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777IRON t1_j9zaf16 wrote
Reply to comment by VengefulMight in TIL of the less well known and earlier War in Vietnam (1945-1946), which was a military success. by VengefulMight
Well, the English a few centuries of practice at counter-insurgency against the Irish.
777IRON t1_j8kdq1o wrote
Reply to comment by pseudangelos in TIL Eating every course seperately is Service à la russe. Before this meals were service à la française where all courses were served at once. Ambassador Alexander Kurakin introduced Service à la russe to France in 1810 and it became the norm by the 1880s. by jamescookenotthatone
You are so dumb. If you go to an Indian restaurant in the UK, it’s still an Indian restaurant. It’s not a British restaurant.
It’s an Indian restaurant in Britain. No one’s advocating for banning curries in the UK.
Victim mentality is strong too you big baby.
777IRON t1_j8fm08q wrote
Reply to comment by pseudangelos in TIL Eating every course seperately is Service à la russe. Before this meals were service à la française where all courses were served at once. Ambassador Alexander Kurakin introduced Service à la russe to France in 1810 and it became the norm by the 1880s. by jamescookenotthatone
I never said it wasn’t or couldn’t be a “national food”. I said it isn’t British Cuisine. Indian cuisine thriving in Britain doesn’t make it British cuisine.
There isn’t an American alive who calls Chinese food American, or Pizza American. They’ll call it’s Italian American cuisine at most.
Beef Wellington is British cuisine. I don’t claim it’s Canadian just because I can get it at the pub down the road.
Serious imperialist attitude on you. I can see you’ve kept that from the 18th century along with the curry.
777IRON t1_j8bo62h wrote
Reply to comment by Nanojack in TIL Eating every course seperately is Service à la russe. Before this meals were service à la française where all courses were served at once. Ambassador Alexander Kurakin introduced Service à la russe to France in 1810 and it became the norm by the 1880s. by jamescookenotthatone
I once had a British woman get very upset with me when I informed her that curry and kebabs are not “British Cuisine”. She strongly disagreed.
777IRON t1_j1tfit3 wrote
Reply to comment by that_yeg_guy in Til Boxing day in the UK has to do with a tradition of boxing up presents to give to the poor and has nothing to do with boxing the sport by Jasong222
I thought it was because you were boxing your fellow shoppers to get to the deals. /s
777IRON t1_je8nhp8 wrote
Reply to comment by SwordfishAlert2602 in TIL The organizers of the Japan Olympics in 2021 distributed 160,000 condoms to the athletes by Future_Green_7222
Hot, athletic, young people no less.