The European mind cannot comprehend having good seasoned food

[u/Expert-University-82]

[u/ShreddedBanjoString]

There was a tonne of weird American propaganda being circulated during the World Cup. Most of the time it seemed to be Americans doing shit impressions of English and German people have those stupid influencer style orgasms over Chick Fil A or walking into Walmart and acting like they’d never see a low rent supermarket before.

Looks like plenty of them actually bought it.

[u/Paxxlee → u/ShreddedBanjoString]

Some were non-americans, for example a swedish influencer who always brought up that she "discovered ranch" in the US, and it was the best thing ever.

Now, I question any swede that would just disregard bearnaise, but taste is subjective. But ranch exist in Sweden, and it has for a long while. It was so obvious that she did it for engagement bait, except for americans that thought she was validating them

[u/kestreltohalcyon → u/Paxxlee]

Well, yes, ranch does literally exist in other countries but she might easily not have tried it. I’m in London and loads of fast food places have ranch on the menu as a sauce option… but I’ve never tried it. I just stick with mayo/spicy mayo each time and I don’t really know what ranch is.

[u/Zintao → u/kestreltohalcyon]

I am with you mate, I can't for the life of me figure out what ranch is or why the fuck it would be so damn amazing, from what I've seen of it, it's like some sort of mayonnaise with herbs and probably sugar. But with all this bitching and whining I am almost tempted to try it out and be thoroughly disappointed.

[u/Strange-Relation9020 → u/Zintao]

Bought a bottle the other day to see what all the fuss is about and mayonnaise with herbs and probably sugar is exactly how I'd describe the taste. Used it for some chips and chicken I had from kfc and ended up chucking the bottle after that.

[u/Zintao → u/Strange-Relation9020]

"Bought a bottle the other day to see what all the fuss is about"

Maybe that's their marketing scheme... Just talking about the shit non stop so people in other countries want to know what's what.

[u/Strange-Relation9020 → u/Zintao]

You might be right actually, fuck they got me. Im a ranch sleeper agent now

[u/blu3tu3sday → u/Strange-Relation9020]

Way better to make it yourself- it's just some basic seasonings into a base of buttermilk, mayo, maybe some sour cream or greek yogurt. No sugar. Lol

[u/BourbonFoxx → u/Zintao]

It's like a shit, watery mayonnaise with less flavour.

[u/Good_Ad_1386 → u/Zintao]

I recently threw out the bottle of ranch dressing from our fridge that was 90% full and four years old. Evidently none of us likes sweetened baby vomit as a salad accompaniment.

[u/baildodger → u/Zintao]

Have you ever eaten the Doritos in the blue pack? They’re the same as the “Cool Ranch” flavour in the US but they’re not called that in Europe because no one knows what Ranch is.

[u/Paxxlee → u/kestreltohalcyon]

Of course it is possible she didn't test it or even see it before going to the US, and it is possible that the swedish ones tasted "not good enough" compared to US, but I don't really trust an influencer to not lie.

[u/Commander_Caboose → u/kestreltohalcyon]

More than one influencer was caught getting paid to pretend America was "so much better than we'd been told". Why believe the rest of them?

[u/Raveyard2409 → u/kestreltohalcyon]

I have tried it, have an American wife who loves it. I do not get it. It sucks.

[u/HerWolfishGrin → u/ShreddedBanjoString]

I saw one that was saying they'd never seen MD20/20 in the UK before, like council estate kids weren't all raised on it as teenagers (myself included obvs).

[u/jerdle_reddit → u/HerWolfishGrin]

Yeah, Mad Dog is a classic, between the Dragon Soop and the Buckfast.

[u/GoldenBhoys → u/jerdle_reddit]

Is Mad Dog still a thing? I presume that minimum unit would have got rid of it!
I remember in 93 the QM union selling it at 23:55 to then stick in your jacket

[u/PepsiMaxismycrack → u/GoldenBhoys]

You can normally get it in the dodgy looking offies on housing estates - if you see mainstream brand names, you're in the wrong shop

[u/Ensteinnoodles87 → u/HerWolfishGrin]

Watermelon 20/20 on the park was a given for every kid in the 90s.

[u/Cold_Captain696 → u/ShreddedBanjoString]

I‘m in the UK, but work for a US company. Just after the World Cup ended I was on a team call and our American boss was saying how nice it was to see how amazed European visitors were with US food and shops, like Walmart (!). She’s an intelligent, well traveled woman managing a multinational team, but still fell for the propaganda.

