# When Did Food Prepared by White People Become Synonymous With Bland? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [March 27, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-food-prepared-by-white-people-become-synonymous-with-bland/1028828 "2026-03-27T22:42:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-food-prepared-by-white-people-become-synonymous-with-bland/1028828/181 "2026-04-02T19:52:45Z")
Bland white people food. And bland food in general. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-food-prepared-by-white-people-become-synonymous-with-bland/1028828/182 "2026-04-02T21:09:48Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I’ve read lots of accounts of, for example, a flock of drunk birds eating fermented mulberries. Oh man, I have personally observed this phenomenon, and it is SOMETHING. _“Yeh sure I c’n still fly jus’ fi—”_ KLUNK ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-food-prepared-by-white-people-become-synonymous-with-bland/1028828/183 "2026-04-05T01:14:45Z")
I’ve just moved to a patio home in a senior community. One of the perks is meal credits for the dining hall, which is supposed to be very good. On the specials menu for next week is Kielbasa with Pierogies. That, along with Veal Piccata, is the only food that might be called “ethnic.” (Tbh, Italian is not considered ethnic in Rochester; all other food is.) So either they do an ethnic food a week for variety or pierogies are considered as mainstream as Italian. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-food-prepared-by-white-people-become-synonymous-with-bland/1028828/184 "2026-04-05T01:46:07Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > Pierogi absolutely did make it to NYC, but like many things in NYC, it depends a lot on where exactly you live/work/hang out. There are Polish restaurants and delis and bakeries galore in my mother’s neighborhood - but in my neighborhood, 15 minutes away there’s a single Polish-European deli ( as in it carries imports from multiple European countries , not just Poland.) When I was in Poland some years ago, most of their food seemed beet-based to me. I’m not sure if it was mentioned in this thread, but last time I checked, France, Italy, Germany, Greece, and Spain consisted of mostly White People and their food isn’t considered “bland”. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-food-prepared-by-white-people-become-synonymous-with-bland/1028828/185 "2026-04-05T02:36:59Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > When I was in Poland some years ago, most of their food seemed beet-based to me. I was in Poland a couple of months ago, and beets were served in every meal outside of McDonald’s and other fast-food places. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-food-prepared-by-white-people-become-synonymous-with-bland/1028828/186 "2026-04-05T03:53:35Z")
I like German food, but it tends towards bland. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-food-prepared-by-white-people-become-synonymous-with-bland/1028828.md?page=9)