Weird/Unusual International Food Trends of the Modern Era

[Anonymous No.12375322]

Norwegians like to eat tacos on Fridays.

England and Scotland consider curry to be a national dish and is eaten usually at least once a week by most households.

Paparika is the national spice of Hungary despite being native to the Andean mountains.

Potatoes are native to South America but are ubiquitous with German and Irish cuisine.

Hawaiian pizza originated from Canada.

[Anonymous No.12375330]

>>12375322

I have become addicted to pickles and melted cheese on toast. It is my favorite sandwich. I eat it with fries and hot sauce and ketchup.

[Anonymous No.12375383]

Cool thread OP

Before the Spanish colonization, the closest thing to asado you could get in Argentina was Llama.

There were no tomatoes in Italy during Dante's time, they were brought over from Europe after the discovery of America

[Anonymous No.12375387]

>>12375383
Also, Japanese people eat KFC for Christmas

[Anonymous No.12375392]

Jewish people eat Chinese food on Christmas.

[Anonymous No.12375401]

Many East Asian countries have nationally popular dishes that find their origins in making do with American Military rations. For example the extremely fluffy white bread used in Japan, shokupan, gets its unique texture from the use of condensed milk

[Anonymous No.12375404]

>>12375330
No.

[Anonymous No.12375415]

>>12375401
Korea has budaejiggae that was originally made by using ingredients acquired by dumpster diving at the military bases.

[Anonymous No.12375452]

Italians use stockfish (dried cod) from Lofoten in Norway

The Portuguese use Norwegian clipfish (salted and dried cod) to make Bacalhau

Salmon sushi wasn't really a thing until Norway started exporting it to Japan in the 80s

[Anonymous No.12375459]

The Japanese apparently love KFC for Christmas

[Anonymous No.12375464]

That pizza looks delicious

[Anonymous No.12375475]

>>12375392
>Jewish people celebrating Christmas

[Anonymous No.12375484]

>>12375475
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[Anonymous No.12375486]

The iconic Swedish dishes smörgåsbord and Swedish meatballs actually have their roots in the Middle East.

General Tso's chicken was once thought to be invented by a Chinese-American immigrant, but new research has revealed that the exact recipe was in a recipe book titled "An American's Guide To The Culinary Orient" by Martha Clemmons. This version was dubbed "Sinoese style chicken".

Anthropologists have recently unearthed a gargantuan stone BBQ in Brazil dating back to the early 11th century proving that Brazilian barbecue is much older than previously thought.

Throughout the centuries, Mesoamerican tribes used hot desert sand to heat and cook raw maize. The practice of popping raw corn kernels through heat and eating them in a "popped corn" form arose during the late 1790s when food shortages forced the indigenous peoples to seek other ways to prepare otherwise inedible foodstuffs.

In early American history, lobster was seen as a poor quality food and it was often served to prisoners.

[Anonymous No.12375496]

>>12375322
Just goes to show how hundreds of years can influence culture! Oh wait, that was pretty fucking obvious anyways

[Anonymous No.12375524]

>>12375322
>Norwegians like to eat tacos on Fridays.

Tell them "Taco Fridays" aren't a thing
It's "Taco Tuesday"

[Anonymous No.12375854]

>>12375322
the hungarian obsession with paprika is a little wierd when you consider that literally everyone else in that part of europe uses the average amount of paprika. hungarians put it in everything and have like 5 grades of paprika

[Anonymous No.12375860]

>>12375854
A hungarian scientist discovered Vit C from paprika, got the nobel prize for this

[Anonymous No.12375864]

>>12375322
>Norwegians like to eat tacos on Fridays.
Wicked heretics! The sacred taco is to be consumed on the Tuesday. The alliteration is important.

[Anonymous No.12375873]

>>12375524
In Norway its a family dinner thing where you watch TV shows that appeal to the whole family while eating. You cant do that on Tuesdays when most kids have some kind of sports practice etc.

[Anonymous No.12375881]

>>12375486
I thought petrified pieces of popped corn had been found at archeological sites in South America dating back thousands of years?

[Anonymous No.12375883]

>>12375486
Mesoamerica isn't a hot desert

[Anonymous No.12375900]

>>12375401
yea, Spam is super popular in Hawaii lol (although that is part of the US, but yea..)