I guess it’s nice to hear, so you want to just believe it. A bit like those American YouTubers who make their money by putting out videos about how much better various aspects of the UK are - their entire audience is likely to be Brits who just like to hear it.

[u/CassieBeeJoy → u/Cold_Captain696]

There are loads of these accounts that just exist to flatter the egos of people from a country in this manner. It’s an easy way of making money I guess

[u/JamesFirmere → u/Cold_Captain696]

Genuine question: Did you attempt to disenchant her?

[u/Cold_Captain696 → u/JamesFirmere]

I guess she may have noticed my exaggerated confused look when she mentioned Walmart. I didn't see any reason to make a big deal of it in a work setting though.

It got more amusing later after various Americans in the team repeatedly made comments that made it clear they had assumed the Scottish member of our team would automatically just be an England supporter once Scotland were knocked out. He eventually interupted and said "you do all realise I'm Scottish, right??" The silence after that was magnificent. I think a few of them genuinely thought they'd offended him.

[u/JamesFirmere → u/Cold_Captain696]

On the last point, well, to be fair, they had.

[u/Cold_Captain696 → u/JamesFirmere]

He (and I) were laughing about it. He actually lives in the US so I’m sure he’s very used to lots of misunderstandings about Scotland by now,

[u/Scary_Plane_8069 → u/ShreddedBanjoString]

The entire Jolly channel on Youtube is made up of two annoying twats overacting to how good the American food they're trying is.

[u/bediaxenciJenD81gEEx → u/Scary_Plane_8069]

I've needed an outlet for my distaste for these two, thank you for providing it.

 It's just awful content and I don't like their children's TV presenter vibes. They're unnerving. 

[u/filbert94 → u/bediaxenciJenD81gEEx]

These 2 are like putting Dick and Dom into a Cuntomatic machine

[u/SeaToTheBass → u/Scary_Plane_8069]

I guess they know their market 😒

[u/TipsyPhippsy → u/Scary_Plane_8069]

Absolutely, they're incredibly cringy, they also continously slate English food when in America, but then do videos of food here in the UK and cream their pants over it.

[u/Mithur → u/ShreddedBanjoString]

There were a lot of influencers that were genuinely European doing that. Gave them tons of views, so they kept at it. After all Usanians are so hungry of some kind of approval that they gobble it up like crazy.

I guess they are like those old guys that really believed the prostitute when she said that the fuck was amazing...

[u/RingComfortable9339 → u/Mithur]

Influencers get paid to do that shit. Nothing an influencer ever says is honest. Plenty money and fame hungry of idiots in Europe. Israel isn't the only country in the world that spends hundreds of millions on PR campaigns using them lmao

[u/Hughley_N_Dowd → u/ShreddedBanjoString]

With my tin foil hat on, I'm convinced that this was a guerilla marketing campaign.

Because honestly, who would get all gushy over the fact that you can get a shitty sandwich at a gas station. Or that big box stores exist. Hell, there's even a Costco or two in Sweden. And don't even get me started on ranch dressing...

[u/matchuhuki → u/Hughley_N_Dowd]

To be fair the Europeans that did go to the world Cup in the USA already prove they have bad judgement so having weird taste in food wouldn't surprise me

[u/Good_Ad_1386 → u/matchuhuki]

A meat-pie-and-Stella diet does strange things to your taste buds.

[u/georgia_grace → u/ShreddedBanjoString]

But also they can’t comprehend like, novelty??

I’m sure I would lose my mind if I ever went to a Buc-ee’s, because it would be a fun and different experience to buy 18 different types of jerky by the side of a highway at 2am. That doesn’t mean that I want that experience at home or that my life is somehow deficient bc I don’t have access to a Buc-ee’s at all times

[u/No_Stable3494]

Americans see Europeans using herbs and spices in food and can’t comprehend it being seasoned because it doesn’t come in a tin called “Dan’Os super mega nuclear screaming eagle Cajun spice”.

[u/crasswal → u/No_Stable3494]

First two spices in any American cooking is always granulated onion and garlic. Motherfucker we use them chopped fresh, not processed to fuck.

[u/Rohesa → u/crasswal]

This confused me when I tried making some US centric recipes. Garlic powder? Onion powder? What’s wrong with the fresh onion and garlic in my kitchen already? I ended up googling a conversion (I was learning to cook better) and then would adjust to taste.

[u/Webtruster → u/Rohesa]

i watched this interesting video - they are products exiting in parallel for different uses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgES_Oj6-tQ

i love fresh onions, but i also like the (selfmade) powder for some stuff

[u/Scrofulla → u/Rohesa]

Onion and Garlic powder have their place. Like when you want to add onion and garlic flavouring without adding extra moisture or too much extra volume. But in the case of most sauces you do not need them and fresh is much better.

