only white people i knew who really legitimately disliked spices were my grandparents who were raised on like, porridge and boiled potatoes during the depression

combined with those posts that are like 'british people eat like the germans are still bombing them' i think theres just an enduring quality of poor white people food (and subsequently 'traditional') that is just devoid of spice because the good ones don't grow in europe and they couldn't afford to buy em