Australian Woman's 'Dirt Spices' Remark on Indian Food Outrages Foodies: 'Go Have Bland Food'

Australian journalist Dr Sydney Watson has rightly written “troublemaker” in her bio on X (formerly Twitter) as she has outraged foodies with her remarks on Indian food. Dr Watson said that the food from India “tastes like burning” and went so far as to call fans of this particular cuisine “masochistic”. She further labelled Indian spices as “dirt spices”.

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But, how did it all start?

It all started with a Texas man sharing a picture of his mouthwatering meal in India, with the caption, “Indian food is the best on Earth. Fight me.” It included three different curries, rice, kebabs and chutneys. Jeff’s post blew up on the microblogging platform, clocking over 23.9 million views.

While many shared their own list of cuisines from different parts of the world, many started trolling him for labelling Indian food as the “best in the world”, including Dr Watson.

She not only said that the food “isn’t the best on Earth” but also said that it contains “dirt spices”.

“If your food requires you to put dirt spices all over it in order for it to be palatable, your food is not good,” she wrote on X. She further explained that anything other than “salt, pepper and cinnamon” is a “dirt spice”.

This particular comment outraged foodies, with many suggesting her to have “bland food”. One X user said, “It is definitely better than Australian food which is the worst English food with kangaroo meat replacing the beef.”

“I fact-checked it, and it is, in fact, the best food,” commented another.

A third accused her of “Nazi dog whistling”.

“Imagine being so bland in life that the mere sight of spice in someone’s food offends you,” expressed a fourth.

A fifth gave her a little reality check: “European countries used to go to war for control over the spice trade in India,” with another adding, “The same ‘dirt spices’ were once valuable enough to spark wars. Maybe there’s something to be said for adding a little flavour to life, huh?”

“From reading her comments she probably thinks mayonnaise is too spicy,” joked yet another Internet user.