Traditional European Cuisine >Beat eggs heavily to create

in all seriousness, why didn't britain develop more robust culinary traditions?

>>7277031
It's a cold damp island. They didn't have a whole lot available

>>7276848
Higher end British cuisine before WWII mostly consisted of French-inspired dishes using the same techniques as French chefs. Commoner food was certainly a lot less prestigious, but so was commoner French food.

A traditional bit of English cookery would be spit-roasted meats that had been dry-aged, cut into thin slices and served with some type of sauce or gravy.

I would also argue that range of British baking and confection was second only to Germany up to WWI.

>>7277031
because much of what you class as 'European' food was only available for the rich aristocrats. French food for example only became major popular because the pairs school that served the court was abolished in the revolutions and French chefs had to travel elsewhere taking their skill with them.

You have to remember that British culture has become so ingrained in North america and US influence that many people take it for granted. Eg. Suits.

>>7276848
We are an island with next to zero native herbs or spices and for most of history (and into the present) most of the people here were repressed peasantry, distrustful of foreignness, looking to simply to get by on their same comforting dishes.

>>7277031
Because there was no peasant culture in the UK