British cuisine

British food is the combination of

cuisines from England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland (the
United Kingdom). But it’s really
much more than that. British
cuisine is both an appreciation of
classic UK dishes and food
traditions, as well as the
recognition of more contemporary
food eaten in Britain, which is
influenced by other parts of the
world.
The history of Britain has
played an important role in its
food culture. The Romans
introduced cherries, cabbages,
peas, stinging nettles (as a salad
vegetable) and of course, wine,
which they tried to produce in
southern England and certainly
imported from home.
The road network built by the
Romans also allowed for the
movement of produce around
the country. The Vikings
brought techniques for smoking
fish still seen in the cuisines of
the Hebrides and Orkney
Islands.
The increase in overseas trade
from Tudor times onwards saw
the arrival and adoption of new
kinds of foods in Britain: spices
from the Far East, potatoes,
peppers and sugar from the
Americas and Caribbean.
Coffee and cocoa arrived from
South America and later tea
from India. Eccles Cakes are
said to have started in Puritan
times when rich cakes and
biscuits were prohibited.
So what exactly is typical British cuisine? The cliche of British food is meat and
two veg and traditionally British cuisine has a base of meat or fish - beef, lamb,
pork, chicken and fish - served with potatoes and other vegetables.

Many traditional
British meals have
historic origins: bread
and cheese, meat and
game pies, roasted and
stewed meats, boiled
vegetables and soups,
and freshwater and
saltwater fish.
Roast Beef and Yorkshire
Pudding, Steak and Kidney
Pie, Trifle - these are the
dishes that everyone
associates with Britain. But
like the country of Britain
which is constantly changing
and evolving, so is British
food, and whilst today these
dishes are 'traditionally
British', they are constantly
being reinterpreted using
different ingredients.
The most popular
British food
ENGLISH BREAKFAST
Famous English Breakfast, also known as
Full Breakfast, is a synonym of England
and the United Kingdom.
Typical English breakfast comes with
fried eggs, English sausages, Black
Pudding (English blood sausages), bacon,
tomatoes, baked beans, mushrooms, and
is traditionally served with tea or coffee.
If you want to start your day as a true
Englishman in England, then you should
have an English breakfast in the morning.
Although these days English Full
Breakfast is served as ‘all-day breakfast’.
 Fish and Chips
Fish and Chips is probably the most popular British
food known across the globe. Fish (cod) and chips
(deep-fried) is one of the typical English meals that
is typically served wrapped in a paper with salt and
malt vinegar.
The origin of the Fish and Chips culture in the UK
was brought to the British isles by the Jewish
immigrants from Holland wherein they serve it every
Friday for religious reasons. The British culture
eventually embraces and love the fish and fried
chips.
In 1860 in Oldham, Greater Manchester area began
the first fish and chips shop in the country and the
introduction to the “fast food” culture in every
British high street. Fish and Chips is definitely one
of the British foods that you should try when you
visit the UK.
 Roast Dinner
A Sunday won’t be complete without this
best British meal – the Sunday Roast
dinner. Roast dinner is traditionally served
on a Sunday, but you can have it any time
of the week.
The Sunday roast is typically comprising of
different roasted meats like chicken breast,
turkey, pork and beef. Served with various
seasonal vegetables, roasts potatoes and
gravy.
Roast dinner are also served on special
events like the Christmas and New Year.
They are considered as the highlight of
every British household during the
holidays.
 Cottage Pie
Cottage pie is one of the traditional
British food favourites. However, it is not
exactly your classic pastry pie. It is
basically made up of minced beef with
vegetables and gravy topped with mashed
potatoes.
You can easily get a cottage pie in most
of the English pub restaurants. It is one of
the classic pub British foods in the UK.
The other popular variation of this kind
of pie is Sheppard’s pie which is made of
minced lamb and Fish pie which is made
of cod, white fish and salmon.
 Bangers and Mash
Sausage and mash (also known as
‘bangers and mash’) will surely always
be one of the most popular dinners in the
UK, purely because it’s the perfect
comfort food.
Creamy mashed potatoes topped with
thick pork ‘bangers’ and gravy really is
one of the most epic British food
traditions.
Bangers and mash is usually best served
with vegetables such as peas, carrots or
cabbage, plus fried onions.
 Welsh Cawl is essentially a
Welsh Cawl soup, or broth, from Wales.
Except, it’s so much more
than just a soup or broth
from Wales.
To make Welsh Cawl,
chunks of lamb or beef are
cooked in a broth along with
vegetables such as leek,
potato, swede and carrot.
A Welsh Cawl is widely
considered to be the national
dish of Wales and hence,
one of Britain’s national
dishes.
 Toad In The Hole
No actual toads are involved in this
popular British food. This is basically
sausages in a massive Yorkshire pudding
and it is typically served with gravy. It
was known to be first noted in the 18th
century as a traditional British food for
poor households to extend the ration of
meat in their meal.
It’s still unknown where the “Toad” came
from as this British food was originally
made from the leftover stew meat and
repurpose as “Meat boiled in the crust”.
 Haggis is a national dish of
Haggis Scotland. This most famous
traditional Scottish dish is made
from sheep liver, heart, and
lungs with oatmeal, onions, and
salt and spices. This well-liked
dish of Scotland was
traditionally cooked in a
sheep’s stomach but in modern
times it is cooked in an
artificial casing. This famous
Scottish meat pudding is a
hearty dish with a peppery
flavor, traditionally served at
Burns Night festival dedicated
to famous Scottish poet Robert
Burns on January 25.
 CHRISTMAS
PUDDING
Famous Christmas pudding is a cake
traditionally served for Christmas
dinner in Britain, the UK, and beyond.
English Christmas pudding is a
traditional Christmas dessert made with
dried fruits and breadcrumbs, aged for
Christmas dinner for days before
Christmas, and doused with brandy just
before serving. Traditionally a silver
coin or trinket was placed inside the
cake bringing luck to the person who
would found it.
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