perhaps a haggis.

Ya it’s MY fault eel pie and mushy peas existed

I have a vivid memory from when I was a kid visiting the UK and trying this soggy undercooked bacon. It’s something that sticks with you and it’s impossible to not think about whenever this topic comes up

To paraphrase PJ O’Rourke, the Brits are “an intensely snobbish group but who exactly they’re snubbing is an international mystery”.

500 years of abusing the Irish and they can’t even get the craic figured out.

I once went into the iconic Neal’s Yard Dairy store in Covent Garden and asked if they had any cheese with truffle and the very kind lady looked at me with pity and informed me that that was something only the continental Europeans did. To be fair, the cheese from NYD is top notch.

You're telling me you can find good food options in a large international city?

We don’t do that here, but for flavour is exactly the kind of anecdote that will get you into a highlander-like generational vendetta quagmire.

I actively avoid truffle but not because it’s “European” but bc it makes everything taste worse

Truffle being on a menu is enough to make me avoid a restaurant entirely in some cases

look I seriously get that it’s a delicacy some people love but to me it just overwhelms whatever it’s on, and it smells like dirt

One of my favourite restaurants serves a menu where the *only* choice is which type of truffle you want with your dinner.

WHAT?!

I’m off pretending I like things that taste bad because they’re pricey

I am snooty about my truffles and believe that bar cuisine that incorporates cheap truffle oil was a mistake (along with bacon in cocktails and doughnuts). I respect your elevated palette.

idk that my palate is elevated I just know what I like maybe it’s like the cilantro thing (I’m pro) where some ppl think it tastes like soap

I could put truffles on absolutely everything.

you’re not alone! but this would make me 🤢

This is one of my favourite places on earth. More truffles in one meal than most people consume in a lifetime. www.restaurantbruno.com/en/menus

I’m so happy for you but honestly this would be unimaginable torture for me

Actually drooling now...

Who doesn't love pasta with a hint of gas leak?

Yanks having bad food takes is bad but Canadiens 👀

We have literally two “national” dishes and it’s either fries and gravy or a huge dry pancake

Oh Canada!

Canadian maple syrup is liquid heaven.