• JohnnyMac@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I’ve heard it’s because they invaded every country on the planet for their spices and decided to use none of them

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      3 days ago

      We didn’t just steal the spices, we stole cooks too. Eg, our first curry house was 1810, run by a Bengali chap. So we didn’t piss about with traditonal English dishes to get our spice fix, we just went out for a ruby instead.

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      4 days ago

      I was going to defend us by pointing to how some of the most popular places to eat here are focused on spicy foods (curry houses) but when I thought about it more… you’re right :(

      The most popular dishes there are usually the less spicy ones (but they taste really nice and would probably taste even better if they were more spicy)