That dude is an etiquette expert and I learned that the rule of no elbows on the table dates back to medieval trestle tables that were basically a board on a bench - if you put elbows down it would flip the table!
Also he advocated for the use of grape scissors which seems …… no that’s too far.
You didn't invent the damn bread bowls. They've existed (on mainland Europe, away from those hoity toity stiff-upper-lippers) for far longer than your country. WE TAKE OUR BREAD SERIOUSLY (unlike aformentioned hoity toity stiff-upper-lippers).
The guy is an "Etiquette Coach" who deals with fancy dining places not just every day stuff. He did one of those "x support" videos for wired and he exudes an aura of "We all know this is ridiculous, but it's kind of fun anyway": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdyyin_9izI
I am a dunker. I shall dunk as my foremothers afore me did dunk. Cookies, dunk em. Grilled cheese, hells yes. I will drown my bread in red sauce and laugh at the pretense. Bread, you are goin down.
He's an etiquette coach and is very aware of the ridiculousness of the practice. He just knows the "rules' and shares them. The degenerate comment was just him playing along.
Nice! Fun vid with a lot of context! I've looked into several very old culinary sources in English and French, and it's some challenging reading. I can't find my screenshots of any of that rabbit-hole, so instead I'm just putting this clipping of Fanny Hill I stumbled across while looking for them.
Oh my God this is so goddamn funny I've watched it a couple of times and I think I blacked out for a second
The way he drops the accent is clever. The punch line is clever. But the delivery is the description of the bread bowl. That description is this video's Aristocrats
Jesus Christ I seriously was laughing so hard I can't couldn't breathe and I actually blacked out and the video just kept looping while I was writing these comments
Imagine if 100 comedians all did this joke and they put this spin in the middle and that's where they stretched it out like they stretch out Aristocrats
He's talking about changing accents and then he says we take it a step further and he's referring to taking the situation with the bread and the soup further but he actually also simultaneously takes the accent a step further, going from British to American to Black American
He's intentionally imparting an ascending coolness vibe to harmonize with the ascending silliness vibe
Did he make this up? This joke is fucking genius. Is this guy a pro? I thought he was just a guy that makes tick tocks or something. Got to find out who he is and subscribe. Or is he already a full-time stand-up comedian with like multiple hour-long Netflix specials? I definitely have to check that out, either way
God I'm having trouble here, I think I took too much weed, I just almost blacked out from the effort of writing this I think. That nerve pinch in my neck thing again. Dang
This joke absolutely has the potential to be another Aristocrats. Imagine Penn doing his own customized version of this joke. Imagine Kathy ladman. Imagine Kevin Hart. Different progressions, different subjects, sometimes. Imagine a Bill Burr version of this joke. Josh Johnson. Oh my God Josh Johnson. What a thing that would be.
Everybody could do this joke. And then Penn and Teller can make another documentary about it like Aristocrats and show it over and over again and explain how it works
I can't remember now, but I think maybe I either wasn't serious about this and I was pretending to be or I was serious and I was trying to make it sound like a serious joke
Honestly I can't remember which it is. But I would love to watch that movie. I would love to watch all those different versions of the joke. Wouldn't it be a goddamn miracle if that happened? Wouldn't it be terrific if all those people got together and made that movie? I'd love to see it
Except I'm not sure if God would bless America today, if a God existed. It's turned into a shitpheap of hatred, corruption and ignorance, where fascist Hitler wannabes like Trump can actually get elected.
If Jesus came down to California to count the votes, he'd say "Fuck this. The prophecy says I'm to come back to rule Israel and all the nations as king. So fuck voting and Donald I'm gonna insist you bow to me."
They are so cool. I lived on the 3rd floor of a building in a heavily populated urban area and there was a couple that lived in the tree outside of my window. I heard them before I saw them and thought it was a recording that someone was playing really loud.
It's just a big round loaf of bread, sourdough is common, with like a core at the top taken off, a little bit of the inside either smooshed together or hallowed out, then filled with a thick chowder like soup. They are so freaking good!
Look at how disinformation and slander spreads. You all fell for it instantly and without question. Shame on ALL of you. For those of you who actually want to know, this video was about etiquette in fine dining scenarios, not telling all British people how to eat their soup. But clip it out of context and everyone just runs with it, why bother checking when it feeds the narrative that all British people don't understand food.
