• AlfredoJohn@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Europe: “terrorized and colonized the world to get spices” Also Europe: “serves up absolute disgusting food like this”

    What the fuck was it all for?!?!

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        And yet somehow food is the only place their culture falls behind.

        I know what I said.

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        No, exactly the same parts of Europe. Both the Dutch and the English were know for their spice trade and are known for their awful food. The rest of Europe has better food and terrorized and colonized for other reasons.

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          That doesn’t contradict what I said. Neither of those are a monolith.

          The people doing the colonizing and using the spices and the people eating the bland food were from different parts of their countries.

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          I know, my fiancée makes it at home! I’m just a tomato kinda guy. Your comment and name made me think of greasy milk. I found it really inocuous and just a bit jarring, in a funny way.

          Anyways, I retorted like that because I just ate this like a week ago. Ernest Hemingway wrote about it in For Whom the Bells Toll, in 6th grade it entranced me. It’s pretty baller. Bread, cheese and onion.

          They understand mexicans and biting into raw onions. If I had a pot of my mother’s beans, I’d be in heaven. Every now and again celebrate where you come from or enjoy simple discomforts. It’s why Islam venerates pilgramages and fasting. Christians, lent. Etc.

          Thanks for letting me rant, I’m gonna go buy some beans.

          Edit. Am boiling beans

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    Looks drier than Ben Shaprio’s wife. Jesus Christ, man… Couldn’t you lube it up with some condiments or something? This criminal act you call a sandwich should come with a choking hazard label.

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    Even if you did though you could spice this up cut up the onions fry them up a little bit melt that cheese and that bread on a pan. boom! you got a nice grilled cheese with some grilled onions

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    This picture disgusts me so much that I desperately wish I could never see it again.

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    Just the good people of the Blur Boar Pub doing god’s work, steadily battling shrinkflation one cob at a time. https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/leicester-pub-goes-viral-gargantuan-9596401

    "A Leicester city centre pub has gone viral online on account of its humongous cheese and onion cobs. The manager of The Blue Boar pub on Millstone Lane, Jo Kearley, said they get comments “every single day” on their gargantuan size, but admits that they can’t now start making them smaller. She said: “We don’t want to be labelled with the whole ‘shrinkflation’ thing. Our sort-of saying is that we aren’t ‘just a cob shop’, we also sell beer.”

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    My ancestors trail recipes are more varied than this, and half of them are just normal foods with chili poured over it. Why are you like this England actual cavemen had more varried foods, at least chop up the onion a bit more and grill the whole thing.

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    People really think Blitz-era Brits were so decadent? Look at how much cheese is on there! That’s enough to give an elephant nightmares. And that’s like half an onion!

    Besides, London rats are a meal all in themselves. No need for fancy cheese and onion cobs when you can go to the bins behind your local and get a wriggling, squeaking meal washed down with some fresh bin juice for free.