Additionally, the unspoken reality here is that we are all picturing some kind of imaginary essential pre-globalization cuisine and ignoring the fact that people in all of these countries are just as likely to eat a meal at a fucking McDonalds.
Doubtless at least one Swedish person has lacked culinary discipline and spread jam on toast, putting all of Scandinavia to shame.
There really isn’t much difference between the food in Britain, Germany, Sweden, etc. For example, they all basically do the same sausage and potatoes with poorly seasoned vegetables dish, just like every state in the US claims that they have a special version of pizza or hotdogs or whatever even though it’s really all just the same shit. It’s the narcissism of small differences.
Oh my god in Sweden they have lingonberry jam on toast but in the UK they have marmalade on toast and in Germany they’ll put Nutella on toast holy shit so different.
The best alternative to YouTube is the DVD/bluray collection at your nearest big central public library. Just cut out the slop and click bait from your life entirely.
I’ve heard tale that the Gen Alpha teens find outwardly enjoying things to be cringe as their peers will shame them for it on TikTok. But I’m not sure how true that really is.