[Anonymous No.12375913]

>>12375486
>The iconic Swedish dishes smörgåsbord and Swedish meatballs actually have their roots in the Middle East.
Smörgåsbord i just a buffet of Swedish/Nordic dishes, not a dish in and of itself. Swedish style meatballs are indeed SWEDISH, but I would assume rolling meat into a ball has been done in several other places, including the Middle East.

[Anonymous No.12375954]

>>12375322
Pickle pizza is great. Over here they usually toss a bit of sausage on it and call it hot dog pizza.

>>12375913
>but I would assume rolling meat into a ball has been done in several other places, including the Middle East
Don't you know that whatever place first documented something is the sole inventor of it?

[Anonymous No.12375962]

>>12375330
oh fuck that sounds good. too bad im tryna lose weight...

[Anonymous No.12376054]

>>12375873
Comfy as fuck

[Anonymous No.12376059]

>>12375322
butter chicken pizza

[Anonymous No.12376064]

>>12376054
what is the point of a stand """""N""""" stuff tortilla?
Just get a bowl
Or better yet, an actual tortilla because all you're doing is washing a plate instead of a bowl at the end of the day

[Anonymous No.12376070]

>>12376054
2 > 4
Would both.

[Anonymous No.12376079]

>>12375452
Ukraine, Russia and Belarussia eat dried fish as a snack for beer

[Anonymous No.12376080]

>>12376064
Taco needs a vessel

[Anonymous No.12376094]

>>12375452
another one on the stockfish:
it's one of the earliest examples of food items being used as a commodity in international trade, and norway has continuosly produced and exported almost all of the world supply of it since the dark ages, which in turn explains why a lot of traditional dishes of italian and other european cuisines use it as an ingredient

[Anonymous No.12376104]

>>12375486
>The iconic Swedish dishes smörgåsbord and Swedish meatballs actually have their roots in the middle east.
Rolling meatballs together is very simple, it's the specific recipe that is Swedish, pretty much all nations have made meatballs without outside influence.
Smörgåsbord isn't even a dish aswell, it's more or less a buffet, if anything the only special dish of it would be smörgåstårta which is quite Swedish, and not middle eastern.

[Anonymous No.12376115]

avocado is not commonly eaten as a savoury item in brazil

[Anonymous No.12376119]

>>12375864
But anon, Friday night is Taco Tuesday.

[Anonymous No.12376459]

>>12375322
>England and Scotland consider curry to be a national dish and is eaten usually at least once a week by most households.
Well, yeah, England did colonize India.

[Anonymous No.12376461]

>>12376059
that's not so weird though, butter chicken pizza is genuinely delicious

[Anonymous No.12376485]

>>12376079
Was in utter shock when I realized other countries don't do it. It's a perfect combo.

[Anonymous No.12376490]

>>12375383
its the muthafucking Columbian Exchange

[Anonymous No.12376570]

>>12376079
Common in Japan as well

[Anonymous No.12376583]

>>12375330
What kind of cheese goes good with pickles,anon?

[Anonymous No.12376763]

>>12376570
What fish is the most popular fish to have with a beer?

[Anonymous No.12376765]

>>12376583
Sharp cheddar.

[Anonymous No.12376815]

>>12375322
>Hawaiian pizza originated from Canada.
I knew that. The inventor died last year or something

[Anonymous No.12376819]

>>12376763
Katsuobushi gets used for a lot of stuff

[Anonymous No.12376850]

>>12375392
And go to the movies after

[Anonymous No.12376869]

>>12375392
>>12375475
>>12376850
Always a classic video/song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGzO1ghRKp4

[Anonymous No.12376944]

One of the top favored dishes in France is couscous.

Go ahead, /pol/.

[Anonymous No.12376949]

Everyone here eats sushi likes it's going out of style, can't speak for the rest of the world

murica

[Anonymous No.12376999]

>>12376944
>One of the top favored dishes in France is couscous.
BASED and French Jew pilled

[Anonymous No.12377034]

>>12376999
In French, couscous means couscous and marga.

[Anonymous No.12377045]

>>12377034
>marga
what's that?