I've never encountered a fine dining restaurant that wouldn't let you dip your bread in soup. Honestly, if someone judges you for doing that, they're just showing that their judgement is worthless.
I would argue that, even in the context of 'fine dining scenarios', you should not call someone a degenerate for dipping their bread in soup. Reiterating that it is 'wrong' according to the 'rules of etiquette' reinforces the worst parts of etiquette, serving largely as class distinctions and shibboleths for being part of their 'in-group'. Rule Zero of etiquette is "make sure everyone is comfortable." Be kind, be polite, don't make a mess or more work for others. Tear down this elitist shit.
My British friend is incredibly sensitive about her Brittish-ness. You can't conquer half the world and expect everyone to look up to you. That's just so incredibly ass-backwards.
Sometimes? Pfft! The British have always been weird and will continue to be so until they realize they are not inherently superior to everyone else like they think they are.
Yeah. The guy at the start of the video is a posh twat and not really representative. Generations of inbreeding on show and probably the type who gives everyone else the impression that salt and pepper are our only spices/ seasoning.
There is such a thing as informed consent though. No need for gatekeeping, just let them know that this first encounter with the food is sub-optimal, and let them decide if they want to try it anyway, or wait for a chance to try it when prepared better.
It’s clearly meant to be an etiquette lesson for eating in high society events, not a prescription of how the average person can eat soup. It’s still dumb, as all etiquette eventually devolves into absurdity, but he definitely isn’t representing “the British” here. An American manners coach would say the same damn thing.
Too fucking right. I had a noodle sandwich a couple of days ago, and you can be damn sure I would have dipped it in my soup if I had any at the time. Fuck etiquette, if I like something imma eat it with whatever the fuck else I like.
Yeah the end result of etiquette sucks because it can be the poster child for the long slippery slope. It starts out reasonable like ‘don’t let food fall out of your mouth while you eat’ and ‘don’t make weird noises while eating’ and ends up with ‘the second three prong fork on the right side is for the crustacean course, which isn’t until after the second aperitif, and here you are using it on your niçoise like some common street urchin, rarely have I never!’ Like the HOA of the dining room.
Etiquette is great when it is about not doing things that discomfort other people (or about doing things that are considerate of others). It becomes very stupid very quickly when it is about having to do things arbitrary ways because if you don't "lol you are slob."
From what I've seen of other videos, he does videos on posh etiquette. I hadn't gotten the idea that he expects everyone to eat like that. (Admittedly I don't have sound at the moment and haven't seen the soup video.)
He does indeed seem like a posh prick. I trust his whole bit is highlighting the ridiculousness of such proceeedings and not engaging in such fuckwit behavior on the regular.
I agree, a country that more or less took over the world for spices and then collectively said, "I don't like those"; has little to no credibility related to their food opinions in my mind.
Well yeah we do. Chicken tikka masala is British. A cheeky Nandos usually involves some sort of spice. Chips and curry sauce is a thing (though I'd be lying if I said it looks appetising). Thing is post war we basically fave a carte blanche to to imperial citizens ti immigrate to UK in order to rebuild the country. In the tradition of the British museum, why update our cuisine, when we can just nick the Indian/Caribbean/Nigerian/Ghanaian/Bangladeshi? Now I want a Madras.
got to throw out all sandwiches then, cider (really their contribution to apple breeds was important to a number of countries), cheddar, and a bunch more. but it also depends on the view you take on where food 'originates' because food is the quickest way to see how parts of culture traveled quite far back in the day. if you mean their decline after world war 2 then sure, there was a whole generation raised on harsh rationing that never got away from their nostalgia
During or right after COVID lockdowns? Fair enough I can't speak to how it's been since COVID, but pre COVID there was just as much good food as you were willing to find, just like in almost any other city I have been to. That obviously depends on the type of food you like, but I'm not particular in that regard and I love meat pastries, pies, fish and chips, curry, Turkish, and Greek food which I always found in abundance.
