Yada yada, European cuisine actually use spices yada yada
Anyway they are stored in dungeons where they turn into Old Spice
Glowing-mind on
Bc he who controls the spice controls the universe
thelostnz on
So we could get rich selling it back to you
Vast-Establishment50 on
That was the British.
MalarkTheMadder on
You don’t get high on your own supply
VagereHein on
They do use them, many Dutch dishes including most of the stews do have or use to have indonesian spices, mostly nutmeg and pepper, but also cloves are a staple
Edit: One dutch popular snack, the kroket (fried breaded ragoutroll) traditionally contained ketjap manis.
But peanutsauce is also widely used in snack culture.
Life-Top6314 on
If i had to guess, its probably because mist famous dishes originate as poor people food, and a poor indian would have access to more spices than a poor european
No_Bodybuilder1059 on
Thats British specific question and not white person question, so next question?
Gentle_Snail on
This is one of those modern jokes that actually isn’t based in history. Britain for example were so famos for putting spices in everything that Charles Dickens makes jokes about people carrying around personal nutmeg grinders with them where ever they went.
Even today if you compare British Indian dishes like the Vindaloo with their Indian counterpart they are significantly spicier. In fact the dish Phall was literally invented after Bangladeshi curry restaurants didn’t have a spicy enough dish for British locals and had to invent one.
SnooDucks565 on
Its what we sold to everyone before they invented crack.
Blazemaster0563 on
They are used.
People just ignore them to do the same overused joke.
Aetze on
Thats a misconception and nothing more
HahaScannerGoesBrrrt on
1 joke
morzikei on
Different day, same cope that white people come from climates where you don’t need to season meat with twice its weight in spices to avoid a week of the shits
genericusernamepls on
The answer is sugar and we put that shit on everything
Diazepam_Dan on
Most of what the world sees as British food is actually poverty food. Having a 40p tin of beans for lunch is beyond some people’s means – so they’re not going to be buying herbs and spices too.
Traditional british food made to a good quality doesn’t need spices. A good steak and ale pie. A roasted chicken with thyme and rosemary. Toad in the Hole with nice high quality sausages. A fresh restaurant quality scotch egg. Traditional winter pottage. A good cheese scone with mature cheddar and mustard. A lovely greasy fry up.
I could go on
LegoNoah123 on
I’ve seen this joke so many times and it kind of pisses me off because it just completely ignores centuries of culinary history to reinforce a racial bias
Gaytrude on
Many people think that “spices” only refer to hot ingredients like chili or pepper… Spices include all dried parts of plants used to flavor food such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves and you can find them absolutely everywhere, in every country in Europe.
People who say that Europe doesn’t use spices are complete morons.
Jimothy_Slim on
Brits wanted spices
Brits took spices
Wealthy people happy
Keep taking spices
Now commoners have spices
Commoners use spices to hide low quality food
Spices no longer cool
Wealthy people stop using spices because they don’t need to hide low quality ingredients
Wealthy people associate spices with poor people and cheap meat
Commoners don’t want to feel poor, stop using spices
samamp on
One thing that comes to mind is the ability refrigerate using snow or ice from the winter so you dont need spices to cover up the foul taste of meat going bad
MikeSifoda on
Never get high on your own supply
Pootisman16 on
“Ask white people”
*Look inside*
“Asks why white Americans use few spices”
Leesburgcapsfan on
Don’t get high on your own supply.
Sipthapimp on
I feel like this doesn’t hold true in the American South, granted that could be biased.
SamsaraKama on
Simple: the Portuguese, who kickstarted the whole “raid the world for spices” plot, did it and they use them daily. The Spanish did it and they use them daily. Even the British use them.
Europe figured that shit out 500 years ago. It’s just that older traditional dishes typically don’t use them because they likely come from a time where access to spices was more limited. **And even then**, people have used spices since to prop up their dishes.
Clydesco on
Spices was a front, oil and gold man
Etherealwarbear on
Money. You may not use it yourself, but there’s guaranteed people who would pay good money for it.
KingOfRome324 on
The ignorance is strong with this meme. How many “Chinese” and “Indian” dishes are actually invented in the west?