[Anonymous No.12377071]

>>12375486
Watch the assmad asian americans come and cry about the general tso chicken

[Anonymous No.12377168]

>>12377045
It's a watery stew generally featuring zucchini, carrots, turnips, bell peppers, onion, garlic, chickpeas, spices and meat of you choice (mergez, lamb, chicken) served over couscous like chili over rice. Great way to make vegetables tasty. Goes well with harissa. Never tried that north african dish?

[Anonymous No.12377264]

>>12377168
sounds good. i hope you don't mind but do you have a recipe you would be willing to share?

[Anonymous No.12377345]

>>12377264
I'm sorry, I don't have the recipe I use at hand. Spices are Ras El hangout or chorba spices. Look up for Algerian/Berber/North African recipes, it's quit a popular dish. Delicious, cheap, healthy and foolproof.

[Anonymous No.12377406]

>>12377345
Thanks, I appreciate man! Have a good weekend.

[Anonymous No.12377448]

>>12375452
Stockfish is also featured in several african cuisines. Thanks, Denmark!

[Anonymous No.12377452]

>>12375475

he got em!!!!

[Anonymous No.12378576]

Eating Mayonaise with French Fries is considered gross even though the country they originated in, Belgium, prefers to serve them this way.

Tomato Ketchup is based on mushroom ketchup which is based on fish kei-chap which is a chinese fish sauce condiment imported to Britain by traders. Modern day Lea and Perkin's Worcestershire Sauce still contains this influence as they add anchovy sauce to their bottles.

Soy sauce is the vegetarian version of fish sauce.

Fish sauce used to be consumed by the majority of Europeans and was called "Garum" during the Roman empire.

A peanut is neither a pea nor a nut. It's a legume like chickpeas (also not peas).

Black eyed peas are beans.

Kale, Mustard, Bok Choi, Broccoli, and Brussel sprouts are different cultivars of the same plant (Brassica oleracea).

[Anonymous No.12379164]

>>12378576
Can you still get mushroom ketchup anywhere? That sounds like it would be pretty good with fries.

[Anonymous No.12379195]

>>12379164
I watched a video of a guy making Mushroom Ketchup and all he did was boil some mushrooms, then strain them off and just use the brown liquid.

I hope that's not normal.

[Anonymous No.12379225]

>>12379195
Did you watch the Townsend video? Because I just looked it up, and he added some other things in the process as well, spices and the like.
I think my original idea was wrong anyway, I assumed it would be a thicker table sauce like tomato ketchup but it's more of a cooking sauce than anything. Probably not good with fries.

[Anonymous No.12379227]

>>12375322
That looks good man I’m hungry

[Anonymous No.12379268]

Singapore noodles have nothing to do with Singapore.

[Anonymous No.12379686]

>England and Scotland consider curry to be a national dish and is eaten usually at least once a week by most households.

National dish, yes. But not eaten at least once a week, at least in England. More like once a month, fortnight at the very most.

[Anonymous No.12379705]

Spaghetti, contrary to common belief, was invented in Finland and has been common staple food to Nordic dishes since Italy even existed

[Anonymous No.12379713]

>>12376583
Dick cheese LOOOOOOOOOOOL

[Anonymous No.12379720]

>>12379686

>at least in england
100% more in scotland

[Anonymous No.12379726]

>>12376583
mozzerella

[Anonymous No.12379728]

>>12376583

Cheddar

[Anonymous No.12380745]

Nips replace the cream cheese in a Danish with mayo

[Anonymous No.12380810]

Germany eats more pasta than Italy, bronze medal goes to France.

Germany also produce a shitload of (shitty) cow milk mozzarella.

[Anonymous No.12380839]

>>12375322
>Paparika
And mamarika.

>>12375854
>>12375860
u just jelly of our paprika

[Anonymous No.12381236]

>>12378576

mayo with fries absolutely slaps but I eat it only a few times a year 'cause it feels a bit gluttonous

[Anonymous No.12381548]

>>12381236
It was my midnight snack/lunch yesterday... fries, mayo, diced raw onion, and a pinch of curry powder. God damn god damn.

[Anonymous No.12381574]

>>12375452
imagine the smell

[Anonymous No.12381607]

>>12376079
I got some spicy dried squid from my local Asian store and the guy told me to eat it with beer. He was not lying that shit was great.

[Anonymous No.12381695]

>>12375322
I bet most modern sushi restaraunts would be a blasphemy for Jap.
>putting cheese and avocado in half of the rolls
Apparently, most wasabi is 90+% horseradish due to cost savings.

