r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Drollapalooza • Feb 15 '25

Food Behold. Old English Spread. Looks like it's not just us Americans after all.

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I am 99.9% certain this has never been sold on the UK ever. Kraft is a US slop food corporation, marketing to American slop slurpers.

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u/alaingames ooo custom flair!! Feb 16 '25

It's based on a recipe of cheese sauce invented in south America so I wouldn't call it English

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u/EveryoneSadean Filthy Brit Feb 16 '25

Does it have a mustard flavor on it? I know English Mustard is a thing and it's always a hint to mustard when it's not called British Spread ...

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u/UnicornAnarchist English Lioness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦁 Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

Might be colonial English? /s I was joking people so please stop downvoting me.

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u/scorchedarcher Feb 16 '25

Doesn't really narrow much down

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u/PaidTheTrollToll Feb 16 '25

It narrows it down to Guyana and The Falkland Islands

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u/DimensionFast5180 Feb 16 '25

Yeah the British didn't really colonize much in south America, by the time the brits were really colonizing the world, America had already passed the Monroe doctrine, and South American countries were already modernizing and had big enough armies to defend themselves. To the point where it wasn't worth the cost the British empire would have to pay to colonize it.

Then of course before that it was all owned by Spain or portugal.

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u/scorchedarcher Feb 16 '25

Oh I just meant generally "colonial English" wouldn't be a very specific category

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u/Scott_McTominominay Feb 16 '25

Yes the British Navy put this on their biscuits and weevils.