ENGLISH FOOD

2008-10-20T04:37:00.000-07:00

English food has traditionally been based on beef, lamb, pork, chicken and fish and generally served with potatoes and one other vegetable. The most common and typical foods eaten in Britain include the sandwich, fish and chips and pies.

Bangers & MashThis is mashed potatoes with sausages.

Black Pudding A thick sausage made with blood and fat.

Yorkshire pudding
A batter made with flour, eggs and milk and cooked in the oven.

A Ploughman's Lunch This is a very popular thing to eat if you go to eat in a "pub" at midday. It normally consists of a bread roll with a piece of cheese and a pickled onion. By the way there are many very good pickles that you can buy at the supermarket for example "branston pickle". Branston Pickle is not sold in any other countries but it is the perfect companion to cheese. (I always buy a jar when I go to England) British cheeses are very good. The most famous is Cheddar. Most of the cheeses are named after the region from where they come from egg. Red Leicester, Cheshire etc. There is a very good British blue cheese called Stilton although it can be rather expensive.

Haggis This is only normally eaten in Scotland. It is sheep's intestine stuffed with meat and vegetables.

Fish & Chips
You will almost certainly go to a fish and chip shop when you visit Britain. It is a shop which cooks fried potatoes called chips. They are usually accompanied by fish, pies, mushy peas, etc. The chips used to be wrapped in newspaper but now white paper is used. They often ask if you want salt and vinegar to be sprinkled over your chips. Be careful because sometimes they give you too much.

Pie
A pie is some food surrounded by pastry (pastry is a mixture of flour and butter). It is normally baked in the oven. The content of the pie can be sweet or savoury. Typical examples of pies are "steak and kidney pie" or "apple pie". There are variations of the pie such as cornish pasties. Pasties were originally invented so that working men could take their food to work with them. Someone told me that miners in the Cornish tin mines invented the cornish pastie. I suppose that if you work in a mine it is too much trouble to come to the surface to have lunch.

Bread & Butter
When the British eat bread they almost always cover it with butter or margarine. It is very common to see a plate of bread and butter on table when you eat. You can use it to soak up the gravy or juices left on your plate.

British Bread British bread is very good and if you go to the baker there are many different types of bread to choose from. However, although the bread is very good, the most popular type of bread in Britain is sliced white bread. This is sold in plastic packets and is not half as good as the bread which you must cut yourself.

Baked Beans
Baked beans are beans cooked in a tomato sauce. They come in cans and are normally eaten on toast. The British are very fond of baked beans.

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ENGLISH FOOD