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I agree with you that there is less of an obvious class split (can only really speak to France and Spain), but it's not like that everywhere and importantly across the generations. Attributing importance to eating and family time definitely changes peoples attitudes to food.
Galicia is wonderful, especially for seafood, an Tbh I've never had a bad meal there, but I have had some pretty average greesy stuff in remote places in both North and South Spain.
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Triggered...
I was at the supermarket with my mum and dad today, it's a small market town on the road between A Coruña and Santiago de Compostela, completely unremarkable... This little chain supermarket has huge fresh meat and fish counters, you grab a ticket and wait to be served... The people that shop there are normal working people, no middle class types, they are the most discerning shoppers you'll find anywhere... The fresh produce is top draw and it's all very affordable, if something isn't good it doesn't get offered for sale because people just won't buy it... They know what they're looking for, they know food...
I can't speak for Northern Europeans but us down in the south know our onions while you're more likely to find a British person of a similar demographic in the frozen food aisle at Iceland... This isn't even a class thing, BITD the busiest area in my local M&S in Brixton was always the ready meal section crammed with young white professionals... It's a cultural thing...