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Whenever it comes to the cuisine of various countries, Britain is like putting on an invisibility cloak and is automatically ignored, and when everyone complains about which country's food is unpalatable, Britain's sense of existence is instantly much stronger, and almost all of them are the first to be mentioned.
Most of the international students in the UK can't hold back their full desire to complain, some say that they want to vomit whenever they hear the bell when the British eat, and some say that because the British food is too unpalatable, they have forced themselves to become half a cook, and even Xu Zhimo, who went to study in the UK more than 100 years ago, once humorously complained in the article that "the best food in the UK is foreign food".
When British food is labeled as unpalatable by everyone, the most interesting thing is that the British will not refute it at all, support their own country's cuisine, but will highly agree with this point of view, and by the way, they joke that "British food is the third in the world, China and France are first, and the rest of the countries are second." "If Brits study abroad, it's mostly because they want to escape British food.
So how unpalatable is British food? So that their own people will complain, and why is their food so unpalatable? Is it because the British are born with a lack of genes to make food, or are they influenced by some acquired factors, today let's take a look at this "food desert" in Europe.
Just how bad is British food?
Anyone who has never been to the UK and tasted British food will sincerely ask, is British food really that unpalatable? There are facts, and it is unpalatable beyond your imagination, and there are many examples that can prove that British food is unpalatable, for example, when a little girl of mixed Chinese descent was brought back to the UK by her mother to eat at a restaurant with friends this summer, the little girl who is used to eating Chinese food began to break down and cry the moment she ate British food, shouting that she wanted to eat Chinese noodles.
In the words of one blogger, "British food is somewhere between delicious and unpalatable, and it is really unpalatable, especially in the UK, eating pork is like gnawing on a pig's butt raw". The most popular national dish in the UK is fish and chips, and these two foods, which can be called snacks on the mainland, can be promoted to the national dish of the United Kingdom.
And the British will also intimately tell you that the more authentic British food will be, the more unpalatable it will be, look at the following five British dishes, it is estimated that many people will have a general understanding of the unpalatable degree of British food.
Haggis: Haggis is a traditional famous dish in Scotland, it is mainly made of sheep's internal organs, the lamb liver, sheep heart, sheep lung chopped, then mixed with onions, oats, sheep fat, salt, spicy seasonings and broth, put into the sheep's stomach and boil for three hours, now also use casings to replace the sheep's stomach.
Just thinking about this dish will give you a taste of how much fishy it can be, and for people who don't like to eat mutton or offal, they will definitely avoid it when they see this dish. When George W. Bush went to Britain, Britain used this dish to entertain him, and when George W. Bush saw it, he politely refused to eat it, probably shouting in his heart, "Don't come here!"
Stargazing pie: Britain has a variety of pies, a variety of patterns, the most famous in the mainland is this "stargazing pie", formerly known as the fish head pie, its shape is extremely unique is a thick pie with a number of sardines, the fish head is exposed on the pie skin are looking up at a 45-degree perspective.
It is said that the reason why the British put the fish in this way is to ensure that the fat and juice that oozes from the fish when it is baked can flow into the pie, and the taste will be better. But I'm afraid that many people will find it difficult to swallow this pie when they see it for the first time, and not many people will care whether it is delicious or not. Indeed, there are also Chinese people who will taste it because of curiosity, but the result is that they cry after eating it once.
Black and white pudding: Don't rush to order the word pudding when you see it in the UK, because some puddings in the UK will completely break your perception of pudding, such as black pudding and white pudding. Black pudding is actually a blood sausage made of lard, pig's blood and oats, while white pudding is a sausage made of lard or other animal fat, added to cereal, bread crumbs, pork, and pork liver poured into the casing, and cooked by frying and roasting when eating.
