British racists are mere weeks away from a scurvy outbreak because citrus fruits are "fancy foreign muck"
Also, just wait till she finds out fish and chips as a dish was probably introduced by Jewish immigrants.
@davidrvetter.bsky.social Fish and chips, for one, is Italian. I'm sure that most of the others mentioned were typical medieval fare. Pasties might be a slight exception due to their portability, but lots of old pie-like recipes exist from those times.
As an aside, I wonder if this person has ever had kedgeree?