Why do Brits boil everything ?

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I’m European but not British. I have to say the way you guys cook (vegetables in particular) ie boiling everything) really isn’t for me. It just makes everything so bland even if you add butter and salt after. Carrots especially. Why not roast or lightly sautee in a pan with some olive oil? My husband boils everything. I’ve never seen anything like it. Why boil carrots? Same as ILs. The first time I met ILs we had poached chicken. It’s so weird to me. Is it a health thing?

Sigh. Only in your opinion. Or if you don’t eat meat.
To categorize traditional, popular dishes as ‘near fetishisation‘ and ‘not very nice’ is very clearly just a ‘you’ thing.
It’s not only in the UK where roasts are prized. . For example poulet ròti, rôti de boeuf, jambe d’agneau rôti? All very popular, sometimes even special, dishes in France, where they do know a thing or two about food. Across the pond, roast meats are also very popular.
I could go on. But what’s that saying again about arguing with people that are stupid?

Maybe give them a light sauté. In a generous amount of garlic and butter, obviously. They might be more palatable then 😂.

Oh my god, don't even try to say you're a vegetarian in most European countries! They can't cope with that concept.

You can tell this thread is fake and just designed to troll because OP talks about poached chicken which isn't a thing in the UK.

However, online, I often come across random lies about the UK and food, and one is that we boil meat. So OP is probably basing their post off some random meme they saw online, and not reality.

We don’t. I only boil potatoes, pasta and eggs.

But also, you sound insufferable. Maybe your husband likes his veg mushy, in which case he would say it’s better boiled. People are allowed opinions, especially about harmless things like food.

nope.
I steam veg. Some things need to be parboiled before putting in the oven (chips, for eg)

You are making hideous generalisations about a whole country based on one family who can't cook.Well done you

It’s your dh, i never boil carrots and rarely boil any veg, i steam, roast, saute etc

Why are you obsessed with olive oil?

You're coming across quite rude on the thread criticising and just reiterating how much better you are. Personally I hate olive oil... I eat vegetables everyday - some days it's boiled or steamed, some days roasted, some days stir fried or sautéed etc. I just like the variety. But I'd never eat anything coated in olive oil like many Mediterranean type meals are cooked.

I’ve just read all of your comments. You sound like a very unlikeable woman

I never boil anything...

I didnt know that you knew every British person OP
That is a big circle of friends you have

I am British and I most emphatically don't boil everything!

I think that would be entirely appropriate 😂

Cooked well, a roast dinner can be a wonderful thing when it's cold, wet and crappy outside. The problem is that, like most simple things, it can be done (and usually is) badly.

I boil veg or eat it raw. I don't like oily food.
I've never seen anyone boil meat.

This exactly.

What a boring, massively generalising and unimaginative post 🥱

To be fair, it has just given me the nudge to get the sprouts on a low heat ready for Christmas!

😂😂😂

I’m British and can’t remember the last time I boiled veg! I tend to either steam or roast it.

I think you’re generalising!

Leave my boiled and buttered carrots alone!

Best way in your opinion. Ask Asians. They sauté, stir fry, add them to curries. Why Europeans still think, in this day and age, that their ways are superior to others?

Everyone British born is issued with a food manual and a badge when we come of age, it ensures that we all cook things in exactly the same way. If we don't boil all vegetables to death we get our badge taken away. If you don't have your badge at retirement you don't get state pension.

I was sceptical, but my daughter makes lots of cauliflower cheese. She never par boils it, but it’s soft and delicious.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7mIMIUqAa3w&pp=ygUXQm9pbGVkIGJlZWYgYW5kIGNhcnJvdHM%3D

I steam carrots and broccoli and boil peas and sweetcorn. I tend to roast things more for Christmas etc as OP's continental ways add a shit ton of oils and butter to nice zero fat veg.

Dunno about boiling veg but your post seems to be boiling my piss... 😉