From some accounts I read the rationing was even worse for some items for like a decade after ww2 was over, so potentially 15+ years of eating mushy peas and hot ham water for the kids and I imagine the pubs and cafes weren't serving the hottest new foods either then just kind of stayed with that till the 70s as I understand it. Also 'fuck Hitler' is a nostalgia I wish was more prevalent in politics right now
Can't speak to that, wasn't around and my grandparents preferred not to speak about the war. But I have no doubts that a lot of home cooking knowledge was lost, particularly as few women had the luxury of being just homemakers post war. The class divide was very much a thing in the 70s still, working class couldn't afford that much nicer food post war, certainly couldn't during 70s, and 80s after Thatcher broke the unions and the coal/steel industries failed. Can't say those at the thin end are
Toff, toffee nosed, someone who has a stuck up sense of superiority, usually due to being born wealthy/part of the nobility, commonly characterised by clearly having never done a hard day's work and clearly having had elocution/etiquette lessons as a child leading them to think mad things like "you can't dip brad in soup"
ItHappenedInThe20thCentury
the accent switch is perfect
Vailedhart
Aahh the british fellow here is an etiquette coach playing into a narrative. I have acquired knowledge!
MelfsAcidArrow
That dude is an etiquette expert and I learned that the rule of no elbows on the table dates back to medieval trestle tables that were basically a board on a bench - if you put elbows down it would flip the table!
Also he advocated for the use of grape scissors which seems …… no that’s too far.
AllAnusMorissette
Darjanator
You didn't invent the damn bread bowls. They've existed (on mainland Europe, away from those hoity toity stiff-upper-lippers) for far longer than your country. WE TAKE OUR BREAD SERIOUSLY (unlike aformentioned hoity toity stiff-upper-lippers).
Violaquin
I’m with soup bro in the second half.
gonzar09
Shit, I dip croissants into my coffee. I dip my burgers into my sauce. I'm a dippa fo' life!
alexi1012
God bless America! And bread bowls!
Thisisnottheend
ey Fredo
Adsma2002
Dude helps me get through some rough days. Funny as hell.
abortedfetusnecropheliac
You absolutely can dunk your bread in your soup and if that toff prick tried to stop you I'd kick his glass jaw down his cunt throat.
CaptainOzz
Fuckin' ruperts, man.
Rips4w
Don't hate on this guy too hard. He's very self aware of the ridiculousness of what he teaches. The "degenerate" comment was done with love.
aRabidGerbil
He's still perpetuating classist bullshit, so I'm not that worried about people hating on him
Rips4w
Okay.
Turkeyburst
Howlingowl
Mmmm, erbert and gerbert's bread guts dipped in soup.
Ambipolar
Yea trenchers... The English had those way back.
SouthOfRubick
The sound not working for anyone else? I feel like I'm missing something
Cavalrysword
Yes, you missed the sound.
HelloLetsGo
basically missed a damn good imitation British accent comeuppance and this...
xstickman
The guy is an "Etiquette Coach" who deals with fancy dining places not just every day stuff. He did one of those "x support" videos for wired and he exudes an aura of "We all know this is ridiculous, but it's kind of fun anyway": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdyyin_9izI
Babomonkey
It's a high-society etiquette video. No one cares if you dunk your bread in the chowder at Applebees.
aRabidGerbil
And if anyone cares if you dunk your bread at a hogh society event, who cares? Anyone who jusges you for that isn't worth considering.
nutmegonyourdoodle
I am a dunker. I shall dunk as my foremothers afore me did dunk. Cookies, dunk em. Grilled cheese, hells yes. I will drown my bread in red sauce and laugh at the pretense.
Bread, you are goin down.
BigRedTX
YouTubeRed
As someone from the UK I can honestly say the soup guy at the start is an idiot.
slinkiisu
Because he was taken out of context
Rips4w
He's an etiquette coach and is very aware of the ridiculousness of the practice. He just knows the "rules' and shares them. The degenerate comment was just him playing along.
khety1890
..do americans truly think they invented bread bowls?
Leonardamato198
I guess so.
kamehameahahahaha
the same way we invented a lot of things, like chinese food, pizza, hamburgers and french fries
an0therthr0waway
maybe we didn't _invent_ them, but we certainly _perfected_ them.
Hoptimonium
Kind of like the french with croissants. Austria invented the croissant, but the french perfected it.
MadMontyMN
...Do you not understand this was made for humor?
