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depicted: 6, and gravy.

to make a typical American meal:

swap cauliflower for macaroni, double the amount of cheese sauce

roast potatoes for fries

roast meat for BBQ

gravy for bbq sauce

peas for collard greens

carrots for Brussels sprouts

yorkshire puddings for a slice on plain, untoasted, unbuttered wonderbread

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Since when do the British not like Brussels sprouts?

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Since they left the EU and now anything from Brussels costs more

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Me and my sister don’t like them so that’s at least 2 of us

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George Bush Sr. famously hated them. For some reason, people found that funny. I didn’t get it then and I still don’t get it.

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it’s not that we don’t like them - but more that they’re more winter/holiday focused (speaking generally), and usually roasted rather than fried.

But also, Brussels are on the menu everywhere (edit: where i am) in the US. middle of July, at a bar, get a side of Brussels. I don’t think Brussels are served commonly at Sunday lunch year round in the uk.

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What region if you don’t mind me asking. I’ve lived in a couple of US states on the west coast and I’ve never encountered Brussel sprouts so casually and definitely never fried. It’s usually in a part of a dinner at a ‘nice’ sit down restaurant and always roasted in the oven.

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Where in the U.S.? Lots of people hate them. In fact, I’ve never seen a side of Brussels sprouts just given to you as a side. Maybe it’s an option, but there are always other options.

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We like sprouts.

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4 points

America is big. This is like a southern meal maybe? Or more like what the stereotype of the south is.

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Roughly 40% of the us population lives in “The South,” I think its fair to generalize that southern BBQ is an American staple cuisine.

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The word barbeque comes from the Caribbean. I know people associate BBQ with the US, but it seems to have originated outside the US.

https://www.cindersbarbecues.co.uk/cinders/who-invented-the-bbq-the-history-of-barbecues/#:~:text=The Origin of ‘Barbecue’,on sticks above a fire.

However, it originating in the indigenous cultures of the Caribbean and Central America, would explain why it’s so prevalently associated with southern states.

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My only question is why are the Yorkshire puddings hollow? All the ones I’ve had have been stuffed with mince and vegs, but I’ve never been outside 49 of the 50 states.

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This is how I grew up eating them, but some people from the North of England would argue they should be the size of the plate and function like a bread bowl / taco bowl

What you’re describing is more niche as is known as a “pop over”

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