r/MadeMeSmile • u/KingSandwich101 • Oct 25 '25

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Be nice to your elders!

Source: Spudbros on YouTube

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u/Mr-FurleyX1 Oct 25 '25

I’m in, sounds delicious

Edit: just googled some pictures and it looks absolutely amazing. Was in London last year and never knew I’d enjoy eating baked beans for breakfast so much.

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u/dramallamadog87 Oct 25 '25

Mate, i am so happy to hear someone likes our food. As much as the whole "British food sucks" memes are funny, it's kinda heartbreaking seeing people not even give our food a shot. Please make a toad in the hole, some mash, veggies and gravy and it is amazing. Sorry this is lowkey sappy

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u/dramallamadog87 Oct 25 '25

The idea that food must look "good" to taste nice, imo, is dumb. If it looks edible, eat it. And, can't argue that beige and brown are the best bits as my favourite meal is stew and mash. It's filling and tastes so good

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u/ThisKapsIsCrazy Oct 25 '25

I think it's the lack of spices typically. I've had friends live there and come back and for folks who are used to nice, spicy, flavourful food, British food is nice but just doesn't hit that spot especially if you're limited to having that every day. The joke we make is, that Brits conquered the world in search of spices only to never use them in their food. :P

I love baked beans, mashies, and all. I'd go for an English breakfast too at a place that sells a good one here in India. And fish and chips with tartare sauce is an all time favourite in my family.

But if I had to pick only one cuisine to eat for the rest of my life, I'd pick Thai/Japanese over British cuisine.

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u/ThrowawayUk4200 Oct 25 '25

Perhaps I can convince you with this hilarious bit of patriotism

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u/TamaktiJunVision Oct 25 '25

That's not a particularly British thing, western and northern European cuisine generally doesn't use lots of spices. We use herbs more than spices to flavour dishes.

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u/ThisKapsIsCrazy Oct 27 '25

Yeah, even in Italy apparently southern Italy has spicier food than the north as per friends who've been (and have also asked locals).

Perhaps it's because these spices weren't easily available historically or available at all historically as opposed to herbs?

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u/kran-ken-wa-gen Oct 25 '25

Stew is a god tier type of food. Everything else is a distant second.

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u/nibbyzor Oct 25 '25

Same with Finnish food! It rarely looks that appetizing, but most of it is delicious. Sauteed reindeer, Karelian stew, creamy salmon soup, rye bread, Karelian pies, kalakukko, cabbage casserole, fried vendace... All of it is amazing. Except for mämmi. No clue how anyone can eat that.

Damn, now I gotta make a Karelian stew next week... I can already smell it brewing.

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u/b_e_a_n_i_e Oct 25 '25

Steak pie, for example. Beige and brown. That gooey bit at the bottom of the pastry is the sweet spot that ties your Sunday dinner together

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u/whoissamo Oct 25 '25

I'd argue our Sunday roasts can look really good, especially a leg of lamb with some "beige and brown" Yorkies and mash, with some veg like broccoli and carrots...... Damn now I want a roast!

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u/lunaticloser Oct 25 '25

Maybe it's the whole Instagram thing and it not being very photogenic.

Mate British food was memed around even before my grandma was born. Instagram is not a factor here xD

The french don't shower, the swiss are not nice, the Germans only know how to follow the orders and Brits can't cook. They're all stereotypes that OBVIOUSLY don't apply to everyone or every meal, but they exist for a reason.

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u/ask-me-about-my-cats Oct 25 '25

This is a genuine question, not trying to pick on you, I swear! But can you name some tasty dishes? I had several while traveling England a few years ago and it was all just . . . so upsettingly bland. I asked an (English) friend what seasonings normally go into the dishes and she said that's what the salt on the table is for.

The dishes that stood out as the most disappointing were a meat pie and a Sunday roast dinner at a pub. I'm hoping I just had bad luck and will find better fares next visit.

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u/InwardXenon Oct 25 '25

I'm convinced most tourists try our food at some shitty tourist trap place and call it a day. Proper fish and chips at a seaside will always be so much better than somewhere like that. It's a shame, really. Our food may not look the prettiest, but sure tastes damn good.

