@mndflayr "The only nation to spend a hundred years setting up a spice empire, only to assidiously refuse to use it in their food" Luckily, that started to change a few years after I was born, we discovered pizza ("Italian Welsh Rarebit"), and importantly a version of Indian food that has become as much a staple as fish and chips (Jewish tradition via Belgium). I built my own tandoor in the garden and my life is all the better for it.