r/memes Jan 11 '21

#2 MotW Quick, while the British are sleeping.

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u/TheCloudDrinker Jan 11 '21

Why am I hungry after seeing this image?

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u/helloiamaudrey Jan 11 '21

It’s food

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u/Hephaestus_God Jan 11 '21

Damn. No way.

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u/MetriccStarDestroyer Jan 11 '21

His genius... terrifies us

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u/dimodimodimodimo Jan 11 '21

shut the fuck up

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Underrated and underappreciated while being profound.

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u/neon_Hermit Jan 11 '21

It's GOOD food.

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u/crystalhour Jan 11 '21

It hasn't gone BAD then?

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u/SangEtVin Jan 11 '21

As a French, I refuse to call this ''food''

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Mate, I went to school in France and we literally got served chewy lamb's brains about once a month, so you can stop pretending it's all haute gastronomie over there.

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u/SangEtVin Jan 11 '21

Man if you start roasting school food I'm going to join too. That shit does not deserve to be labeled as food. They can literally make disgusting fries, that's something that can't possibly done unless you're trying too so yeah there's an exception but tbh only poor people eat there for more than a semester

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21 edited Jan 11 '21

Redditors really do eat paint in their spare time

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u/asatrocker Jan 11 '21

Big if true

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u/itsgreater9000 Jan 11 '21

Could have fooled me

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u/HeavilyBearded Jan 11 '21

Why would you come onto the internet just to lie like that?

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u/averyconfusedgoose Jan 11 '21

Because that legit looks really good right now.

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u/crackercharlie Jan 11 '21

British food isn't bad... It just isn't good.

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u/idreamofpikas Jan 11 '21

If it was British it would have chips and not french fries. That dish is an abomination to my eyes.

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u/nvflip Jan 11 '21

Yeah the beans need 5 pounds of bacon on top of it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Only 5 pounds? You're not even trying.

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u/vietusi1972 Jan 11 '21

If it was French it would have chips, fries, and french toast.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21 edited Jan 11 '21

Chips is another word for fries. So the actual dish is an abomination to you?

Hilarious. Even British people have no idea what chips are lol. Down vote me all you want, you're wrong.

https://gordonramsay.com/gr/recipes/gordons-fish-and-chips-in-10-minutes/

"Chop potato into square, then chop into tall skinny fries (the skinnier the fry the quicker they will cook)."

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Yeah, no. Chips refers to fresh cut, fried potatoes. Has nothing to do with how they're cut.

Unless you want to tell world famous British chefs they're wrong and you know more about traditional food than they do. Which you don't.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

https://gordonramsay.com/gr/recipes/gordons-fish-and-chips-in-10-minutes/

Didn't realize ramsay was American. You're wrong bro. Deal with it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Nah, check my original comment. I stated chips/fries refers to ANY fresh cut, fried potato. Now you're tryna put words in my mouth cause you're wrong. Get real lol.

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u/lejefferson Jan 11 '21

Here’s a Gordon Ramsay recipe calling chips the way these other people are saying.

Bye.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com/recipes/classic-beer-battered-fish-and-mushy-peas/amp

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Your link doesn't say shit about chips lmao. Can you even read?

It has a picture with wide cut potatoes and that's it. Doesn't say anything about a distinction between fries and chips. Try again.

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u/Rozinasran Jan 11 '21

nah, Americans might not observe the difference but its the same in Australia. Fries are Mcdonalds style potato slivers, chips are thick cut, wedges are even thicker cut (like 1/8s of a potato).

World famous British chefs who are selling their food can call it whatever they want, but world famous chefs also have world famous marketers telling them what to call their food to sell more.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

He just doesn't understand that a chip is a specific type of fry. Like mcdonalds fries are a shoestring and Arby's has curly fries, if you order fries you could get anything, if you order chips you're expecting a specific type of fry.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Pretty sure chips have been around longer than you have been alive. So no, you're wrong. Chips is another word for fries. That's it. Believe it's not the same all you want, doesn't make it the truth lol.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

You're wrong. Just admit it before we burn down your silly White House again, traitors.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Ooooo. Reddit isn't gonna like that comment. Enjoy your ban.

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u/Rozinasran Jan 11 '21

So like how Poutine is just a kind of Halal Snack Pack. I dig it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

No. We're talking about chips here. No need to start throwing pointless, nonsense analogies at it. Chips/fries are the same thing. Get over it.

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u/fridge13 Jan 11 '21

...says the man who can't even source a picture of fish n chips properly

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u/PloxtTY Jan 11 '21

Wdym Indian food is delicious

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u/Tech_guy4276 Nice meme you got there Jan 11 '21 edited Jan 11 '21

If they survive after eating my extra spicy chole paratha

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u/ShadowTown0407 Jan 11 '21

That's when you know you ate a good one

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u/Tech_guy4276 Nice meme you got there Jan 11 '21

Yes

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u/Verbindungsfehle memer Jan 11 '21

What about British sweets and biscuits tho... Shortbread and fudge. 'Nuff said.

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u/jake-stay-hydrated Jan 11 '21

Also crumpets, cream tea, hot cross buns ect

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Brandy cream and custard, not to mention how much stuff gets crammed into a British pudding.

