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[-] Skua@kbin.earth 120 points 2 months ago

Pfft, you think we invaded everyone for spices to eat them? Absolutely not. We did it so that we could sell them to the French, thereby making the French poorer by exploiting their degenerate addiction to food that tastes nice

[-] nyctre@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Your comment made me wanna google the two economies and related stats. They're a lot more Similar than I expected. Pretty cool. So I guess UK's plan failed? xD unless France used to be richer.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 10 points 2 months ago

While I was joking, of course, France's economy actually was quite a lot more bigger and more powerful than the UK's up until the industrial revolution and the about a century of everything going very badly for France. France was the most populous country in Europe by a wide margin, and back then that basically was the whole economy. It has quite a lot more land than the UK, and that land is a lot more productive too; the north of Wales and most of Scotland do not make for good farmland. Unlike Germany and Italy it united and centralised quite early, and it just outweighed Spain and the Low Countries the same way it did the UK, so for a long time France had the edge over all of its neighbours.

During the Napoleonic wars, France managed to raise forces that matched the UK, Prussia, Austria, and Spain combined in number. Some of that was due to other factors like how he organised it, but you've still got to have the people available somewhere if you want to match four major powers at once

[-] FundMECFSResearch 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That website is so neoliberal brained it makes me want to puke.

“Property Rights Index” “Investment Freedom Index”

What’s next? “Oppression of Working Classes Index”

[-] MohamedMoney@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

All European colonial empires used to be richer.

[-] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 45 points 2 months ago
[-] DickFiasco@lemm.ee 24 points 2 months ago

I was going to post deep fried Oreos, but I think this takes the cake.

[-] Redfox8@mander.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Go to Scotland and taste the joys of a deep fried Mars bar, now you're talking!

[-] d41@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

Have some deep fried pizza as an appetiser.

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Deep Fried Beer is a pretty good one, too. Not very tasty, though...

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Dear god, this shit is why I support Texas becoming independent

[-] tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

There's also Fried Coke, which was invented by the same guy

[-] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Minnesota had deep fried ranch at the state fair last year.

[-] Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 months ago

Not the same kind of oil lol. Do not fry your food in petroleum

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

You're not my dad, if I want to fry my chicker nuggers in the black sticky icky I will!

[-] lengau@midwest.social 9 points 2 months ago

Honestly at this point if people want to try this I'm not gonna stop them.

[-] Timoruz@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago
[-] Fridgeratr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

Big if true

[-] cattywampas@lemm.ee 24 points 2 months ago

Chicken tikka masala would like a word.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure it was an Indian immigrant

[-] lengau@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

Most "American" foods were brought by immigrants too.

[-] skisnow@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 months ago

The British national dish is curry.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's the Indian national dish, and Britain got so mad about losing the empire they stole it.

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

There's plenty of British-created curries or ones that have been heavily modified in the UK. If you went to India and wanted a tikka masala. I imagine it would be pretty hard to find one, and if you did it wouldn't be like it was in the UK.

Personally I do prefer Indian curries because they get more interesting with the veggie ones though.

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

According to that logic, Pizza Hawaii is an Italian specialty

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I understand why Europeans don't like pineapple pizza, for some reason all the restaurants here put it on after baking. Genuinely insane

[-] arc@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Stole it? I think adopted is more apt. And curry isn't one thing and varies from region to region in India. But Britain loved it so much that there is an Indian (or Pakistani) restaurant practically everywhere. And while Indian / Pakistani chefs have invented new dishes (e.g. chicken chasni is the best goddamned curry ever), I wouldn't call it cultural appropriation.

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That's the Indian national dish

Uh, no it isn't...

[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Yes it is. It's a chicken tikka masala specifically.

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Peak sarcasm. I love it.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

See, they stole it so thoroughly you don't even know.

Bastards.

[-] abbiistabbii 13 points 2 months ago

Meanwhile in Scotland, they deep fry fucking chocolate.

[-] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Scot’s deep fry everything. Deep fried Mars bar is amazing.

[-] socsa@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

That sounds painful

[-] arc@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

British people love curries and other spicy things. For most people curries, biriyanis are going to be in the rotation. Even "traditional" British food will usually have things like black pepper, nutmeg, mace, ginger, cumin, cloves, mustard, bay leaves, juniper berries in it. More recently cumin, paprika, tumeric, coriander, curry powder might be thrown into dishes.

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

If you add star anise and garlic to British food it magically transforms into French food

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 months ago

Now i want to try the legendary Chicago Deep Fried Pizza.

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

You need spices for mince pies and fruitcake. Worcestershire sauce and HP sauce. Cakes and sauces basically.

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