Also - potato became a staple crop of half the world despite being American crop.

Black caviar went from poverty food to high-end delicacy due to the overfishing of sturgeons.

Banana flavor does not taste like modern banana since old cultivar was all but wiped out by a fungal disease (no genetic divercity).

Any pork in muslim food in general.

In my country local variations of cognac, portwein and champagne are extremely popular, even if worse than the French stuff. Due to not having latin alphabet it`s not illegal to call them such.

Local KFC and Mcdonalds had burgers on rye bread as a seasonal item.

We have "rolls" here which are basically kebab in flatbreads, but i have no idea if they sell that rolls in America.

I my country ketchup is the most popular sauce besides mayo and i consider ketchup a perfect addition to well-done pork bbq.

[Anonymous No.12381703]

>>12375452
>Salmon sushi wasn't really a thing until Norway started exporting it to Japan in the 80s

Source? Did they just use tuna before that?

[Anonymous No.12381704]

>>12381695
>i consider ketchup a perfect addition to well-done pork bbq.

[Anonymous No.12381725]

>>12381704

[Anonymous No.12381730]

>>12381703
https://www.npr.org/2015/09/18/441530790/how-the-desperate-norwegian-salmon-industry-created-a-sushi-staple?t=1558817387318
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2018/03/10/food/norwegian-campaign-behind-japans-love-salmon-sushi/

[Anonymous No.12381735]

>>12375322
Imagine considering a spice to be a national dish lmao

[Anonymous No.12381749]

>>12381735
You'd have to be high... probably as high as one would have to be to read "spice" as "dish" in the first place.

[Anonymous No.12381754]

>>12381730
Thanks. That's pretty interesting, honestly.

I want sushi now.

[Anonymous No.12381768]

>>12381607
Agreed. I like it so much I make it myself.

[Anonymous No.12381769]

>>12381695
Japs don't really give a shit what you put in sushi rolls, they only get uppity about sashimi and the like

[Anonymous No.12381879]

>>12376485

Salted peanuts, pork scratchings, and salty crisps are the go-to for UK

[Anonymous No.12382559]

A major influence on French cuisine was that, during the period it was really being codified, England largely controlled the spice trade. Obviously the English fucking hated the French, so it was much more difficult for them to get spices, and they instead leaned into butter and enhancing the intrinsic flavors of their ingredients

[Anonymous No.12382586]

>>12376080
Not even Taco Bell does something this cringe

[Anonymous No.12382593]

>>12376583
red leicester

[Anonymous No.12382645]

>>12382559
what did the british do with the spices?
certainly didnt cook with them

[Anonymous No.12382666]

>>12382645
The account I've heard it's that they overused them to cover up the fact that they over cooked their meat and vegetables, but more disastrously an entire generation learned to cook with only government rations and no solid foundation of technique

[Anonymous No.12382738]

>>12376070
You're including the dogs, right?

[Anonymous No.12382752]

>>12375322
>Potatoes are native to South America but are ubiquitous with German and Irish cuisine.

Would you care to explain to me how Sir Walter Raleigh introducing potatoes to Ireland in the 1500s is weird or unusual?

[Anonymous No.12383082]

>>12382752
Think of it like this: Have you ever introduced the potato somewhere?

[Anonymous No.12383138]

>>12381749
It says they eat curry as a dish lmao it's a fuckin' powder anon

[Anonymous No.12383157]

>>12375330
toasted pita bread, hummus, pickles & aged cheddar. couple of drops of hot sauce

[Anonymous No.12383162]

>>12376583
aged cheddar

[Anonymous No.12383704]

>>12375475
>tfw everyone who isn't Christian blinks out of reality for 24 hours every year
Shit, how have I never noticed that?

[Anonymous No.12383732]

>>12377168
>>12377264
>>12377345
>>12377406
Random Anon here, if you're doing north african chickpea stew over couscous, fry sliced red onions with some honey, water and raisins and put that on top with some sour cream (or yoghurt, or similar).

[Anonymous No.12383748]

>>12381695
>and i consider ketchup a perfect addition to well-done pork bbq.
For the good of everyone you must cease to exist.

[Anonymous No.12384141]

>>12375322
Hawaiian pizza being bad is such an NPC opinion.