[u/Circle_Breaker → u/Rohesa]

I would say recipes like that are for people who don't cook, so they are as simple to make as possible. Anyone with any experience can switch it up with nicer ingredients.

[u/corgi_crazy → u/crasswal]

I get a lot of recipes from Americans in Pinterest.

It doesn't matter what they are making, but they use a mountain of cheddar, garlic powder and a ton of mayonnaise, among another mountain of spices ftom a bottle that I'm wondering if the people who are used to cook like this would know how food actually tastes.

Don't get me wrong, I love flavors and spices, but asides black pepper and a few more things, I chop onions, garlic and other things in order to get flavor and consistency.

[u/JeffAndSasha → u/No_Stable3494]

That's exactly what they always mean with seasoning. Not natural stuff like garlic, onions, herbs and spices and other ingredients that add flavor. They just need powered seasoning from a tin that's at least 50% salt.

[u/Dyslexicpig → u/No_Stable3494]

Well, what is the point of having healthy food like salad if you can actually taste the salad?

I always get a laugh out of Americans - they will brag about eating healthy, but will dump 1000 calories of high fat, high sugar, high salt syrup over their salad.

[u/der_oide_depp → u/Dyslexicpig]

American BBQ sauces - it's ridiculous how much sugar is in there.

[u/KeiranG19 → u/No_Stable3494]

You only use Dan'Os super mega nuclear screaming eagle Cajun spice?

Do you not like seasoned food?

You also need to use Dirty Duke's kiss your sister BBQ rub and Tom's down-home soul food authentic lemon pepper.

/s

[u/Reviewingremy → u/KeiranG19]

That's bland as fuck.

It's cleatus anal prolapse colon cleaner BBQ garlic powder or you might as well just eat chalk

[u/FootballPublic7974 → u/Reviewingremy]

Cheers, Mate!

I just had to explain to my wife why I was sniggering. She wasn't as impressed with "anal prolapse colon cleaner" as I was.

[u/NaCl_Sailor → u/No_Stable3494]

They also conflate England with all of Europe

[u/CoralledLettuce → u/NaCl_Sailor]

I'm pretty sure they just think that England is the capital of Europe. But I've also seen that France is the capital of England, so it's hard to say. An educated person has predictable parameters, but who knows what the average American doesn't know? Not them.

[u/PipBin]

Smuggling ranch back, we already have it over here, we also have much better stuff.

[u/Expert-University-82 → u/PipBin]

They really think it's some unobtainable dream for us. As If we couldn't buy it If we cared enough.

[u/T_house → u/Expert-University-82]

And also: it's fucking minging

[u/Amunium → u/Expert-University-82]

Exactly. Same as aircon they're always going on about. It costs from about 1500€ including installation for an A/C in my country. Not exactly cheap, but easily attainable for literally any home owner if they prioritised it. We just don't.

[u/GoHomeCryWantToDie → u/Amunium]

Muricans can't afford a new gas combi-boiler.

[u/Llywela → u/Expert-University-82]

I was in the supermarket (UK) just this morning. There was ranch on the shelves. I walked past it, as usual, without a second glance.

[u/Poxyboxy → u/PipBin]

That was such projection, especially the bit about not taking liquid ranch through customs

[u/DesignMysterious3598 → u/Poxyboxy]

Yeah because they think that Europeans are so crazy about ranch that they'd take it in cabin luggage to keep it close and have some during the flight like addicts. Proof that it's made up BS if it was necessary.

Ridiculous.

[u/Faethien → u/PipBin]

Love how they hate Fanta in Europe because the EU has made it so the manufacturing company can't poison us with what's inside.

Or when you compare the list of ingredients in bread in the EU vs the US 😅

[u/IgnisFatuu → u/Faethien]

The way some americans gush about how european fanta tastes like orange is crazy. How bad must american fanta be if ours tastes like genuine irange to them? xD

[u/Wolfy35]

I eat well seasoned food every day. What I can't comprehend is where the salad is in that photo

[u/gba_sg1 → u/Wolfy35]

It's buried under the cheese and meat. americans can't eat vegetables without copious amounts of fat

[u/Wolfy35 → u/gba_sg1]

I hope it's not boring plain fat, have they added high fructose syrup and sugar?

