• Seppo@sopuli.xyz
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    I think most English and Americans would be surprised to learn that large parts of Europe view Germans as uncultured and a bit trash. They dress poorly, can’t cook and would sell their mother for some quick cash. Austrians are just Germans except fatter and with a diaper fetish.

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      I can’t confirm any of that except the cooking part. There’s a German restaurant near us, and the entire menu is various forms of Wurst - sausages. Apparently, their entire culinary range consists of hot dogs.

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      I have never heard those stereotypes about germany anywhere. Its a ragebait post so im not supprised.

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          My trouble with Bavarian food is the flavor is entirely in the “savory” section. Would you like some buttered noodles? How about just a chicken that’s been wonderfully cooked but unspiced? A friend referred to it as the kid’s meal section at restaurants.

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        Anywhere north of the Alps, cuisine had to function as a means of enduring the long, cold winter. Hence a lot of it is hearty stodge, without the joie de vivre one finds closer to the Mediterranean.

        If Bavaria is any better, its proximity to Italy may be of credit.

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        If anybody in Europe can’t cook, it’s the Poles.

        That’s a wild-ass take about the people who gave us pierogi and kielbasa. Bigos and golabki are pretty awesome too.

        I mostly heard negative opinions about Dutch cuisine. Despite the popularity of stroopwafel lol

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          That’s a wild-ass take about the people who gave us pierogi and kielbasa. Bigos and golabki are pretty awesome too.

          Is that supposed to be food?

          And have you all forgot the British exist?

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            Is that supposed to be food?

            I wonder what your definition of food is if these don’t fit it.

            And have you all forgot the British exist?

            The comment that started this discussion specifically mentions their assumed perspective.

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              I wonder what your definition of food is if these don’t fit it.

              The point is that the words just sound like non-sense to anyone outside Poland.

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                Oh! I thought pierogi and kielbasa were better known internationally given their popularity in New York. Anyway, I’d recommend them!