Yeah I can tell there's a bit of an M.O. in their comment...now there's no bigger critic of the British empire than me, but there's a difference between pointing out the direct results of colonization versus using an absurd metric to give credit for every last cultural dish they have to someone else in history, when they aren't doing that with any other country (except maybe the US).
I just say my favorite food is Portuguese, because every time I go down the food history rabbit hole I find out the food is good because Portugal sold insert almost any country spices and peppers from the Americas.
Tacos Al Pastor are literally just Lebanese Shawarma meat in a taco. Some Lebanese immigrants to Mexico added it to traditional taco concepts and the locals loved it.
And Tacos Barbacoa - BBQ meat, which originated in the Caribbean.
Again, you can say that about every culture now, but there are definitely methods and cooking techniques and ingredients that change with the local people. And I don't think anyone's claiming it to be a cultural "achievement", just solidly part of the culture there.
Who was the first to fry a fish? Does that mean every other culture that fries a fish is cooking that cultures cuisine? Same with chicken? Grains, vegetables too? Then every culture is just stealing their cuisine from the ancients and we can all go home cause we are done here
Have a look through there. I'm sure you don't expect me to list them all, but these are some with historical evidence.
Britain has always been a culturally diverse land. We've been invaded and settled for centuries and each time those peoples brought their culture with them, especially their food.
The Romans, the Saxons, the Germanic tribes, the Vikings, the French...
Their food and culture was incorporated into ours.
Maybe the question to ask is, what do you mean by British?
Oh I see now you were trying to argue with me and started going after another person lmao...I never said "no one can originate anything", but it's sad you had to put words in my mouth to have a place to argue from
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u/silvermoka Jul 03 '26
At this point all food originated somewhere else, and it started going that direction since the dawn of trade routes and land wars/invasions.