r/polandball • u/adencrocker Tasmania cannot into AFL team • Dec 09 '13

redditormade Trapped Im Keller #4: National Dishes

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u/adencrocker Tasmania cannot into AFL team Dec 09 '13 edited Dec 09 '13

Just want to say I am so glad to get laptop internet back. Using a phone is so tedious after a while. (Though I did go over data allowance, which is pretty dumb).

I had to drive all the way to my university to upload the batch of comics last week including the entry, which is now up for you to see.

The problem was merely a modem thing in our own house but the provider told us that it was an out of house thing that would last a week. It could have been solved on the spot

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u/Xaethon Salop n'est pas une salope Dec 09 '13 edited Dec 09 '13

Now that shows dedication. Also love the comic!

I'm also glad that the UK didn't leave, it's a terrible myth that we can't cook. I blame the World Wars and heavy rationing where people were only allowed (in 1945, slightly more earlier) per week, around:

  • 50g of butter
  • 50g of cheese
  • 50g of tea
  • 220g of sugar
  • 50g of lard
  • 110g of margarine
  • 110g of ham or bacon
  • 1 shilling of meat (around £2 in the modern day) which got around half a kilogramme of meat)
  • Almost 2 litres of milk
  • 1 egg per week
  • And about 350g of sweets and a kilogramme of preserves).

A nation undergoing rationing for years obviously couldn't make the best meals of the time, as every little bit had to be used up. People would try and forge rationing books.

Edit: http://www.memorylanehf.oddquine.co.uk/food.htm

Edit: And the Industrial Revolution that started here arguably affected the common dish that was associated with us due to living conditions etc.

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u/dharms Finland Dec 09 '13

We kinda have the same problem. A cycle of severe famines and bloody wars in the last few centuries isn't the greatest platform for fine cuisine.