Don’t get me started about the spicy foods of Iberian colonizers’ descendants (you know, the people who get a free pass for colonizer 2/3rd of the new world…
Klor204 on
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. We’ve been around the world and BEANS ON TOAST IS UNDENIABLY THE GREATEST THING ON EARTH
Globe-Denier on
Never get high on your own supply.
RedBlueTundra on
Czechs, Poles, Estonians, Latvians etc all looking at each other like “we raided the world for spices?”
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Yada yada, European cuisine actually use spices yada yada
Anyway they are stored in dungeons where they turn into Old Spice
Bc he who controls the spice controls the universe
So we could get rich selling it back to you
That was the British.
You don’t get high on your own supply
They do use them, many Dutch dishes including most of the stews do have or use to have indonesian spices, mostly nutmeg and pepper, but also cloves are a staple
Edit: One dutch popular snack, the kroket (fried breaded ragoutroll) traditionally contained ketjap manis.
But peanutsauce is also widely used in snack culture.
If i had to guess, its probably because mist famous dishes originate as poor people food, and a poor indian would have access to more spices than a poor european
Thats British specific question and not white person question, so next question?
This is one of those modern jokes that actually isn’t based in history. Britain for example were so famos for putting spices in everything that Charles Dickens makes jokes about people carrying around personal nutmeg grinders with them where ever they went.
Even today if you compare British Indian dishes like the Vindaloo with their Indian counterpart they are significantly spicier. In fact the dish Phall was literally invented after Bangladeshi curry restaurants didn’t have a spicy enough dish for British locals and had to invent one.
Its what we sold to everyone before they invented crack.
They are used.
People just ignore them to do the same overused joke.
Thats a misconception and nothing more
1 joke
Different day, same cope that white people come from climates where you don’t need to season meat with twice its weight in spices to avoid a week of the shits
The answer is sugar and we put that shit on everything
Most of what the world sees as British food is actually poverty food. Having a 40p tin of beans for lunch is beyond some people’s means – so they’re not going to be buying herbs and spices too.
Traditional british food made to a good quality doesn’t need spices. A good steak and ale pie. A roasted chicken with thyme and rosemary. Toad in the Hole with nice high quality sausages. A fresh restaurant quality scotch egg. Traditional winter pottage. A good cheese scone with mature cheddar and mustard. A lovely greasy fry up.
I could go on
I’ve seen this joke so many times and it kind of pisses me off because it just completely ignores centuries of culinary history to reinforce a racial bias
Many people think that “spices” only refer to hot ingredients like chili or pepper… Spices include all dried parts of plants used to flavor food such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves and you can find them absolutely everywhere, in every country in Europe.
People who say that Europe doesn’t use spices are complete morons.
Brits wanted spices
Brits took spices
Wealthy people happy
Keep taking spices
Now commoners have spices
Commoners use spices to hide low quality food
Spices no longer cool
Wealthy people stop using spices because they don’t need to hide low quality ingredients
Wealthy people associate spices with poor people and cheap meat
Commoners don’t want to feel poor, stop using spices
One thing that comes to mind is the ability refrigerate using snow or ice from the winter so you dont need spices to cover up the foul taste of meat going bad
Never get high on your own supply
“Ask white people”
*Look inside*
“Asks why white Americans use few spices”
Don’t get high on your own supply.
I feel like this doesn’t hold true in the American South, granted that could be biased.
Simple: the Portuguese, who kickstarted the whole “raid the world for spices” plot, did it and they use them daily. The Spanish did it and they use them daily. Even the British use them.
Europe figured that shit out 500 years ago. It’s just that older traditional dishes typically don’t use them because they likely come from a time where access to spices was more limited. **And even then**, people have used spices since to prop up their dishes.
Spices was a front, oil and gold man
Money. You may not use it yourself, but there’s guaranteed people who would pay good money for it.
The ignorance is strong with this meme. How many “Chinese” and “Indian” dishes are actually invented in the west?
Don’t get me started about the spicy foods of Iberian colonizers’ descendants (you know, the people who get a free pass for colonizer 2/3rd of the new world…
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. We’ve been around the world and BEANS ON TOAST IS UNDENIABLY THE GREATEST THING ON EARTH
Never get high on your own supply.
Czechs, Poles, Estonians, Latvians etc all looking at each other like “we raided the world for spices?”