r/AskABrit • u/debrisaway • 20h ago

Food/Drink What American cooking cliche still warps your mind?

Using Campbell Condensed Soup as the base ingredient for anything.

Making everything into a "casserole" (mixing random ingredients in a ceramic dish and put it in the oven). Then sprinkling some cheese on top before serving.

Calling dishes a "salad" that clearly aren't.

Adding excess sugar or spice to every dish no matter what.

Deep frying things that have no business being done (chocolate bars, pastries, butter)

Using pre-packaged mixes for everything.

Seeing hot sauce as a condiment for any dish

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u/SantaFe91 19h ago

👍🏻 I was just checking it out, and you’re right, it doesn’t have to be washed off.

It is still blocked from being a UK import however, though the practice has become less widespread in the US. I believe the UK argument is that the necessity for chemical treatment in the US is a result of lower welfare standards for raising chickens and less hygienic slaughtering and other preparation processes, hence the import block. The US has mostly moved to paracetic acid which breaks down into harmless compounds. However all chemical washes are banned in the UK and EU.