This is very true, and I think some of the meme persists in part because stuff like the Great British Bakeoff had "Taco night" and it was clearly a foodstuff they just had no idea what to do with. That doesn't mean British food is bad, but particularly in the US, people are used to seeing different kinds of foods that just aren't as common or popular in the UK.
The meme is not helped when a small subsection of internet folk continue to try and shit talk American food, claiming all bread is cake, too sweet, too salty, to big, too mushy, etc., always inferior. And internet shit stirrers who do things like claim that Americans don't know how to make a "jacket potato" (baked potatoes with toppings), or that chipped beef on toast (shit on a shingle) is a common American staple (its a WWII rationing/military meal and they cooked it wrong).
Tacos aren't particularly common in the UK, but Fajitas are - I wouldn't say it's authentic, but we have Fajitas nights at home, and it wasn't uncommon to have Fajitas when I went over friend's houses when I was younger. They aren't an uncommon sight in pubs/restaurants either. Quesadillas and Enchiladas are more popular than Tacos too, now that I think about it.
Really hard to find places selling good ones, the only place I've found that makes them well is a tiny family run place in the middle of an industrial estate that don't do delivery.
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u/umlaut-overyou 22d ago
This is very true, and I think some of the meme persists in part because stuff like the Great British Bakeoff had "Taco night" and it was clearly a foodstuff they just had no idea what to do with. That doesn't mean British food is bad, but particularly in the US, people are used to seeing different kinds of foods that just aren't as common or popular in the UK.
The meme is not helped when a small subsection of internet folk continue to try and shit talk American food, claiming all bread is cake, too sweet, too salty, to big, too mushy, etc., always inferior. And internet shit stirrers who do things like claim that Americans don't know how to make a "jacket potato" (baked potatoes with toppings), or that chipped beef on toast (shit on a shingle) is a common American staple (its a WWII rationing/military meal and they cooked it wrong).