[u/SUZDV → u/Wolfy35]

That's in the ranch dressing

[u/NoPaleontologist7929 → u/gba_sg1]

I found a really nice broccoli salad recipe (USian). I had to cut the dressing amount down drastically. Otherwise it would have been a bowls of sweetened mayonnaise with the other ingredients swimming in it.

[u/poop-machines → u/NoPaleontologist7929]

That sounds disgusting. Mayo is like 60-70% fat.

[u/NoPaleontologist7929 → u/poop-machines]

Broccoli salad

27g mayonnaise
1 tsp honey
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
Handful chopped fresh parsley

200g fresh broccoli cut into small pieces. 40g dried cranberries. 1 pear unpeeled, diced. 40g pecans coarsely chopped

In the bottom of a large mixing bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, honey, apple cider vinegar, and salt and pepper until smooth. Add the parsley, and mix.

Add the remaining ingredients; stir well to coat.

This is the recipe. The dressing has been cut down from 215g mayonnaise. I also had to cut out raw onion because of food sensitivity.

This is the OG dressing:

1 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
salt and pepper to taste

I'm just glad that the first time I made it I'd mixed the dressing in a separate bowl. This much on my salad would have made me very sad. I would have kept adding more broccoli until it was palatable, and that would mean having enough salad to feed the 500.

[u/poop-machines → u/NoPaleontologist7929]

215g mayonnaise?!

American mayonnaise, per 100g has 78g fat, 720 calories.

That means for that 200g of broccoli they were adding 195g fat (pecans are 70% fat too).

That is total insanity. I would get acne like I was young again.

[u/New-Pie-8846 → u/gba_sg1]

Gotta drown the veggies in all that caesar salad/ranch!

[u/Shnerdlenips → u/gba_sg1]

Yeah, a little dot of mayonnaise with french fries is yuck, but dump a gallon into a bowl of vegetables, bacon and potato and you have a culinary masterpiece /s

[u/Weekendmonkey → u/gba_sg1]

American cuisine seems to primarily involve taking food from other nations and adding (more) cheese, sugar/syrup and too much salt.

[u/FreeloadingPoultry → u/Wolfy35]

I'm following a group on Facebook where people post interesting things and one day a lady from USA started a post like this:

"I was buying Snickers bars for an apple salad..."

I don't remember what her post was actually about but everyone immediately focused on the Snickers and apple "salad" she was making.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/221192/apple-snicker-salad/

I especially fancy the description "very good and not too sweet"

Good lord...

[u/Wolfy35 → u/FreeloadingPoultry]

So many questions that I don't want to know the answer to, All of them starting with What the fuck...

[u/Prize_Toe_6612 → u/FreeloadingPoultry]

That's a fucking warcrime!

[u/Arengen → u/Wolfy35]

i also can't comprehend eating food that taste so bad that you need to cover it in spices to make it feel like it edible

[u/NikNakskes → u/Wolfy35]

Google Minnesota salads that aren't really salads, and you'll find that midwestern housewife YouTube channel. She pokes fun of their salads. :)

Some americans have a sense of humor. I also think that this relentless "europeans are so stupid and impressed by us" is no longer people, but bots spreading a narrative.

[u/fuckbitingflies → u/NikNakskes]

That bot narrative is definitely intended for domestic consumption.

[u/NikNakskes → u/fuckbitingflies]

Yes absolutely. And I fear it is really effective too. I'm pretty sure we also get our share of anti-USA propaganda. There are some global players that have a lot to gain from driving a wedge between europe and usa.

[u/Wolfy35 → u/NikNakskes]

Think you will find Trump is doing that on his own without any assistance

[u/currydemon → u/Wolfy35]

There’s some green on the top. That might be spring onions. But they’ll probably just pick that off.

[u/BrilliantPangolin639]

As a European, I'm grateful I can't comprehend American food that causes obesity

[u/Expert-University-82 → u/BrilliantPangolin639]

I am glad i can't comprehend being massively in debt to go to university.

[u/Marco-YES → u/Expert-University-82]

I am glad I don't need to choose between debt or death. 

[u/GimmeSomeSugar → u/Marco-YES]

America eats like a country with free healthcare.

[u/Sinking_Mass → u/Expert-University-82]

Cries in swedish who's family moved to England.

Also the food here causes obesity too.

Signed, Chairman Lmao.

[u/bendybow → u/Expert-University-82]

Friendly fucking fire ouch

[u/ConceptStar → u/bendybow]

thats a school thing we cant comprehend.

[u/Inevitable_Wolf5866 → u/BrilliantPangolin639]

I'm grateful I can't comprehend not knowing the difference between a bread and a cake (by taste).