BallsackHippo
Dear friend, Americans believe they invented the World.
nutmegonyourdoodle
Hey everybody AMERICA IS THE WORLD! We are comprised of all ya all bitches. German? Yup. Irish? Yup . Fuckatania? Yup there too. We are you.
BallsackHippo
nutmegonyourdoodle
Wonderous!
BrickShakes
The word soup literally has origins in the word sop and sop was literally bread served in a liquid of some form, like a milk sauce or broth.
mixiekins
frfr! everyone please consider looking at Tasting History's soup episodes, because they straight up did it like croutons.
HandsomePenguin
The word Soup comes from the word Sop. Meaning a piece of bread soaked in liquid before being eaten. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sop
Jacksk3lton7
Nerd
tallyhoho
Put that in your pipe and smoke it Brits!
Hemelsblauw
Soppen is Dutch for dipping in a liquid.
Pokedthebear
"Söppen" german dialect at the ger/NL border
ThaneofGlamis
“Sopping” wet
TehLurkerKing
Max Miller of Tasting History on YouTube recently did a video on that very dish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFYBAmM41wY
SirYumYum
Beat me to it. Came here to say that.
LateNightBunnyParty
I fucking love Max Miller. I've made so many of those recipes. I think my fave so far has been the Egyptian duck.
MissKalanek
Me was the parmesan Ice cream
LateNightBunnyParty
I still gotta try that one.
larskongo
InDubiousBattle
Hell yeah, Tasting History!
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
My favorite is when people claim cereal isn't soup and I get to break out a soup recipe from the 1300s for cinnamon toast in almond milk.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
See? People get very defensive about it.
RefurbishedArcReactor
Which also was recently on Tasting History with Max Miller! https://youtu.be/BFYBAmM41wY?si=IGO7cHfIut-SU8mv
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Nice! Fun vid with a lot of context! I've looked into several very old culinary sources in English and French, and it's some challenging reading. I can't find my screenshots of any of that rabbit-hole, so instead I'm just putting this clipping of Fanny Hill I stumbled across while looking for them.
Septcanmat
TECHNICALLY the word Soup doesn’t come from Sop but rather they share the same Latin root.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Certainly historically referred to exactly the same thing.
gyrum
Did we use the root to make soup?
trapdoorogre
potat
WhatTheFrog
Yup, soup comes from Middle French souppe, which comes from Old French sole/supe/soupe, which comes from Latin suppa (sopped bread).
Raenon
So it came from Latin via French, as a number of English words with Latin roots did.
WhatTheFrog
If I remember correctly, about 60% of the English vocabulary has Latin roots, 30% coming straight from French.
InDogsWeThrust
Your mom shared my Latin root last night
QuirkyWallace
thedoggoupvoter
Septcanmat
Banana369
Vidi, vici, veni.
DiabloD3
XXXSpork
SpanWolf
Vidi vidi vidi.
DongleDingler
I think you mean "veni veni veni". The phrase is "veni vidi vici" "I came, I saw, I conquered". The other comment already rearranged the order
SpanWolf
You are 100% right, I should have caught it and was not paying close enough attention when I posted.
Cavalrysword
I love bread bowls.
vnqx
I hate them. Ends up too soggy.
aRabidGerbil
You just need a better bread. Really crusty bread won't get soggy
TheUglyGuy
Used to get bread bowl chili at a chain restaurant. It was good. Got it in a predominately Mexican town. It was good - but life threatening.
TouchMyInfection
TheBigCheese93
I don't use napkins when I eat soup. I use bread to wipe my face.
zafner
Oh my God this is so goddamn funny I've watched it a couple of times and I think I blacked out for a second
The way he drops the accent is clever. The punch line is clever. But the delivery is the description of the bread bowl. That description is this video's Aristocrats
Adsma2002
Fredoontv on most apps. Good dude
zafner
Jesus Christ I seriously was laughing so hard I can't couldn't breathe and I actually blacked out and the video just kept looping while I was writing these comments
Imagine if 100 comedians all did this joke and they put this spin in the middle and that's where they stretched it out like they stretch out Aristocrats
zafner
He's talking about changing accents and then he says we take it a step further and he's referring to taking the situation with the bread and the soup further but he actually also simultaneously takes the accent a step further, going from British to American to Black American
He's intentionally imparting an ascending coolness vibe to harmonize with the ascending silliness vibe
The positivity is overwhelming. A+
zafner
Did he make this up? This joke is fucking genius. Is this guy a pro? I thought he was just a guy that makes tick tocks or something. Got to find out who he is and subscribe. Or is he already a full-time stand-up comedian with like multiple hour-long Netflix specials? I definitely have to check that out, either way
God I'm having trouble here, I think I took too much weed, I just almost blacked out from the effort of writing this I think. That nerve pinch in my neck thing again. Dang
zafner
This joke absolutely has the potential to be another Aristocrats. Imagine Penn doing his own customized version of this joke. Imagine Kathy ladman. Imagine Kevin Hart. Different progressions, different subjects, sometimes. Imagine a Bill Burr version of this joke. Josh Johnson. Oh my God Josh Johnson. What a thing that would be.
