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This has to be the most UK response ever. Even sad you have to eat the rich and varied foods of your host countries during your travels.

Surely even in the UK food is a bit more than just a way of not dying.




> Surely even in the UK food is a bit more than just a way of not dying.

It definitely is. Most people I know care about having good food. It does vary a lot with income and region. The biggest problem is long working hours and people not having time or energy to do anything more than buy ready meals.

While people in the UK tend to eat worse than people in the rest of Europe, we eat better than Americans and food here is "rich and varied".

I am puzzled by GP's comment about having cheaper rent by not having a kitchen. I have never even heard of anywhere you could rent here that did not have a kitchen - its really must be bottom end room rental (and even there shared kitchens are normal).


Absolute shoeboxes yes. Think 250sqft (23ish square meters) or so. One room, maybe a closet, and a bathroom, much like a basic hotel room in the US.


> Surely even in the UK food is a bit more than just a way of not dying.

You need to get your view of UK food from somewhere other than American comics' jokes about UK food.


I did say "at home", I still ate out plenty. I just don't find the effort/cost/reward of being able to cook at home worth it.

When traveling, I eat plenty of local and varied food. The problem of cooking at home is exacerbated when traveling though. Having an adequate kitchen for cooking is even more troublesome.

Going out to eat every meal gets pretty tiresome after doing it for years. The food available for takeaway isn't great. Fine for a few weeks or months, but eating it for years definitely kills you faster.

Having a healthy, 0 effort meal available at a moments notice is great.


Food culture has (in general) moved on in the UK from that period!




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