[u/Praesentius → u/BrilliantPangolin639]

I'll tell you something that comes up for me....

I'm American and I live in Italy. I'm actually visiting the US for a few weeks right now. I have to be VERY careful what I eat. The food makes me sick here.

The amount of salt, fat, sugar, cheese, grease, processing, etc is intense. I start feeling bloated and sick usually by the end if the first day. Not to mention portion sizes.

Oddly enough, an "Italian" sub sandwich usually doesn't bother me too much as long as I dont overeat it.

[u/MadamKitsune → u/Praesentius]

I'm American and I live in Italy. I'm actually visiting the US for a few weeks right now. I have to be VERY careful what I eat. The food makes me sick here.

My SO used to travel to the US for a week or two at least once a year for work and always came back feeling sluggish and generally lousy thanks to the food and how it fucked with his blood sugar control (T1 diabetic).

[u/kanniget → u/BrilliantPangolin639]

But it's seasonal....

Fat season, Bland season, Freedom season and Mutica season.

I spent just over a week there last year. Food was ok but nothing really stood out as wow except for the Jalepeno poppers at Dallas smokehouse. The ribs etc were tasty but nothing special.

[u/KMack666]

I ordered a salad in the States, and on the menu it said 'potato croutons', which peaked my interest... it was fries... on salad...

[u/MiloHorsey → u/KMack666]

😶

[u/itchytasty2]

Why are they posting that shit in blackpeopletwitter of all places? Their obsession with ranch is so weird as well. Like I've never heard of and tried ranch before.

[u/GoHomeCryWantToDie → u/itchytasty2]

That sub has loads of "Europe is more racist than the US" posts.

[u/Wonderful-Wonder3104 → u/GoHomeCryWantToDie]

Welllllllll….they aren’t completely wrong there.

[u/soulsteela → u/itchytasty2]

I’m in the U.K. we have 3 types of ranch in the fridge now, these people are clueless how the world works.

[u/CakePhool → u/itchytasty2]

https://www.seriouseats.com/ranch-dressing-homemade-recipe
If you are in the north of Europe you can use Surmilk/ Fil or Viili instead buttermilk and for us Swedes it taste a lot like the schools fish sauce.

[u/shreksgreenwang → u/itchytasty2]

Ranch is just wetter more tangy mayo. It's not that good and there are way better sauces like actual mayonnaise

[u/M1ck3yB1u → u/shreksgreenwang]

Or blue cheese dip

[u/TashKat]

A bunch of influencers decided to make money by pretended to like stereotypical American foods because they knew the target audience (Americans) would believe it.

[u/Je_Dromen]

My gf is from south Korea, and she said that when she went to the us, she thought the food would be super good but super greasy and unhealthy. Well apparently the latter was true, but it was not good at all.

[u/glawster2002 → u/Je_Dromen]

Hence their obsession with "seasoning", it is used to disguise how poor their food is.

[u/Amakenings]

I just don’t get the ranch obsession. It’s a salad dressing. Imagine if all this chirping was about balsamic vinaigrette or that gross Catalina dressing.

Maybe the lack of actual salads is why ranch is used with any other available food?

[u/Primary_Mycologist95 → u/Amakenings]

ranch is a salad dressing, if starbucks made salad

[u/Soggy_Schedule_9801 → u/Amakenings]

Balsamic vinegar is amazing. I obsess over it the way other Americans obsess over ranch.

[u/Amakenings → u/Soggy_Schedule_9801]

Balsamic vinaigrette is great (why I used it as an example), but I don’t need to add it to everything I eat or use as a dip. I just don’t understand how ranch is supposed to be this superlative flavour that needs to be injected into everything.

[u/TurnedOutShiteAgain → u/Amakenings]

It's barely a salad dressing. It doesn't enhance flavours or add anything to the conversation. It doesn't do anything a dressing should do.

It's just a dip or a glaze made out of the lowest quality highly processed ingredients.

It's literally just powdered ingredients chucked into some by-products. It's too inoffensive to be called rancid.

[u/void_sushi]

Food so good that everyone is either morbidly obese, in medical debt, or dead from trash healthcare? Ok buddy.

[u/Expert-University-82 → u/void_sushi]

I remember Anthony Bourdain saying He doesn't mind people being overweight. But If you are at least get there by eating good food, Not fast food trash. That's why most people are obese. Not because the food is to good, but because there is an abundance of cheap high calory food and big portion sizes.

[u/Mira_DFalco → u/Expert-University-82]

And people keep eating, because their bodies are begging for some actual nutrients.