Everybody could do this joke. And then Penn and Teller can make another documentary about it like Aristocrats and show it over and over again and explain how it works
zafner
I can't remember now, but I think maybe I either wasn't serious about this and I was pretending to be or I was serious and I was trying to make it sound like a serious joke
Honestly I can't remember which it is. But I would love to watch that movie. I would love to watch all those different versions of the joke. Wouldn't it be a goddamn miracle if that happened? Wouldn't it be terrific if all those people got together and made that movie? I'd love to see it
devasto
The eagle at the end is what sold me
KleptoKea
Except I'm not sure if God would bless America today, if a God existed. It's turned into a shitpheap of hatred, corruption and ignorance, where fascist Hitler wannabes like Trump can actually get elected.
whycanttheygetgirlfriends
If Jesus came down to California to count the votes, he'd say "Fuck this. The prophecy says I'm to come back to rule Israel and all the nations as king. So fuck voting and Donald I'm gonna insist you bow to me."
svent
I've got some bad news for you.
ks360
"Gah-d Bless America"
Dblo01
Was it?
HawkmanXLII
*redtail hawk
VodkaReindeer
*made with imitation eagle
JD67
On brand for America’s national bird to steal another bird’s property and not give credit
hotrodny
Haha
IWasGoingToMakeEspresso
*Red-tailed hawk
HawkmanXLII
IWasGoingToMakeEspresso
They are so cool. I lived on the 3rd floor of a building in a heavily populated urban area and there was a couple that lived in the tree outside of my window. I heard them before I saw them and thought it was a recording that someone was playing really loud.
HawkmanXLII
IgnisInvictus
I lost it at "we turned the bowl into bread".
CitizenPrime
That is popular outside of the US and pretty sure originated from abroad
Szwejkowski
Used to be trenchers - you'd eat your meal on the bread trencher, then put the trenchers out for the poor to eat.
16KTS
Bread bowl is a good custom.
Zoomoth9000
Am I the ONLY American who has never heard of a bread bowl??
Sereh
You are now under court order to go find yourself one. Fall is upon us and soup is on. I recommend tomato or loaded potato
anteyeclimbaxe
Likely not, but you've been missing out. Unless you have Celiac disease or a wheat allergy.
Kensidian
Still missing out, just not on a good time…
IgnisInvictus
It's just a big round loaf of bread, sourdough is common, with like a core at the top taken off, a little bit of the inside either smooshed together or hallowed out, then filled with a thick chowder like soup. They are so freaking good!
slinkiisu
Look at how disinformation and slander spreads. You all fell for it instantly and without question. Shame on ALL of you. For those of you who actually want to know, this video was about etiquette in fine dining scenarios, not telling all British people how to eat their soup. But clip it out of context and everyone just runs with it, why bother checking when it feeds the narrative that all British people don't understand food.
Yupurineutah
French onion soup: bread in soup. Fondue: bread in soup. GTFO and munch your blood pudding and beans you and all your silly English k'ningh'ts!