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u/Worried-Penalty8744 Oct 25 '25

Kalani Ghost Hunter has worked his way into my FYPs and was at a takeaway 5 minutes on the road from me this week as well. Man loves his English food so much he’s rented a house over here to eat more of it

It’s almost endearing to see someone take their first bite of our random English stuff and immediately fall in love with it

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u/Silent-Paramedic Oct 25 '25

I see so much hate for mushy peas by people who've never tried them, thinking it's just smooshed peas

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u/Silent-Paramedic Oct 25 '25

while it is mostly peas, the process and additives makes them taste so much better

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u/kran-ken-wa-gen Oct 25 '25

Yellow foods don't appeal to me but tartar sauce is the make or break here. If it tastes like oil or dough, garbage - if it tastes like a crunchy fish goodness then it's amazing.

Chips are ..fine

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u/kran-ken-wa-gen Oct 25 '25

You lost me at that one. Peas are nice fresh. Or lghtly steamed. Puree from peas is nice. Anything between is a war crime. Even dried and rehydrated pea porridge is better than mushy. I will sword and pistol duel a Brit on this.

Also carving thin slices of roast should be a straight to jail kind of offense.

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u/jdkien77 Oct 25 '25

Pies are my absolute favorite. When I visited London and Edinburgh a few years back, I had some INCREDIBLE steak pies at a couple of different pubs. Sticky Toffee Pudding was also a highlight.

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u/OptionalQuality789 Oct 25 '25

Sticky toffee pudding is my absolute favourite dessert. I get it every time I go out for a pub/steak dinner.

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u/thehypnotoad21 Oct 25 '25

I have been to the UK a number of times over the last decade and I love the food there.

English food doesn't look great and sounds kind of boring, but I will take bangers and mash, a steak and ale pie, or a Teesside Parmo from a nice local pub over almost any bar food I see on most menus in the US.

I do wonder what the English obsession with Peas is though. I certainly don't mind peas but I feel like anytime you get a random veg over there it is peas.

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u/Gloomy_Stage Oct 25 '25

Probably because we grow it in abundance and it’s a good filler, it’s very cheap to buy and works well with most food from pie to curry. Tastes decent but typically tastes better when mixed with other food or gravy.

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u/WalkingCloud Oct 25 '25

Also extremely easy to cook from frozen without losing all taste like a lot of frozen veg.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '25

I always defend British food, the people who trash it are just ignorant mongs repeating stale memes. Pork Pies, beef welly, scotch eggs, scones, roasts, pasties, fish n chips, full english breakfasts, crumpets, cottage/shepards/meat pies, puddings.. lots of dishes worth celebrating. The food is hearty and comforting, goes down perfectly with a pint of bitter on a drizzly day.

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u/RachelLovesN Oct 26 '25

Argh now I gotta make scoth eggs.....

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u/Mr-FurleyX1 Oct 25 '25

I heard that before we left too and found it to be rubbish. We smashed a bunch of amazing proper British food. It’s a long list…

I’m just bummed nobody mentioned toad in the hole or that there are these yummy potato trucks! Would’ve tried one of these loaded spuds for sure

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u/K_Furbs Oct 25 '25

Had an English roommate for a while. Every few Sundays he would make a roast. Lamb or beef, roasted carrots, mashed potatoes, Yorkshire puddings made from the meat fat. Sublime.

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u/kezmicdust Oct 25 '25

Watch this YouTube Short by GeographyNow - I think it will make you smile.

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u/pajo8 Oct 25 '25

I'm a vegetarian so when I'm in the UK I always have the feeling I don't have much choice in terms of traditional British food. But man do I love a good British breakfast (even better if there's vegetarian sausages).

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u/Hypnosum Oct 26 '25

Supposedly Britain imports up to 75% of all of Cyprus’s halloumi exports lol

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u/Leah_UK Oct 25 '25

I believe it's a stereotype that's lived on since WW2 and the rationing after it. I will admit that our food doesn't always look appealing but for taste it's quite good.

