@lousyd to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 hours agoTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.message-square26arrow-up1256arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1252arrow-down1message-squareTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.@lousyd to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 hours agomessage-square26file-text
It’s kind of funny, I think, that a plant so closely associated with America is actually not native at all.
minus-square@ryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 hours agoThe more impressive thing is how the British had a global empire for roughly 400 years, and their cuisine remained awful.
minus-square@Rubanski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•17 minutes agoI think that’s because British food we commonly see as awful stems from food rationing that went on during and after WWII, as far as I know well in the 1970s
minus-square@ninjabard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 hours agoAccess to all those spices and they come up with bread sauce
minus-squareNickwithaClinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 hours agoThey sold those spices for profit, that’s how empires work.
The more impressive thing is how the British had a global empire for roughly 400 years, and their cuisine remained awful.
I think that’s because British food we commonly see as awful stems from food rationing that went on during and after WWII, as far as I know well in the 1970s
Access to all those spices and they come up with bread sauce
They sold those spices for profit, that’s how empires work.