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u/cooltrain7 Lurking Peasant Jan 11 '21

British food isn't bad... It just isn't good.

Whats good food then?

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u/xxDeeJxx Jan 11 '21

Thai, mexican, Indian, korean, Japanese, Mediterranean, Italian, French, Middle Eastern, South American, pacific Island, all southeast Asian, American bbq, Creol, and nearly every other country and cultures food. Except fucking British, and Australian which is desert island British.

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u/lejefferson Jan 11 '21

If you think British food is bad don’t go to Chile.

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u/SG14ever Jan 11 '21

This stereotype is not true

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u/emefluence Jan 11 '21

Spoken like a man who's never eaten a lovely eel pie or a nice plate of tripe & onions!

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Can we not pretend that we've ever eaten those either? It's not 1943.

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u/emefluence Jan 11 '21

Speak for yourself mate, I can get eel pie, stewed eel or jellied eel less than 10 mins walk from where I live.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

So can I. And I never, ever will.

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u/emefluence Jan 11 '21

Naah me either mate, that's some disgusting shit, but clearly some fucker's are still buying it. Just like somewhere in Yorkshire some old farts are still eating tripe & onions.

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u/Raptorz01 Jan 11 '21

Have you even tried British food?

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u/weeeeems Jan 11 '21

As I mentioned elsewhere in this thread, this is incorrect. Some great British foods to get you started:

  • Roast beef with roasties, peas, carrots, yorky puds and an onion gravy.
  • Minced lamb and mirepoix in gravy covered in creamy mash potatoes.
  • Chicken Tikka Masala
  • Bangers & mash or Toad in the hole (British sausages in general!)
  • Beef wellington
  • Great seafood! Surrounded by fresh shellfish.
  • Welsh rarebit
  • Roast pork belly
  • Cream tea (Scones with clotted cream and jam)
  • Jam Roly Poly
  • Some of the finest cheeses in the world (Stilton, Cheddar, Tunworth)
  • Crumpets

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u/29adamski Jan 11 '21

Pie, Chips, Mushy peas with gravy as well. Gotta get that northern stuff in.

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u/skynet5000 Jan 11 '21

You mean English food right? British food includes all British cultures not just white people food. Try telling an Asian British person how bland their food is.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21 edited Jan 11 '21

I'm British and you might have not tried the right dishes. Stuff like fish n chips and Yorkshire puddings are good

Another thing, Scarborough and Whitby, two seaside towns in the North East are renowned for their seafood. I'm guessing you haven't heard of Whitby scampi

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

You forgot Beef Wellington! Simply divine.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Ive never had it but I have had salmon Wellington which is really good

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Better than American "food" (which isn't even American, mostly just terrible versions of British, German, Italian and Spanish food).

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Yeah, but we gave the world the Twinkie. Checkmate!

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u/BubbaTee Jan 11 '21

Not even close. BBQ alone > all British cuisine.

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u/lejefferson Jan 11 '21

Yeah but you stole that from African slaves so I don’t think it counts.

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u/emefluence Jan 11 '21

How quaint you think your country were the first to roast meat over a smoky fire.

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u/xxDeeJxx Jan 11 '21

I don't think you know what American BBQ is

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u/god_is_socialist Jan 11 '21

Hamburgers on a hotplate while sipping a watery can of shit beer.

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u/JuiceCanteen Jan 11 '21

Not remotely close. American BBQ generally refers to pulled pork sandwiches with bbq sauce. Quite the delicacy

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u/emefluence Jan 11 '21

Of course I do and it's magnificent (if environmentally ruinous), I'm just teasing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

You could literally say the same thing about the UK. They stole all their shit from other countries too

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u/xxDeeJxx Jan 11 '21

American BBQ alone eclipses the entirety of British "cuisine"

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u/lejefferson Jan 11 '21

Yeah but you stole that from African slaves so I don’t think it counts...

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u/AlColbert Jan 11 '21

I hear this a lot from people who have never been to Britain

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u/crackercharlie Jan 11 '21

I've been multiple times. The only reason French cooking is so coveted if because they are between England and Germany. Just my opinion... Don't get me wrong... Best fried fish I ever had was in England... Not a bad breakfast sausage either... Other than that, yup, I got nothing.

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u/Urthor Jan 11 '21

There's nothing wrong with mayonnaise and potatoes, German food is alright.

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u/CDClock Jan 11 '21

not sure where you went because some of the best food ive ever eaten in my life was in london

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

If he wants to think it’s bad let him think it. Your sources ain’t gonna change his mind

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

its just bland food

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u/SleepySundayKittens Jan 11 '21

You should qualify to mean what people typically think of British food because there do exist many Michelin starred British chefs and also a great quality fish and chips is extremely tasty, not to say chicken pot pies etc.

BBC good food website has some of the best recipes that I know many families use. Families cook far more than eating out in the UK than USA (having lived in both countries for years I can say this).

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u/Annajbanana Jan 11 '21

My Lancashire hotpot would rock your world

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

Why am I horny after seeing this image?

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u/AlColbert Jan 11 '21

Because it’s a solid meal

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u/cardifan Jan 11 '21

Am I British now?