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Its funny how people assume colonization benefitted all Brits equally, and spices, tea (& riches) weren't hoarded by royalty and the gentry.

How the hell do you think the East India Company got so rich? It wasn't by selling it to... shudder ... normal and... wretching... poor people. They can stick to their traditional true British spice, Salt & vinegar! /s

We invented one of the world's most popular cheese, Cheddar, which is actually named after an English village. Also our national dish is Chicken Tikka Masala. I dare you to say we don't use spices. We invented several varieties of spiced sausage, spiced cakes and fruit bread, even some kinds of spices rum.

Don't get me wrong, lots of British cuisine is lackluster for sure, and I don't think we can compete with the likes of Thailand or Italy. That doesn't apply to everything we do though, and some of our deserts and cheeses are top tier. Thailand is literally known for diplomacy through food as well, so hardly a fair comparison.

Anglo-Indian cuisine is a product of the British colonization of India and the fusion of British and Indian culinary traditions. This unique blending of flavors and techniques creates a cuisine that is both savory and flavorful, while remaining distinct from traditional Indian or British dishes.

https://medium.com/@wethechefs.in/a-food-lovers-guide-to-anglo-indian-cuisine-exploring-the-flavors-and-techniques-39bbb806a82d

I remember John Oliver jokingly said on Steven Cobert that his favorite British food is a good curry.

I’m not going to let a country that thinks spraying more cheese on something makes it better.

Leave our beige food in a brown sauce with overcooked veg alone.

American here, but I think a lot of Americans have not actually been to Britain and eaten their food.

Britain conquered the world for spices, then decided they didn't like any of them.

I can't seem to find it, but this reminds me of a greentext that's stuck with me for years. The gist of it is that most of British history can be summed up as sailing around the world looking for something good to eat.

They used them for tea

I'm from Portugal, who together with Spain started the so-called "Age Of Discovery" back in the late 14th century and for a long time had sugar plantations in Brasil.

Not only does the local culinary have an insane variety of cakes and sweets (I suspect that, whilst monks in convents in other countries were finding new ways to brew beer, the ones in Portugal were just inventing new desserts) but most traditional culinary dishes use one more spices that do not grow locally or at least did not originate locally (you also see a similar effect when it comes to other ingredients: for example the frequent use of tomato that originate from the Americas or Oranges that originate from China)

I also lived in both England and The Netherlands, both countries which were much more successful at trade with and conquest of the "discovered" lands than Portugal, and the local culinary tradition in both is way smaller and blander.

I've been to the UK and I found out this stereotype/meme is kinda true...

Some foods are a little bland.

Well the popularity of Indian food kind of puts the lie to this. Though I suppose it makes more sense to simply switch to Indian food, rather than to try to tart up the wretched crap that passed for food in the UK before colonialism.

Hey, don't bad mouth salt seasoning! Portugal uses plenty of it (due to using salt preservation in the old days) and i think their food is pretty damn good!

You joke but today Curries are one of the most popular takeaway options in the UK. Only took us til after decolonisation.