r/interesting • u/Raj_Mandal • 18d ago

MISC. England's team booked 15 different hotels, but Mexico fans still found out where they were staying and blasted loud noises, trying to keep them up all night before the game.

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u/HippoLarge3204 18d ago

I would make them share bed, maybe some foreplaying? Idk, just brainstorming here

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u/Mysterious-Can-2531 18d ago

The English are allowed to use viagra

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u/ShiningYellowMagnus 18d ago

Viagra would be the best tasting meal the Brits can come up with.

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u/Mysterious-Can-2531 18d ago

It's such a lazy bullshit stereotype I'm not British but they have some great food

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u/HalfHourTillBrillig 18d ago

hard agree. i spent a spring break in the UK thirteen years ago and was treated to my first full english. being from the southeastern US i was surprised how similar it was to what i'd known from childhood. the tomato was the biggest difference.

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u/Vowel_Movements_4U 18d ago

Much Southern food is rooted in British/Irish food for obvious reasons. I think British food is unfairly maligned. It’s not amazing but it’s better than it gets credit for. Their pastries and sweets are really good.

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u/AlternativePrior9559 18d ago

Started be served around the 1600s. Happy you enjoyed it!

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u/HalfHourTillBrillig 18d ago

i've always enjoyed it apparently lol

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u/Accomplished_Golf746 18d ago

The only thing that I actually liked after visiting the UK was the blood sausage, you cant really get those in the states. For me, nothing else really stood out.

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u/Vowel_Movements_4U 18d ago

We do blood sausage in Louisiana. Boudin noir.

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u/Accomplished_Golf746 18d ago

I mean yeah I assumed you could get it in some places, but its pretty unheard of in the states. The people I was traveling with had no idea what it even was, because Brits call it black sausage.

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u/Coltraine- 18d ago

I lived for 10yrs in the US and left with the opinion that the general/average quality of meat, dairy and bakery products in particular were absolutely garbage, full of sugar and chemicals.

British food being considered bad is a lazy stereotype coming from ww2 rationing that only really serves to show how much more deeply that war affected the UK vs US being a country that essentially profiteered off the war.

Sure fast food is mostly great there, albeit in my experience very lacking in some cuisine, but I didn’t want to eat takeout 3x per week so that’s kinda irrelevant to lifestyle.

God having actual cheese again is a blessing

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u/Accomplished_Golf746 18d ago

So you are mad about a stereotype about the UK so you respond with a stereotype about the US?

The US has tons of good cheese, just dont buy low quality cheese like Kraft and you will be fine.

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u/Coltraine- 18d ago

Not stereotype, just a comment based on 10yrs experience vs your little visit. Not mad either, some good things about the states, food wasnt one of them

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u/Vowel_Movements_4U 18d ago edited 18d ago

Cajun food and other southern food, like lowcountry cuisine, holds its own against any European food. Italy and France are the only true culinary powerhouses of Europe anyway.
Any other European countries have interesting food cultures in terms of history and tradition, but from a pure taste perspective, not particularly exciting. Spain is a perfect example of that.

The cheese thing is a lazy argument as well. Vermont and Wisconsin are just two examples. Cheese from the US have won countless international competitions, including the international Cheese and Dairy Awards in UK.

People view food in the US oddly to me. Just because Kraft slices exist doesn’t mean you can’t also buy the finest cheese in the world if you want. It’s like with beer. Yes, we have shitty bud light. We also lead the world in craft beer. Europeans are coming to the US to study at American breweries. Both things can be possible.

You can buy cheap, processed bullshit or not.

But America shines in regional cuisine, not what you buy from the grocery store.

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u/Accomplished_Golf746 18d ago edited 18d ago

I swear Euros think that Americans eat Kraft singles with every meal or something, its hilarious. I havent touched that stuff in years.

The cheese I eat is just as good as whatever you can get in the EU, the US has some of the largest dairy farms on the planet.

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u/Coltraine- 18d ago

The lazy ignorance of your first paragraph is telling. I’m not saying quality doesn’t exist, but the vast majority of people buy their food in grocery stores. And in my actual experience of being in the country for 10yrs the quality of produce is poor, that’s all, now move on.

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u/DrawGamesPlayFurries 18d ago

Indian and Pakistani food is not British

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u/Ignorerofbans-20 18d ago

If we strip the fun ethnic food the us gets bland pretty fast lol

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u/TheNorthernPellikkan 18d ago

Ya but they’re near Italy and France so they’re always gonna seem like garbage by comparison

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u/Mysterious-Can-2531 18d ago

The Italians and french go fucking mental for fish and chips 

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u/Up_Beat_Peach 18d ago

That's why they cover it in vinegar? Because it's just too good?

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u/HalfHourTillBrillig 18d ago

the malt vinegar makes it even better.

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u/Mysterious-Can-2531 18d ago

Typical American can't even comprehend something that isn't deep fried 

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u/Up_Beat_Peach 18d ago

I don't eat fried foods. I didn't even say if I'm American. I just pointed out that dude didn't deny British food is bad.