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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 165 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Love how the UK isn’t even there

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 54 points 2 weeks ago

I wish I'd had shade like this all summer

[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 53 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"THE VAST ATLANTIC OCEAN." Nothing to see here...

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[–] Marty_TF@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

that's what brexit does to a mf

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Brexit happened in 2016, the French knew what was up

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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

kinda wish it was there but just "BUTTER CHICKEN"

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[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 93 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

As a Pole, I find this offensive. We're more than just potato munchers.

We're also potato drinkers.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Is there anything a potato can't do? 😍

[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 50 points 2 weeks ago

Not for nothin, we love to see a territorially intact Ukraine.

[–] Lehmuusa@nord.pub 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I like it how the map essentially says "we cannot find anything proper to complain about Italy."

[–] megopie@beehaw.org 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (8 children)

“We stole half our flavor profiles from them and refuse to admit it, so we pretend like anything we stole is actually just common knowledge.”

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

France is good for bread and wine. French food is basically Italian food without pasta. Lots of butter and salt with no competing flavors. Want something with your savory dish? Fuck you, pair it with a wine. Want spicy? Fuck you that's not tradition!

French food is bad. It tastes fine but the ceremony and culture around it are toxic.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"French food is really good." they told me during months I spent traveling all around country over many years. "It's just complicated and most people don't know how to cook it."

Me "So in the past two weeks I have tried 14 different places in 6 different cities and all 14 meals have been horrible. Okay..."

There's a reason why a tire company publishing a list of recommended places to eat when traveling around France became so popular. Its not because the average place to get food was good.

Mexico: Stopping at a gas station, a little old lady hand rolling tortillas and cooking them on an open bbq. Her "Tacos?" Me nodding vigorously"Si, si, si" They were insanely delicious.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Got to love the French calling Italian food overrated, when their international recognized dish consists of black coffee and a cigarette.

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[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

As someone who was lucky enough to visit Italy, it is far from overrated.

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

My friend from Finland (of all places) went there and said it was overrated

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe he lacks taste buds, biologically?

[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 10 points 2 weeks ago

Honestly I'd believe that for all of Scandinavia, but it also might be that the salt liquorice burns them off at a young age.

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[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 16 points 2 weeks ago

It took me far too long to realise that, by "rotten cabbage", they mean Sauerkraut.

[–] gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org 16 points 2 weeks ago

re-uploaded to get rid of reddit tracking cookies

[–] gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

UK not even being on the map xD

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 11 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Why they gotta do Ireland and Scotland dirty like that?

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[–] aamram@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

The true overrated cuisine is the french one

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 9 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Danish pastry is not soggy. On the contrary, it's a lot crispier than what the rest of Europe is eating.

Perhaps they're thinking of the pastry called a danish, which is not Danish. We ourselves call it a Berliner, but I think it's actually from Austria.

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[–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Why is the place with the best food labeled "famine"

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[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

why are you linking to reddit instead of just posting the image itself? the reddit poster didn't create this, you don't need to credit them....

[–] lime@feddit.nu 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Ha ha, that was pretty good. I feel like the Uk, scotland, and ireland, if not wales too, could be good puns even as the vast atlantic ocean is a good single pun.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

One day we’ll catch them on film enjoying a Greggs sausage roll and the charade will be over.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"Marie Antoinette" is probably the strangest food on that map. I had no idea about French meat preferences.

PS: I wonder where the Viennoiserie is from.

[–] ArcaneGadget@nord.pub 8 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Soggy pastry? I'm a Dane, and I have absolutely no clue, what that's supposed to refer to?

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Where’s the UK? Should be “frightened of flavor.”

[–] illi@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 weeks ago

I don't understand. The vast Atlantic Ocean is right there.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 weeks ago

So utterly irrelevant it bares no mention. ^/s

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[–] megopie@beehaw.org 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

French food is under spiced.

Like lots of useful techniques, don’t get me wrong, but, no. The culinary tradition is limited in regards to scope of ingredients and flavor profiles.

At least the Germans are humble enough to eagerly adopt new spices and seasonings.

Edit: croissants are from Austria

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

Completely valid criticism for hungary. I just put like a kilo of paprika on like 100 grams of chicken 💀

[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Meatball inventors? We stole that straight up from the ottomans

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[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

I love this insult between France and the Netherlands:

Having 50 varieties of Gouda doesn't make you a cheese country

[–] Hond@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

checks out. i had rotten cabbage today.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

While "rotten cabbage" seems to be a correct descriptor, I was somewhat aghast to not be included in the potato munchers. I mean... people are out there calling us potatoes... but then I looked it up and Germany is in the lower midfield of how much potatoes countries in the EU eat.

I'm tipping my hat to you Latvia. Respect. 112,7 kg per person per year. That is nearly double the 57,4 kg per person per year we eat in Germany.

Edit: HAH! That seemed to have been older data, take THAT Latvia! Instead I must now bow to our new starchy overlords, the Poles.

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