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Do you think some of these people who refuse to eat local food on foreign holidays, never actually tried it?

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TunaMayoP · 04/06/2025 13:53

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5347862-people-who-expect-british-food-on-a-foreign-holiday?page=9&reply=144760434

I suspect that this woman and similar who refuse to eat 'that foreign muck' has not even sampled it. A friend's DF (no longer with us) was like this woman. He even didn't want to know about Spanish omelette which is omelette with onion and potatoes. He ate onion and potato in a savoury pasty or pie. Eggs he ate in various forms.

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PhilippaGeorgiou · 04/06/2025 14:09

Made me think of my dad (I am 67 so he is long gone now). Growing up he would complain bitterly if my mum put "that foreign muck" in our food. He was talking about herbs, and British herbs at that. Fortunately (or perhaps unfortunately) he never went abroad after national service because I think actual foreign food would have killed him.

FanofLeaves · 04/06/2025 14:02

MrsMoastyToasty · 04/06/2025 13:56

They're the sort of people who "eat with their eyes". Basically if it doesn't look familiar they won't eat it.

I live with one of those!

He’s 3.

My19thNervousNameChange · 04/06/2025 13:57

That's a bit weird. Your Spanish omelette example + ingredients is exactly the same as the other thread as well as the late relative. Hmm

MrsMoastyToasty · 04/06/2025 13:56

They're the sort of people who "eat with their eyes". Basically if it doesn't look familiar they won't eat it.

Gingercar · 04/06/2025 13:54

Yes I think so.

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