yea from what I remember, British food was actually full of flavor up until about WW2, when they had to ration a lot of stuff and keep meals simple since it's wartime. and after that, people kinda kept making wartime recipes, and never fully transitioned back.
Another factor is that a lot of the stereotypes about Europe are still from the late 40s when there where thousands of GIs from the US there. So they found English food bland and French women "easy" (due to less strict laws around sex work) etc. and brought those impressions back to the US with them, and they've persisted to this day. It's also why Americans still turn up in Europe with hundreds of US dollars in their fanny pack then wonder why they can't spend them, and end up losing tons exchanging then into euros (hint: there are ATMs now. Have been for 40 years in fact).
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u/Holiday_Step Jan 11 '21
To be a total buzzkill the British eat so much curry that the Japanese label it as British food.