USA to UK relocation guide
USA to UK relocation guide
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- cherub0
I figured out why the British love drinking tea so much. I mean, besides it being delicious, it was once a luxury that could only be afforded by the upper class.
- Hmm, not sure about that - beer and wine have been drunk in Northern Europe by commoners for at least a thousand years.Nairn
- the brits have always loved any foreign comestibles - tea, coffee, wine, lager, curry, basil, pineapple, sugar, pepper, etc etc.hans_glib
- if you go to northern scotland, you can see why - pre funny forinn food it was all turnip, swede, grass....hans_glib
- were those foreign foods traditionally more expensive?cherub
- Wales had leeks as their native vegetable and leeks make me wretch lol.cherub
- yeah, maybe best not to say that in waleshans_glib
- I wouldn't, but they take rugby more seriously than any other thing. I tried to buy tix for judgement day then coronavirus struck.cherub
- It was also brought to Britain from the portuguese... from Catherine of Braganzashapesalad
- fuck's sake - whe I read this this morning, i absolutely read 'booze' not tea. Wtf?Nairn