(Shamelessly stealing this image from some crackpot carnivore diet community elsewhere on the lemmyverse, with which I have never once interacted, but noticed I have been banned from. Lulz.)

  • lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works
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    18 hours ago

    It’s not classism

    Except it is vestigial classism. It has an actual historical origin. It’s a completely ridiculous position.

    I season my food, which is delicious btw, and so does the rest of the world outside of northern Europe. It makes sense because it tastes good. No historical baggage needed

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      13 hours ago

      Your just an angry person looking for a fight. I care less about history or tradition on the subject of food. I have had really high quality steak only a few times. With nothing more than salt, it was amazing. But I mostly eat decent steak, which benefits from some seasoning. I have also eaten low quality steak, all the seasonning in the world can’t help it. The same hase been true for other meats I have tried. So I have tried the range, and speak from personal experience. Not from some history BS.

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      15 hours ago

      It’s like you only read one phrase out of context.

      It’s a completely ridiculous position.

      That some food is better with minimal seasoning?
      That the amount of seasoning you put on a food is somehow related to the nature of the ingredients?

      I season my food, which is delicious btw

      I’m glad! I never said you shouldn’t. I said some ingredients don’t need it as much, or are better enjoyed with minimal seasoning.

      and so does the rest of the world outside of northern Europe.

      I’ll remember that the next time I eat sushi.

      The classism came from the aristocracy making a display of wealth by choosing to ostentatiously eat the foods that benefit from less seasoning, and casting the others as “low class”.
      That doesn’t make the method of preparation a relic of classism. It’s classist to say that a pot roast is low class, not to say a ribeye doesn’t need much to be delicious.

      Modern British food has a reputation as being unseasoned because we don’t call any of the seasoned dishes born of their empire “British”, and a lot of the other stuff got messed up by “island nation in a major war with prolonged food rationing”.

      Remember that the flip side of the aristocracy avoiding seasoning to distinguish themselves is that everyone else didn’t.

      • Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world
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        13 hours ago

        I do enjoy a good pot roast too. Just because higher quality meats need less, doesn’t mean low quality with seasoning can’t be delicious.