[Anonymous No.12385291]

>>12375954


T. Alexander Graham Bell

[Anonymous No.12385707]

>>12376119
Based

[Anonymous No.12385796]

>>12375322
>England and Scotland consider curry to be a national dish and is eaten usually at least once a week by most households.
FUCKING DAMN STRAIGHT.
I've had a curry at least once a week since I can remember.

[Anonymous No.12385810]

>>12375322
Hawaiian pizza was invented by a Greek in Canada who wanted to replicate the flavor profile of Chinese food.

[Anonymous No.12385921]

>>12384141
It's not bad it's just bland. Even using quality ingredients (which is never done) the taste profile is lacklustre.

[Anonymous No.12385991]

The most popular breakfast in the U.S. is French Toast which was first served in Argentina in a German restaurant.

[Anonymous No.12386527]

>>12385991
There's no way French toast is the most popular breakfast

[Anonymous No.12388158]

>>12385991
eh, roman cookbooks had bread dipped in egg and milk and served with honey.

[Anonymous No.12388362]

>>12376079
This sounds ridiculously good.

[Anonymous No.12388442]

>>12381695
Some Muslims do eat pork depending on the region. Jordinian Muslims both eat pork and drink alcohol. Likewise a lot of American and Canadian Muslims also break protocol but won't tell anyone. I know a Muslims guy who says "Allah wouldn't have made bacon so delicious if he hadn't meant for us to eat it." He avoids most other pork stuff but loves him some peameal bacon.

[Anonymous No.12388448]

>>12381735
Japan has a national fungus/yeast.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus_oryzae

[Anonymous No.12388449]

>>12385921
Spam would be a better option than regular ham.

[Anonymous No.12388458]

>>12375322
So you are basically saying without wypipo everyone would never experience other cuisines. Are you inferring that wypipo helped the global population? DAS RAYCISS!

[Anonymous No.12388468]

>>12388442
>Jordinian Muslims both eat pork and drink alcohol.
Is Jordan a good country to go visit?

[Anonymous No.12388493]

>>12375401

I swear to god though the East Asians have an obsession with desserts in their cafes than we do.

[Anonymous No.12388545]

>>12388493
They're often pretty different though, in that they like to blend traditional Asian sweets with Western inventions. I for one think red bean paste is the shittiest ice cream topping anyone has ever taken seriously

[Anonymous No.12388550]

>>12388468
It's right next to Syria and Israel so probably no.

[Anonymous No.12388561]

The Turkey bird, while native to North America, is named after the country Turkiye.

[Anonymous No.12388571]

>>12388561
In France they call it the "India Bird".

[Anonymous No.12389112]

>>12381768
That's awesome dude

[Anonymous No.12389355]

>>12375475
Stop posting pictures of yourself

[Anonymous No.12389358]

>>12381768
Holly shit based

[Anonymous No.12389428]

>>12382645
Of course they did. They also used them in drinks.

[Anonymous No.12389452]

>>12376583
It depends on the kind of pickles you use.

[Anonymous No.12390000]

>>12379225
It 100% isnt good with chips. Its common enough here in the uk though. Its kind of like a less strong very mushroomy worchestire sauce. You use it in similar ways

[Anonymous No.12390021]

>>12382645
T.retard. most british food of the late medieval era was highly spiced, continuing into the victorian era. The mai reason people think the uk is "lol no seasoning" is a decade or two or pretty brutal rationing during/post ww2. This means the current oldest generation have tastes that developed during that period, and favour a fairly plain 'meat and 2 veg' diet. Even then, spices are very common - we literally invented at least one type of curry, and we eat it fucking reguarly. In addition, things such as roast dinner, fish and chips, and stews dont often require super heavy seasoning if you just use good quality ingredients.

[Anonymous No.12390037]

Japanese tempura is really Portuguese.

[Anonymous No.12390097]

South Korean food became exceptionally spicy in order to mask bad quality ingredients after the Korean War

[Anonymous No.12390168]

>>12375322
Australians think they invented meat pies.

[Anonymous No.12390417]

>>12390097
Oh look, it's retarded!

[Anonymous No.12391074]

>>12390000
I'm in the UK too. Just finished making it, and you're right, it's very much like a mushroomy Worcestershire sauce. It's pretty nice.