Don't look at this black and white pudding and the domestic blood sausage, glutinous rice sausage is almost the same, but British pigs are not allowed to castrate, so that pork will taste particularly fishy, if it is mixed with pig blood, lard, and do not put other spices to suppress the fishy smell, it tastes full of fishy smell, and particularly greasy.
Eel jelly: The British have always found a different way to process food, and eel is no exception, the eel segment is not grilled and fried, but cooked in a thick soup and frozen in the refrigerator to become eel jelly. When the eel is first served, the feeling of being wrapped in a thick layer of slimy translucent jelly is indescribable, and the fishy smell is also in the nose, which is really hard to love.
Steak Kidney: This steak kidneys pie is a traditional British dish, which originated in the 19th century and has also appeared in the movie "Harry Potter".
Why is British food so bad?
British cookbooks, German jokes, and American history are recognized as the world's three thinnest books, which is enough to show that the British are really not good at cooking, which makes today's British food rare and unpalatable.
1. Ingredients and spices are limited
Most of the countries where food gathers have rich products and abundant spices, such as China, France, and Italy, which are located in a good geographical location and climate, which is very suitable for the growth of various ingredients and spices, and can also provide a steady stream of delicious food for the table.
Britain is just the opposite, as an island country, the land area is limited and very poor, coupled with the high latitude, the climatic conditions are not suitable for the development of agriculture, so the ingredients and spices they can use are greatly limited, only some of the most basic ingredients are used to fill the stomach. In this way, they have been limited by ingredients and spices for a long time, which has led to their relatively simple cooking methods, most of which are fried, grilled, and boiled, and they are not good at using various seasonings and spices to remove the smell and smell of meat, so that many meat dishes will be so unpalatable that they doubt life.
Second, in the old days, a light and simple diet was advocated
At the beginning of the 16th century, due to some internal factors and struggles in England, many people advocated concentrating on spiritual life, opposing extravagant hedonism, advocating and encouraging the local people to live hard, and slowly people developed a light and simple diet Xi habits, and rarely spent too much thought on food.
Even in the 17th century, British explorers brought back a lot of new ingredients and spices from all over the world, and the British were Xi to the original simple and simple way of cooking and eating, and were not sensitive to new cooking methods and new dishes, and did not like to study, so the British have not been very good at making complex cuisine. Nowadays, many young people in the UK want to learn how to cook Xi food, and they will not ask their parents and grandmothers for advice, but will watch some food variety shows and documentaries made by French and Italian countries.
Third, the industrial development is relatively fast
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the rapid development of British industry, factories also needed a lot of labor, many British people became workers, and workers were busy with production and manufacturing every day, tired after work, and had no time to study what to eat for three meals a day.
Fourth, the implementation of the food distribution system
The British aristocracy itself is still more particular about food, and can enjoy a lot of ingredients from all over Europe, but after the war, they can no longer obtain ingredients from the European continent, and many nobles have also gone to the battlefield, so some of the original high-end aristocratic cuisine in Britain has gradually disappeared.
The war brought a serious blow to Britain, food resources were greatly reduced, and many meats and vegetables became rare foods. Even bread should be eaten frugally if there is not enough flour, and British lifestyle magazines are advocating the use of mashed potatoes instead of flour, which is why potatoes are so popular in British cuisine.
In addition, in order to prolong the storage time of food, people will put salt in it, which also makes the British people develop the habit of eating heavily Xi salt. Therefore, many people nowadays when they go to eat British food, they will find it very salty and strong. This food distribution system ended in 1954, and the already small number of recipes in Britain became even less, and simple eating Xi was completely passed on.
- Lao Jing said -
Although British cuisine is not delicious, British food culture has been improving in the past 100 years, and British cuisine has been much better in the past ten years. In addition, food from all over the world has also poured into the UK, many world-renowned restaurants are opened in London, if you have the opportunity to go to the UK, you don't have to worry too much about whether you will not be full, there are still many restaurants to choose to taste, even if you are not used to eating British food, there are also French food, Italian food and so on.
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