cybercat wrote:
> "limey" > wrote in message
> ...
>> cybercat wrote:
>>
>>> English food sucks! (Wonder how much grief I will get for this one,
>>> hahahaha!)
>>
>> You haven't been to England lately, have you! Things have come a
>> long, long way.
>>
>>
>
> I was teasing, Dora, but do tell!
>
> My point was, there are all these conventions in this group, one of
> them being
> "Domino's Pizza sucks!" And if those of us who dare to LIKE Domino's
> pizza come out and say, "hey, I think it's just fine, I enjoy it,"
> it's like some major
> breach of "taste," as though some have a kind of emotional stake in
> Domino's pizza being universally accepted as sucky.
>
> Conversely, someone comes out and says, "Italian's suck at white
> wine!" and there's an uproar because someone has an emotional
> investment in the contrary.
> It's silly as hell. Taste is subjective. The rest is status-seeking
> assholery.
>
> So I said, "English food sucks," even though I have a genuine English
> aunt who is a wonderful cook--simple foods prepared healthily, no
> heavy spices, but perfectly wholesome, delicious food. AND she can
> make a pie from scratch with perfect crust and home made filling in a
> toaster oven.

LOL - thanks for the explanation. I thought, "Oh, boy - here we go
again".

I can vouch for English cooks - there truly isn't/wasn't a bad one in
our family. When I say England has come a long, long way, I'm
personally fascinated by how far things *have* come - they speak of the
same foods, the same seasonings, the same dishes as we and others talk
about here and elsewhere. With so much immigration, there are Indian
restaurants everywhere, Chinese, Caribbean, and exotic markets.There are
really sophisticated chefs now, many of them on TV, and it has a
tremendous influence - no longer boiled cabbage and boiled potatoes, and
poor old infamous Spotted Dick.

Dora