France is a nation with one religion and many sauces; England is a nation with many religions and only one sauce.

It is very remarkable, that in France, where there is but one religion, the sauces are infinitely varied, whilst in England, where the different sects are innumerable, there is, we may say, but one single sauce. Melted butter, in English cookery, plays nearly the same part as the Lord Mayor's coach at civic ceremonies, calomel in modern medicine, or silver forks in the fashionable novels. Melted butter and anchovies, melted butter and capers, melted butter and parsley, melted butter and eggs, and melted butter for ever: this is a sample of the national cookery of this country. | Also attributed to Francesco Caracciolo [Burton Stevenson, The Home Book Of Quotations: Classical And Modern (1935) p. 316 no. 10 (New York : Dodd, Mead)] | Related quotes and attributions | Voltaire: If there were only one religion in England... quote above | Giuseppe Baretti (1768) An Account of the Manners and Customs of Italy Vol. II p. 316 (London : T. Davies ; L. Davis & C. Raymer) | I once heard a Frenchman swear that he hated the English, parce qu'ils versent du beurre fondu sur leur veau rôti. | Giuseppe Baretti (1777) Discours sur Shakespeare et sur monsieur de Voltaire p. 39 (London; Paris : J. Nourse; Durand neveu) | N'a-t-il [sc. Voltaire] pas dit dans ses Ouvrages qu'en Angleterre il n'y a pas d'hypocrites d'aucune espèce, et qu'on verse du beurre fondu sur le Roast-Beef? | Elizabeth, Princess Berkeley (1826) Memoirs of the Margravine of Anspach, Formerly Lady Craven Vol. II p. 141 (Paris: A and W Galignani) | Barretti, who is an ingenious writer, remarks that almost every nation hates its neighbours, without knowing the reason for such hatred. I once heard a Frenchman declare, that he hated the English, parce qu'ils versent du beurre fondu sur leur veau rôti. Voltaire said of us, though he did not hate us on that account, that we had but one sauce, and that was melted butter, to every thing. How strong are prejudices!

Omitting the France clause; sect rather than religion; specific numbers rather than many; gravy rather than sauce; the sauce specified as melted butter; the United States rather than England.