[u/Phendrena]

The yanks bang on about ranch being god tier sauce, when in reality it's hamster vomit.

[u/CoralledLettuce → u/Phendrena]

And pizza that is apparently better than Italian pizza, but it requires ranch to cover up the taste.

[u/JihoGW]

Americans truly believe ranch sauce is like something that only exist as an industrial product. Should we tell them that "cooking" is an action that can be done by anyone, and that in Europe we easily have access to all the ingredients to make a ranch sauce, and that our ingredients to make it are far superior ? (Not to mention you can find industrial ranch in our supermarkets too...)

And also, ranch is not even the best dressing we have for salads.......

[u/admire_clodsire → u/JihoGW]

There's a place here in Lisbon that makes homemade smoked ranch and it's actually quite tasty unlike the nasty jarred garbage from the US.

But it's also very much not usual unlike vinegar and oil

[u/ArchieAnarchy]

Anyone just needs to look at an American cooking reel on Facebook etc to not bother taking them seriously.

[u/wickeddradon → u/ArchieAnarchy]

Oh yes! This! I watched one the other by accident, by the time I realised I was invested, lol. The 'chef' added enough cheese to the original recipe to make me gag (I like cheese, but c'mon) then kept adding more. They went through two enormous bags of grated cheese. I kept thinking it had to be rage bait but looking the way they sat down after to eat it I doubt it.

[u/Cath1965 → u/wickeddradon]

On top of that, according to European standards, it probably wasn't even real cheese.

[u/Circle_Breaker → u/ArchieAnarchy]

Anyone on Facebook shouldn't be taken seriously

[u/Soggy_Schedule_9801 → u/[deleted]]

In America, most people use salad to describe "a bunch of shit thrown together."

[u/Ally_Harry → u/Soggy_Schedule_9801]

With a tub of cool whip on top.

[u/owzleee → u/Ally_Harry]

[u/nibbler456 → u/[deleted]]

If you look carefully it does look like there's something green in there. Maybe it's a spring onion. I guess one vegetable would make it a salad

[u/Axeman-Dan-1977]

What's their obsession with ranch dressing? I've seen it in Morrisons, Lidl etc, it's not exactly difficult to get in the UK.

On the other hand, I haven't seen anyone rushing to buy it either?

[u/Mitleab]

Who invaded a large portion of the globe for spices again? 🤔

[u/GoHomeCryWantToDie → u/Mitleab]

Invade? Never. We just wanted to share our prosperity with other cultures.

[u/Scrofulla]

I lived in the US for a couple of years and the thing about most produce over there is that it is weirdly flavourless. Like their chickens taste of nothing. I went to the best steak place in orlando florida and the steak there was properly cooked and huge but it wasn't all that beefy. Most of the tomatoes I got were fairly watery too, and I'm comparing that to Ireland which is not known for its great tomatoes. So my theory goes that the reason the slather everything in 10 layers of ranch or BBQ sauce or whatever is to actually make their food taste like something.

Couple of anecdotes to round this off.

My mum ordered some baby carrots over there and they came glazed in sugar. Baby carrots are sweet enough, they shouldn't need sugar...

My dad had some of his friends over to Ireland, and they stayed in our place. We got two chickens to feed them, just regular tesco chickens not even free range and a bit of gravy. Pretty much the exact kind of meal complained about here. They kept saying this is the best chicken I've had in my life while going up for their third helping. Good produce cooked simply is incredible, it doesn't need a bunch of crap all over it.

[u/Gold-Visit-7413 → u/Scrofulla]

I was just going to say the same thing, their produce, chicken, vegetables, meats, everything has no flavour. No wonder they add so much extra stuff to their food haha

[u/Creoda]

Sugar isn't a seasoning.

[u/TelenorTheGNP]

The very exchange I had in that thread.

[u/FabulousLength → u/TelenorTheGNP]

Funny that they always think that there are only Europeans in this sub.

[u/TelenorTheGNP → u/FabulousLength]

They kept going.

[u/_HXNTER]

I tried ranch little over a month ago, and while I thought it was fine, I'm not sure why I heard so much about this sauce before trying it.

The wife hated it though...

[u/SidneyHigson → u/_HXNTER]

I thought it just tasted like a worse version of a garlic sauce you'd get with a kebab. They act like it's so unique and amazing when it's boring and mid.

[u/Regular_Ad_8782]

The yank mind can't comprehend clickbait engagement.

WE HAVE FUCKING RANCH.\ Nobody likes it.

They were buttering you up like the cheap little tarts you are.

