In preparation for Super bowl Sunday, the New York Times published an article suggesting pigs in blankets as the best snack for this occasion. The British immediately backlashed as the cover photo was not of pigs in blankets but rather “hot dog sausages wrapped in pastry.” In return, they began posting memes criticizing American foods.
I feel that although the British do seem a little too sensitive, they have the right to have this response and also are protecting their culture. I think that the responses are actually quite funny, but I do think that it was a mistake that the NYT would have changed if they had known. News reports like NYT should be able to better manage situations like this in the future as many people are viewing their papers, including those who easily get offended or otherwise.
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First of all, why were the British picking up an American magazine writing on what is arguably the most American sport there is? Of all the topics that they could've chosen, they absolutely had to go with the most trivial article: the name of a peculiar food. Both are forgetting, however, one crucial thing. FOOD IS FOOD. It doesn't matter what it's called since it's all going to end up in the same place. Even though NYT did use a picture of "sausage rolls," that does not give the Brits leeway to criticize other American foods (even though many stem from different cultures). Nevertheless, determining whether someone is actually offended or is simply caustic would be vain endeavors, especially since such criticisms are over social media, not to mention that they're miles and miles of water away from us. Pigs in blankets, sausages in pastry, it doesn't matter; food brings people together and promotes interconnectedness between peoples' stomachs.
I don't get why the British are upset over Americans calling food what they want. Similar to what Jadon said, the British picked up an American newspaper and bash it... why? It doesn't matter what the food is called, it's just food. I think the name is pretty cute. The sausages are like little pigs and the bread around it is like a little blanket. I'm sure there's other foods out there with cute and funny names. I bet the British have their own weird names for certain foods but we don't care. Why are some of them getting angry over something so little as a name of a food?
FOOD IS LIFE! FOOD IS SUPREMEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
Lol the picture made me pretty hungry. But I do agree with Samantha. Why are the British upset over something that seems funny and innocent. I don't see any harm in calling food what you want to call them. Food is what brings joy and people together so I don't see any harm in calling these sausage pastries a funny name. But looking at the side of the British, I do understand why they would be upset, possibly they see it as an insult or even mocking. But, food is just food and I don't see the issue in naming this pastry Pigs in Blankets.
Similar to what other people are saying, why are the British upset about what Americans call certain foods. All languages have different ways of saying different things, and although America and UK both speak English, the English is slightly different. It's similar to how in the UK they call soccer football. It doesn't matter, it's just a word, and of course, a food.
It doesn’t matter what countries call their foods. It doesn’t matter if it is called Pigs in a Blanket or hot dog sausages in a pastry. It is just like how people call certain foods differently based on their language. For example, people in America call beef beef, but in other countries such as Korea, beef would be called something different. Likewise, it’s like how the U.S. calls a cookie a cookie, but Britain says biscuit. Britain does not have the right to say how to say a word and how to not say a word. It doesn’t matter because in the end, it’s just food.
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