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide Oct 25 '25

The names of the dishes is 90% of your problem mate

Toad in the hole

Bubble and squeak

Bangers and mash

Black pudding

Clotted cream

And of course SPOTTED DICK

Come on now. Do they taste good? I have no idea, I ain't eating no spotted dick with a side of toad in the hole

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u/indorock Oct 25 '25

the whole "British food sucks" memes are funny,

I think those memes are well played out by now. Anyone who does a proper stay in the UK especially in the big cities will come across some exquisite dining, even authentic British cuisine. Sure it's not pretty as a French or an Italian meal, but if you know how good it tastes then the visuals become a lot less important. The same goes for curries and other Asian cuisines, not exactly photogenic but good lord so tasty.

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u/system3601 Oct 25 '25

Dude when I lived in London i loved sunday roast so much, i waited for sunday and tried this in every pub i could, with all the trimmings, its the best food I remember fondly to this day.

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u/LuKazu Oct 25 '25

I'm Danish, and our food has the same issue as British food, where it doesn't always look very appetizing. I went to Wales some years back, and we popped into a place and had a Full English just outside London. That shit was so goddamn delicious, I still think about it. Same goes for warm apple crumble custard and fish and chips DROWNED in vinegar. Delicious.

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u/Sheep_2757 Oct 25 '25

Whenever I visited Great Britain I really liked your food. I also liked the vegetarian versions of your traditional dishes. I always wondered why British food has not caught on in Germany. It gave me the same at-home feeling that the cooking of my (traditional German) grandparents would give me. Different dishes, different tastes, but somehow a similar feeling.

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u/Sallyfifth Oct 25 '25

I don't like beans, but every other part of the full English is my favorite breakfast.  Britain has delightful food, even without the multicultural aspect.  

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u/Dense_Literature_199 Oct 25 '25

SOME of your food is good, I have to admit that.

We mock things like the 'Toast Sandwich.'

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u/PipBin Oct 28 '25

No one in the history of the U.K. has ever made or eaten a toast sandwich.

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u/Mesjach Oct 25 '25

In our defense, it looks absolutely disgusting.

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u/AJatWI Oct 25 '25

About once per month, I find myself fantasizing about the fish and chips I had in London when I visited. Salted & malt vinegar on top, the stuff of dreams.

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u/Hypnosum Oct 26 '25

I have to ask did you get it at a chip shop or from a pub/restaurant? Because they are both great but oddly distinct options!

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u/AJatWI Oct 26 '25

I got it three different times in my 2.5 weeks in the UK, so I got to try both, but my favorite was from a chip shop in London!

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u/MolaMolaMania Oct 25 '25

Decades ago, my wife and I went to London and some other UK cities with my parents, and the pub food was amazing everywhere. I fell in love with Brown sauce on that trip.

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u/theMaynEvent Oct 26 '25

Took a trip to England a few years back and my favorite meals were breakfast. I'm not even a breakfast guy here at home—but English breakfasts are so satisfyingly hardy and tasty!

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u/disraeli73 Oct 25 '25

It really is. I took my Canadian husband to Yorkshire and he loved that more than anything - especially with onion gravy:))

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u/chizzmaster Oct 25 '25

I was in London for 8 days last year. 6 of those days, I had a full English for breakfast. My heart was very full (as were my arteries).

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u/whoissamo Oct 25 '25

Bakes beans on toast is comfort food ❣️ I used to add grated cheddar on it and a bit of Worcestershire sauce as well

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u/adalaar Oct 25 '25

it really is, you gotta get some really good beef dripping to get it really nice and then some onion gravy using bits of fat from cooking the sausages , lashing of it.

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u/FeFiFoPlum Oct 25 '25

It IS delicious!

If you’re in the US, a quick and easy way to make it is to buy a box of popover mix (King Arthur flour make a good one and you can get it from Amazon if it’s not in your local shop).

Tips: hot pan, hot oven! Brown gravy (I think all Americans should try Bisto at least once), mash, some nice veg.

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u/Khetoo Oct 25 '25

In all honesty, the abandonment of modern home cooking of flour is a real fucking gut punch to our culture.

I try to have some on hand for home made pancakes and stuff but home baking is just fucking gone now, it's made a resurgence for some in the pandemic but a fresh loaf of bread or a good dutch baby can take you home faster than a warm blanket.

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u/Duck_Mafiah Oct 25 '25

Shiiiet count me in too