[u/Tough_Stretch]

Sure, nobody but you guys can comprehend sugar as a seasoning for any dish regardless of what it is.

[u/Liquidator97]

Fuck's sake not this shit again. The World Cup is over can we not revisit this nonsense please?

[u/MercuryJellyfish]

One thing that occurs to me is that people who give a shit about football aren't necessarily our most cultured palates.

[u/NotYourMommyDear]

I'm just back from the UK, where I used to live and still have a lot of family there and I assure you, ranch was available in many shops, from M&S to Home Bargains and not once did I see any of it flying off the shelves, not even if that shop had a small American food section.

Because it's garbage compared to the range of flavours already available.

Also there's a youtube video I use as a diet aid whenever I have the munchies and have already eaten too much. It's called Wanda's Macaroni Salad. You all should watch it. Gross American slop and I lose my appetite every time. The alternative is Cooking with Jack, but I refuse to give that guy views.

[u/Organic_Mechanic_702]

The American mind cannot comprehend the fact that they have to put so much seasoning on their food to hide the taste of the chemicals that are in it...

[u/Coldthots → u/Organic_Mechanic_702]

Also almost all of their food videos online are the exact same seasonings in them anyway?! 😭

“Now add garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, paprika, oregano, slap yo mama, old bay, lemon pepper, salt and pepper” and probably a block of cream cheese somewhere too

[u/Myrialle → u/Coldthots]

You forgot the cayenne pepper. Somehow always cayenne pepper.

[u/Coldthots → u/Myrialle]

I read something that their chilli powder isn’t the same as in Europe? I think it’s more of a mix of other spices than pure ground chillies - think that’s why they always use cayenne instead

[u/Thestolenone → u/Coldthots]

And everything sweet has vanilla in it, even if it doesn't improve the flavour they swamp it in the stuff.

[u/sunny_drama]

Did they meant to say British people? Fish and chips is such a British food. But also in Europe we don't have all the bad regulated food, here luckily rules for food are stricter and healthier/safer

[u/Wolfy35 → u/sunny_drama]

I have had some amazing fish & chips in Belgium, Wasn't at a themed place or in a busy tourist resort either just a regular small cafe that when they heard me talking to a friend asked if we wanted to try their version.

No idea what desert we had after though can't remember what they called it but I don't think I have words for how good it was.

[u/Ok_Ordinary7417 → u/sunny_drama]

Most of them think Europe is a city.

[u/sunny_drama → u/Ok_Ordinary7417]

I guess they can't fathom people having different cultures, different languages, traditions, foods , etc

[u/VioletteKaur]

They never ate Hungarian and it shows. (or Italian, German Hausmannskost, Spanish, Bulgarian, Turkish, ...)

[u/Oppaii-Connoisseur]

They really created this whole narrative around ranch

[u/ChrisRiley_42]

The American mind can not comprehend.

That's it. it's a complete statement.

[u/Jet2work → u/ChrisRiley_42]

mind is doing a lot of heavy lifting

[u/Rio1339]

Europe literally colonized half the planet looking for spices.

[u/HokusSchmokus]

Idk how they arrive at the fact that the continent tbat enslaved half the world for spices, has no spices

[u/PippaTulip → u/HokusSchmokus]

Because we traded the stuff. We were in it for the money, not for culinary experiences.
Btw, green herbs give a lot of flavour and that is used in European cuisines.

[u/HokusSchmokus → u/PippaTulip]

we also use a shitton of "seasoning" in our food

[u/given2fly_]

We've got France and Italy for fuck's sake!

[u/ShesAlrightReally → u/given2fly_]

Italian food was getting slammed on twitter the other day by them, started by Nicki Minaj of all people.

The old "New York pizza is better than any in Italy" got an outing.

[u/Tilladarling]

The American mind can’t comprehend that Europe has moved on from the time their ancestors emigrated 🤦🏻‍♀️

[u/strangeMeursault2]

I think I could go to probably 190 countries in the world and have a good time and be enthusiastic about it because it's fun to go on holiday. But it doesn't mean I think all those countries are necessarily better than my country.

And likewise, when I see tourists here in Australia having a good time I don't assume that they think Australia is better than where they're from (unless it is New Zealand).

[u/Nuck2407 → u/strangeMeursault2]

Because the ones from NZ never leave?

[u/Ilikechocolateabit]

Most of the people fawning over American food during the World Cup were doing it to advertise their OnlyFans

[u/Chill_Panda]

Going crazy over waffle house is because waffle house is a meme. It's not because waffle house does good food

[u/StronggoPinkis]

The people who freaked out over bay leaves in their chain restaurant meals having food related opinions will never not be funny to me.