ChihuahuaCommander
I'm not sure why fine dining places serve soup it's illegal to dip your bread in 😆
slinkiisu
No one said it was illegal. It's considered 'improper manners' in high society.
aRabidGerbil
So why should anyone care about what a bumch of classist assholes think?
clutchthepearls
I think it's just comedy and not that deep.
slinkiisu
The comments don't seem to think so
clutchthepearls
Anyone is allowed to comment. Even people that can't take jokes.
aRabidGerbil
I've never encountered a fine dining restaurant that wouldn't let you dip your bread in soup. Honestly, if someone judges you for doing that, they're just showing that their judgement is worthless.
slinkiisu
It's the same as not using your dessert spoon for anything other than dessert. No one *cares* but you're not *supposed* to.
aRabidGerbil
If no one cares, then why talk about it?
slinkiisu
Oh shove off, you pedantic little priss. You know exactly what I mean. No one who *matters* cares. The 1% aren't included in that.
aRabidGerbil
That's the point, it's just classist bullshit
Leonardamato198
This highlights the importance of media literacy and critical thinking
surfacefried
People say this and then ... Crickets. A lesson would be good, some bullet points?
Leonardamato198
Exactly! Concrete plans are needed. What specific lessons or bullet points would you like to see? Let's create a collaborative guide!
EarlobeGreyTea
I would argue that, even in the context of 'fine dining scenarios', you should not call someone a degenerate for dipping their bread in soup. Reiterating that it is 'wrong' according to the 'rules of etiquette' reinforces the worst parts of etiquette, serving largely as class distinctions and shibboleths for being part of their 'in-group'.
Rule Zero of etiquette is "make sure everyone is comfortable." Be kind, be polite, don't make a mess or more work for others. Tear down this elitist shit.
Leonardamato198
"Couldn't agree more! Etiquette should prioritize kindness and comfort over outdated 'rules.' Your 'Rule Zero' is a breath of fresh air."
EarlobeGreyTea
And enjoy your soup and bread however you damn well please.
slinkiisu
Oh I'm 100% behind that. I'm just pointing out that this is misinformation.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Gatekeeping soup eating... such a weird thing to do lol The British sure are weird sometimes!
DontTazeMeBrah
"You savage manner-less barbarian" -British ppl prob
somerandomusernamebecauseididntlikemyoldone
you can just hear that this is a very distinct group of british that the rest of the british also do not identify with
VaultGirl69
My British friend is incredibly sensitive about her Brittish-ness. You can't conquer half the world and expect everyone to look up to you. That's just so incredibly ass-backwards.
DanimalRC
sometimes
StellarJay77
Sometimes? Pfft! The British have always been weird and will continue to be so until they realize they are not inherently superior to everyone else like they think they are.
Toffeeaccident
English*
TavrinCallas
Yeah. The guy at the start of the video is a posh twat and not really representative. Generations of inbreeding on show and probably the type who gives everyone else the impression that salt and pepper are our only spices/ seasoning.
fiddlewheelx
Gatekeeping food is only acceptable if someone is trying a meal for the first time.
Like someone trying their first wagyu steak, it's probably wise to let them enjoy it the intended way first before letting them loose.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
There is such a thing as informed consent though.
No need for gatekeeping, just let them know that this first encounter with the food is sub-optimal, and let them decide if they want to try it anyway, or wait for a chance to try it when prepared better.
thatwoodguy
Weird Hill to die on, but at least you're dead
YouTubeRed
No he's just a stuck up twit. we (The British) have been making fun of people like him since before the dark ages.
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Bloody good, love!
AgnesGooch
What a GREAT TWIT!!
Monocular0
It’s clearly meant to be an etiquette lesson for eating in high society events, not a prescription of how the average person can eat soup. It’s still dumb, as all etiquette eventually devolves into absurdity, but he definitely isn’t representing “the British” here. An American manners coach would say the same damn thing.
NeverDunNuffin
Too fucking right. I had a noodle sandwich a couple of days ago, and you can be damn sure I would have dipped it in my soup if I had any at the time.
Fuck etiquette, if I like something imma eat it with whatever the fuck else I like.
hotdogcream
tf is a noodle sandwich
NeverDunNuffin
Noodles (ramen) in a sandwich 🥪
Shawnthegirl
DeserTimmy
Yeah the end result of etiquette sucks because it can be the poster child for the long slippery slope. It starts out reasonable like ‘don’t let food fall out of your mouth while you eat’ and ‘don’t make weird noises while eating’ and ends up with ‘the second three prong fork on the right side is for the crustacean course, which isn’t until after the second aperitif, and here you are using it on your niçoise like some common street urchin, rarely have I never!’ Like the HOA of the dining room.
