I just cooked a T-Bone steak and put "English Pub Spicy Steak Sauce" on it. It was NOT spicy at all. Does?!

English food is blander than styrofoam packing peanuts. That, combined with years of eating tamales made by your house servant Juanita, has left your tastebuds completely incapable of sensing whatever the English call "spicy".

Firstly there is no such thing as English....'steak sauce' sold in the UK. There are some American steak sauces but I know of no-one who has ever bought them.

Secondly there is a significant difference between 'spicy' and 'hot'. We have been involved in the 'spice trade' since before the crusades. Spices such as cinnamon, cardomon, corriander, cumin, saffron, turmeric, fenugreek and peppercorns have been used in British cooking since the 13th century. Spices are not hot.

Lastly I would say that the British have a taste for some of the hottest food in the world. Hot and spicy Indian food is unbelievably popular here. Chicken Tikka Masala is our de facto national dish.

I've got to spring to their defense, darling! Some of the hottest curries in the world are made in Britain and British people routinely eat curries so hot that they would make any American from the southwest cry.

In the case of your steak sauce, I'd say that the word "spicy" wasn't being used in the same sense as "hot," but rather in the sense of filled with spices.

(((Olga)))

In the western united states spicy is much hotter than the rest of the united states and in general american food is a little spicier than english food.

They tend to enjoy their food a little blander across the pond. Try an Italian style marinade to give it an extra kick, or maybe Cajun.

why would you take the brits' word on taste? even They admit their food is horrible