This person clearly has no taste
I get highlighting England for the meme (though the modern UK has some of the best food culture in the world)
But Germany, Belgium, Denmark & Austria? I’m sorry, OP clearly has never travelled outside their hometown and eaten nothing but white bread.
Swede here. Before we imported potatoes in the late 1700s all we had were beets. Just beets. Beets everywhere.
What did you expect.
Also german food is not that dire. What’s wrong with minced pork sandwiches, kale stew and breaded sausage?
And Schnitzel, I love a good Schnitzel!
Plus Sauerkraut is the most versatile and delicious thing ever.
Germans couldn’t cook Schnitzel if their live would depend on it, and then dump a shitton of sauce on top to cover up their crimes against culinary
there is a myriad of different types of schnitzel.
If there’s a lot of sauce and you feel that shouldn’t be there, you should have specified what kind of schnitzel you want.
the Classics: Schnitzel Wiener Art (pig) or Wiener Schnitzel (baby cow) do not come with sauce on top at all.
they are standard recipes, you get exactly what you expect everywhere. it also pretty much tastes the same in every restaurant… no matter if its in Austria, Bavaria or even Hamburg. (…unless you order it in a shit tier restaurant where shit tier meat is used)
extensive testing in hundreds of restaurants beyond the border and within lead to my above conclusion
alt text: im really boring. i always order schnitzel, its the safest bet to get reliably tasty food
alt text 2: also fuck you, your crimes against the schnitzel will be punished with extra sauce!
Hard disagree on sauerkraut, you can have my share. But I’d hit someone with a Spaten for a Jägerschnitzel right about now.
That’s an Austrian dish. Rule of thumb is, if it’s good and German, then it’s probably not German.
What happened to everywhere on the planet apart from Germany to make bread so dire?
I could eat different German breads every day for a week, and not be bored.
Well, no yummy Wienerschnitzel for you then!
People are constantly underestinating Germany. Like half the food is fried in butter and is delicious.
I’d heard the slander about Irish food but when I visited I had beef and Guinness pies, spiced stuffed mushrooms and herbaceous handmade brats.
also had a potato chip butter sandwich, but I was quite deep in the cups by that point and it tasted great.
could not complain.
haven’t been to Britain yet.
I’d heard the slander about Irish food but when I visited I had beef and Guinness pies, spiced stuffed mushrooms and herbaceous handmade brats.
That’s just something they serve there in the Irish themed pubs for the tourists.
not in my experience, those were fairly common menu items in restaurants.
besides, that was far from an exhaustive list of the good food in Ireland.
also, irish themed pubs?
in Ireland?
you mean “pubs”?
Sorry, I should have added a /joke or something on the end.
There was/is a proliferation of Irish themed pubs in other countries that give a false impression of what pubs in Ireland are like, as well as some actual Irish pubs in very touristy areas doing the same. The standard explanation being “it’s just for the tourists”.
Sounds quite similar to Steak and Ale pies, various curried items and herby sausages you’d find across the UK.
I’m sure.
I’ve been to a lot of countries, and food stereotypes are almost always misinterpreted or false.
a person who had lived in Ireland for a year told me the food was terrible and specifically mentioned the stews, how difficult she found it to get good food.
by which I guess she meant sandwiches?
then I ate several stews in Ireland and I was like how the heck could you possibly hate a boldly flavored savory beef and veg stew, especially during the colder part of the year?
to the point where you damned the entire cuisine?
speaking of stereotypes, I’m in India right now, and curry is not super popular here.
it’s just not a very popular dish.
they have tons of sauces and gravies, and spiced lentil soups, but curry is way down on the list in terms of popularity.
wouldn’t have guessed.
ireland was supposed to have terrible food from firsthand accounts people I knew who traveled there, and I had a bunch of great food there.
I think people just don’t like things that are different than they’re used to, so if they travel somewhere for a week and they aren’t used to the texture or taste of something, they try it once, get surprised and assume it’s bad.
