• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
    101·
    2 months ago

    Depicted in image

     Cinnamon
 Nutmeg
 Ginger
 Cloves
 Allspice
 Cardamom
 Tomato puree 
 Onion 
 Garlic
 Salt
 Pepper 
 Five spice
 Chili powder 
 Turmeric 
 MSG
 Fish oil

    Plus breadcrumbs, butter, fish, beans and bread.

    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Its a meme with no real basis in reality, don’t try and think too much about it.

    • DosDudeA
      5·
      2 months ago

      Bitterballen are full of spices. I don’t see the problem.

    • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
      4·
      2 months ago

      Because the anglosphere doesn’t care about non-anglo countries, least of all a country that small. Most of them probably don’t know that the dutch were big players in the spice trade at all.

      • Obi@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        2 months ago

        It’s pretty bland, but mostly I find the right way to describe it is “utilitarian”, they eat because they have to, not because they particularly enjoy it.

      • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I’m Indigenous Canadian and I’ve been drinking tea from the time I was a baby … I remember my mom mixing a batch of tea, canned milk and sugar in a baby bottle from my younger brothers and I assume that she probably did the same for me. For as long as I can remember, we drank tea every single freakin day of my life … and I still do!

        All because of some damned money grubbing English men figured out a way to transport tons of tea all over the planet

        • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
          4·
          2 months ago

          You’ve been consuming caffeinated drinks from the time you were a baby? I know that tea isn’t that bad if you let it steep long enough, which most people do, but also, literal baby? That’s kinda fucked up.

          • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
            7·
            2 months ago

            I know! … You don’t have much a choice when your parents who lived a nomadic lifestyle in the wilderness don’t understand that modern tea from the tropics is actually a highly drugged drink that isn’t good for a baby! We’re Indigenous Canadian and mom and the people from her generation didn’t understand the effects of doing this to infants … they just knew it was a nourishing magical drink.

            • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              2 months ago

              modern tea from the tropics is actually a highly drugged drink that isn’t good for a baby

              Have you noticed any negative effects? I feel like over in Europe, coffee and tea consumption among children is higher than it is here in Canada, but I don’t hear about significant negative effects.

              • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
                1·
                2 months ago

                I’m pretty sure mom fed me tea as a baby regularly … because I saw her do the same to my younger brothers. And I drank tea from as far back as I can remember. And we brewed it strong too! We had a metal camp style pot that held about 2 litres of liquid, mom would get water boiling and then throw in about 10 tea bags and let it boil for a minute until it literally looked like coffee. I drank that kind of tea for the first 20 years of my life. After that I drank less tea and more coffee.

                As far as I can tell, I’m pretty normal … but then again … what the hell is normal? I might be totally nuts and not know it.

                Also, for all I know, it might have cut my life short too and I’ll end up with a heart attack or stroke earlier in life than later.

        • PugJesus@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
          41·
          2 months ago

          Cause and effect are reversed there! They were turned INTO money-grubbing businessmen in a desperate bid to fuel their tea addiction! The fault is the TEA!

          Tea domesticated the English, like fungus puppeting ants, and we have all been paying for it since 😔

  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
    4·
    2 months ago

    for reference, the reason that british food is seen as bland is because they got fucked by wartime rationing, and for some reason that just got seared into cultural memory more than in any other country.

    it’s like if “american food” was just a 50’s cookbook filled with spam and jello

    • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
      2·
      2 months ago

      Not a lot of Mexicans in Britain (or Europe in general), but they do have a lot of Indians and Pakistanis who are very fond of spices and apparently run a lot of restaurants/fast food places.