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I am from the UK and lived in California and you don't know what your talking about. The food is much much better than the UK. Almost anywhere has better food than the UK (except bacon and pies). Cheap chicken is is terrible in the UK, I expect it's awful in US too. You are self delusional if you think UK can lecture other countries on food standards, it's a running joke across the world of the low quality of UK cooking [1]. I agree.

[1] https://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/susan/joke/heaven.htm

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> it's a running joke across the world of the low quality of UK cooking [1]

He's talking about food safety, not how good you think the cuisine is.

Hey man, I am from the UK and used to live in the states (north east though, not california). Yes, the quality of food in the USA can be VERY good, especially if you shop at places like wholefoods. The problem tends to be with the cheaper food.

In the UK, I would feel safe eating the cheapest chicken from Tesco, Alsdi, Lidl and ASDA (which is owned by Walmart). Would I feel safe eating chicken from the cheaper supermarkets in the USA? Definitely not.

I don't think the UK should be lecturing other countries, and at no point did I say we should.

Also, how dare you insult fish and chips, half and halfs, and fried mars bars :p

Finally, I would just like to point out that I did say I love the USA, I'm looking at moving back (post-covid). It's one of my favourite countries in the world, but I'm surprised at how controversial it is to say that the food isn't the best.

Yes I love vinigar on chips and fried haggis but it's an acquired taste / Stockholm syndrome :) The US food IS the best though (avacados). Maybe also simultaneously the worst (corn syrup) but I just feel UK has nothing to add to the disucussion and its too close to the lazy US stereotype Europeans throw around about Americans.

Currently, the UK suffers under the cruel tyranny of European food safety regs, but after WONDERFUL BREXIT it’ll be allowed have its own salmonella-y onions, because Consumer Choice. Or I think that’s the narrative, anyway.

This is nothing to do with cuisine or even food quality; it’s about food safety. The UK will soon no longer have to obey EU rules and is under pressure to relax its standards as part of a potential trade deal with the US.

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