[Anonymous No.12391814]

Semen and rotting flesh are effectively the same smell, enzymatically. What I'm getting at is that Singapore's national fruit smells like cum.

[Anonymous No.12391886]

>>12383082

I introduced my tuber to your mom

[Anonymous No.12393089]

>>12390097
Why does Korean food continue to be based on shitty cuts of meat?

[Anonymous No.12393099]

>>12379713
Nice

[Anonymous No.12393696]

>>12375330
I gotta tell you guys.. nothing beats the ol peanut butter and pickle sandwich.

[Anonymous No.12394058]

>>12376054
That’s so white I’ve gone colorblind.

[Anonymous No.12394557]

>>12376080
Those were so cool, back in elementary school.

30 years ago.

You fucking child.

[Anonymous No.12394622]

>>12381695
Slavanon?

[Anonymous No.12394637]

>>12383748
he worded that poorly as it's not really bbq - it's more of a grilled marinated meat thing called shashlik - the closest reference for americans would be shish-kebab. And ketchup (esp. with garlic and herbs) does go pretty neat with it

[Anonymous No.12394798]

>>12376079
Greeks do pickled or dried fish with shots of ouzo

also octopus and ouzo is a god tier combination.

[Anonymous No.12394840]

>>12376054
Why is everything disassembled?

[Anonymous No.12394842]

>>12380745
yeah only because its cheaper, cheese and cream cheese(and butter) is expensive af in Japan

[Anonymous No.12394849]

>>12375322
Fish should be dirty cheap food in Brazil but it's actually very expensive

[Anonymous No.12394866]

>>12376850
My buddy does this

[Anonymous No.12394908]

>>12376944
Couscous and eggs (sometimes couscous with milk) is a very consumed food in brazil as whole too

[Anonymous No.12395779]

>>12393696
Unironically though

[Anonymous No.12396744]

>>12380839
that picture is pretty based

[Anonymous No.12396787]

>>12375322
>England and Scotland consider curry to be a national dish
Absolute bollocks. This is nothing but shilling by people shilling for shitskin immigration

[Anonymous No.12396979]

>>12375322
What are Norwegian tacos like?

[Anonymous No.12397023]

>>12388571
That's exactly the name in Russian. The word must have been borrowed from French when it was popular as English now

[Anonymous No.12397055]

>>12376079
Would you English speaking folks call the pic related stockfish? Or it's simply dried fish? At first I thought dried fish in English is stockfish, but then I googled the stockfish definition and turns out stockfish is unsalted, while the pic related is always salted. Salt there is used as a preservative

[Anonymous No.12398876]

I think it's pretty interesting that China never really developed the same kind of bread loaf culture we see in the West even though they've been making steamed buns since the third century

[Anonymous No.12399353]

>>12385991
nah, pan perdu goes back to roman times

[Anonymous No.12399783]

>>12375854
>have like 5 grades of paprika
Not really surprising, peppers can vary a lot. They can range in sweetness, heat, express different flavors from mango to lemon and smoking adds a whole other layer of flavor variations.
Places that just have vague "sweet or hot" paprika are the really weird ones imo.

[Anonymous No.12400239]

>>12390168
Wasn't it the Persians?

[Anonymous No.12400243]

>>12390097
>The origin of kimchi dates back at least to the early period of the Three Kingdoms (37 BC‒7 AD)

Here's your >You

[Anonymous No.12400247]

>>12399783
Most people don't even know that red, orange, and green belle peppers are all the same vegetable at different states. Had to explain to a customer the other day why we don't have any "red bell pepper plants"

[Anonymous No.12400309]

>>12390021
We do have robust tastes though. Rich slow roasted joints of meat. Salty fishes and briny seafood. Sturdy stinking cheeses. Mouth puckering pickles and relishes. Eye-watering mustards and other condiments.

[Anonymous No.12400317]

>>12400309
As well as a fondness for offal like kidneys in pies, faggots of liver, heart and lung, black puddings. Big flavours there.

[Anonymous No.12400321]

>>12400317
and fuckin Marmite! How did the English get a reputation for preferring bland food? We literally assault our tastebuds at every meal.

[Anonymous No.12401713]

>>12388458
Shut up, insecure faggot.

[Anonymous No.12401725]

>>12396787
I sure hope you don't drink tea, Reginald.