Blud4BludGod
Etiquette is great when it is about not doing things that discomfort other people (or about doing things that are considerate of others). It becomes very stupid very quickly when it is about having to do things arbitrary ways because if you don't "lol you are slob."
Wankbiscuit
Yeah this ponce doesn't represent us well. Bread in soup is fucking glorious and I apologise for this naive fool most gratuitously.
DutchBoeremeisie
From what I've seen of other videos, he does videos on posh etiquette. I hadn't gotten the idea that he expects everyone to eat like that. (Admittedly I don't have sound at the moment and haven't seen the soup video.)
Spoatnik
He does indeed seem like a posh prick. I trust his whole bit is highlighting the ridiculousness of such proceeedings and not engaging in such fuckwit behavior on the regular.
Gayforbae
No he does engage in high protocol events regularly but he does acknowledge it's not for everyday use.
annonymouse211
Let us break a bread bowl together in peace!
SlyMrFox
Well now there's soup all over the table.
ModestButtstallion
Just don't dip it.
spiderzim
Do not waste time listening to the British when it comes to food.
ks360
I agree, a country that more or less took over the world for spices and then collectively said, "I don't like those"; has little to no credibility related to their food opinions in my mind.
MrBismarck
Suck my Cornish Pasty.
MrBismarck
Tengenstein
Sod off, we conquered half the planet for spices!
so1oeclipse
Use ‘em.
Tengenstein
Well yeah we do. Chicken tikka masala is British. A cheeky Nandos usually involves some sort of spice. Chips and curry sauce is a thing (though I'd be lying if I said it looks appetising). Thing is post war we basically fave a carte blanche to to imperial citizens ti immigrate to UK in order to rebuild the country. In the tradition of the British museum, why update our cuisine, when we can just nick the Indian/Caribbean/Nigerian/Ghanaian/Bangladeshi? Now I want a Madras.
somerandomusernamebecauseididntlikemyoldone
got to throw out all sandwiches then, cider (really their contribution to apple breeds was important to a number of countries), cheddar, and a bunch more. but it also depends on the view you take on where food 'originates' because food is the quickest way to see how parts of culture traveled quite far back in the day. if you mean their decline after world war 2 then sure, there was a whole generation raised on harsh rationing that never got away from their nostalgia
spiderzim
I meant it about the time I spent six months in London three years ago, can’t remember if that was before or after world war 2.
somerandomusernamebecauseididntlikemyoldone
During or right after COVID lockdowns? Fair enough I can't speak to how it's been since COVID, but pre COVID there was just as much good food as you were willing to find, just like in almost any other city I have been to. That obviously depends on the type of food you like, but I'm not particular in that regard and I love meat pastries, pies, fish and chips, curry, Turkish, and Greek food which I always found in abundance.
so1oeclipse
K.
Tengenstein
Nostalgia aka fuck Hitler. Pretty good nostalgia really.
somerandomusernamebecauseididntlikemyoldone
From some accounts I read the rationing was even worse for some items for like a decade after ww2 was over, so potentially 15+ years of eating mushy peas and hot ham water for the kids and I imagine the pubs and cafes weren't serving the hottest new foods either then just kind of stayed with that till the 70s as I understand it. Also 'fuck Hitler' is a nostalgia I wish was more prevalent in politics right now
Tengenstein
Can't speak to that, wasn't around and my grandparents preferred not to speak about the war. But I have no doubts that a lot of home cooking knowledge was lost, particularly as few women had the luxury of being just homemakers post war. The class divide was very much a thing in the 70s still, working class couldn't afford that much nicer food post war, certainly couldn't during 70s, and 80s after Thatcher broke the unions and the coal/steel industries failed. Can't say those at the thin end are
Wankbiscuit
Suck my crumpets.
spiderzim
Wankbiscuit
SteelKnight
Literally everyone in the UK but the toffs: what the fuck are the toffs on about? OF COURSE YOU CAN DIP THE BREAD IN THE SOUP
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Toffs?
SteelKnight
Toff, toffee nosed, someone who has a stuck up sense of superiority, usually due to being born wealthy/part of the nobility, commonly characterised by clearly having never done a hard day's work and clearly having had elocution/etiquette lessons as a child leading them to think mad things like "you can't dip brad in soup"
SterlingArcherSecretAgent
Thank you!