• adam_y@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Careful, that’s like saying that the guy who made it, who was born in the UK isn’t really British either.

    Pretty much all food is imported.

    As someone else mentioned. The Tikka Masala was invented in Britain.

    Italian pizza, the most Italian of dishes, didn’t exist until America was ‘discovered’ and tomatoes brought back from the new world.

    Same with the Irish and potatoes.

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        2 years ago

        I think you misunderstand.

        What I mean is the man who cooked the curry and served it to me and my two companions. He’s of Asian heritage but was born and raised in the UK.

        Does that mean that he’s not really British?

        What if he sees himself as British. Is he then culturally appropriating Asian food?

        Because that’s the argument being used about the food too. That dish was cooked in a kitchen in Birmingham. It has Asian heritage too. But is it not the British food?