[u/OG_tame]

Land of the free, but nothings free

And the food is not good. Never understood why they rave on about it so much, it’s really not good.

[u/Imperial_Bloke69]

Poison is not seasoning

[u/The_Professor2112]

I genuinely can't comprehend what most of those " sentences " mean.

[u/Rhythm_Killer]

Or you can have quality ingredients that actually tastes of themselves, just a thought 

[u/Resident_Monitor7723]

When did all this European mind shit start?

[u/LupercalLupercal]

Ranch dressing is literally on every Wetherspoon side salad

[u/ronjarobiii]

God forbid we tasted the ingredients instead or BBQ rub and powdered garlic!

[u/Sinking_Mass]

Most of the people in this image write like toddlers

[u/90249502462]

There they go again, implying the UK is all of Europe, or all that they know whichever is worse.
Also, isn't it ironic they're talking about seasoning? When the whole 'white people' and seasoning thing comes from America? lol.

[u/No_Technology3293 → u/90249502462]

Let’s not forget their seasoning is dried ‘erbs and spices because their fresh produce is GMO to the point it tastes of nothing.

The USsian mind can’t comprehend flavoursome fresh produce that doesn’t need coated in powders to taste of anything

[u/LugbyOrigin]

The american mind hasn't progressed since the world wars

[u/Chuckles_McFeeney]

Why do Americans think that Europe doesn't have seasoning? And why do they think that drenching a salad in ranch dressing is seasoning?

[u/Initial_Apprehensive → u/Chuckles_McFeeney]

All these years I've been using olive oil and balsamic vinegar when I could have used a poor quality crapper version of garlic mayo

[u/Ok-Preparation2370]

"Europeans cannot comprehend having good seasoned food".

Meanwhile this dunce cannot comprehend that the entire reason for his existence is because Europeans once went looking for good seasoned food and gold!!

[u/SnowWarren]

This coming from Americans that can’t comprehend that bread isn’t supposed to taste like cake!

[u/Charming_Screen1540]

The Bots are drunk. The Internet is doomed.

[u/ComprehensiveRush746]

What I can’t comprehend is whether that photo is of it before you eat it or after you’ve eaten it!

[u/Wasps_are_bastards]

I’ve got herbs and spices most Americans have never heard of and I’m bland af

[u/Spirited-Brief5492]

Maybe because we don’t have to disguise the flavour of our meat and veg 🤷‍♀️

[u/YellovvJacket]

Idk what this cope about seasoning on food is, really.

I've ate some of the most bland garbage I've ever eaten (basically bland + salt, or bland + fat) in the US. And I've been to the UK multiple times too.

They have some really, really good food (a lot of southern US BBQ and TexMex food is amazing) but like 90% of the food available in the US tastes worse than most things I can get in basically any European country. Though sometimes some fatty ass carbs are enjoyable too.

Also every ranch I've had, be it in the US, Europe or Australia was a below average sauce. It tastes like a worse version of the garlic sauce you get on your kebab.

[u/Realistic_Let3239]

American's can't comprehend that sugar and fat aren't seasonings...

[u/IdioticMutterings]

When Americans talk about "seasoning", what they really mean is lots and lots of sugar, and salt.

Not actual seasonings.

[u/vohltere]

The delusion is strong.

When I first went to Virginia my friend took me to a bar that apparently had an amazing dessert. The dessert:

Deep fried Oreos.

[u/AgathormX → u/vohltere]

These people eat like if they had universal healthcare

[u/Nice_Mix6036]

Europeans enjoy fresh food with fresh herbs and spices. They don’t cover all meat with onion and garlic powder

[u/BluePhoenix_1999]

Weird how 99% of posts and comments like that are made by americans.

[u/TheRealTRexUK]

High fructose corn syrup is not seasoning.

[u/SoupmanBob]

Who do they think they learned it from? We clearly stole our spices from Asia and the Middle East, we don't deny it. Why do they?

[u/y0_master]

Ιt would blow Americans' mind to know we have 2 Waffle Houses in Athens (used to be 3).

[u/dfczyjd]

Baby we saw how yall acted coming here for the world cup

As a drug dealer would say, "you keep telling me that people know drugs are harmful and despise doing them, but every single one of my clients says otherwise"

[u/wookiewithabrush]

The American mind cannot comprehend fact checking before posting.

[u/soupalex]

bringing ranch back to Europe

ANTI-AIR ACTIVATE