“Traditional Food in england.”
English cuisine encompasses the cooking styles, traditions and recipes associated with England. It has distinctive attributes of its own, but also shares much with wider British cuisine, largely due to the importation of ingredients and ideas from places such as North America, China, and India during the time of the British Empire and as a result of post-war immigration.
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2. ENGLISH CUISINE
English cuisine encompasses the cooking styles, traditions and recipes associated with
England. It has distinctive attributes of its own, but also shares much with wider British cuisine,
largely due to the importation of ingredients and ideas from places such as North America,
China, and India during the time of the British Empire and as a result of post-war immigration.
In the Early Modern Period the food of England was historically characterised by its simplicity of
approach and a reliance on the high quality of natural produce. It is possible the effects of this
can still be seen in traditional cuisine.
Traditional meals have ancient origins, such as bread and cheese, roasted and stewed meats,
meat and game pies, boiled vegetables and broths, and freshwater and saltwater fish. The
14th-century English cookbook, the Forme of Cury, contains recipes for these, and dates from
the royal court of Richard II. In the second half of the 18th century Rev. Gilbert White, in The
Natural History of Selborne made note of the increased consumption of vegetables by
ordinary country people in the south of England, to which, he noted, potatoes had only been
added during the reign of George III: "Green-stalls in cities now support multitudes in
comfortable state, while gardeners get fortunes. Every decent labourer also has his garden,
which is half his support; and common farmers provide plenty of beans, peas, and greens, for
their hinds to eat with their bacon."
Other meals, such as fish and chips, which were once urban street food eaten from
newspaper with salt and malt vinegar, and pies and sausages with mashed potatoes, onions,
and gravy, are now matched in popularity by curries from the Indian subcontinent, and stir-
fries based on Chinese and Thai cuisine. French cuisine and Italian cuisine are also now widely
adapted. Britain was also quick to adopt the innovation of fast food from the United States,
and continues to absorb culinary ideas from all over the world while at the same time
rediscovering its roots in sustainable rural agriculture.
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3. 10 TRADITIONAL BRITISH DISHES
1) Welsh Rarebit.
This tasty treat is a chic version of cheese on toast and is made using
grated Cheddar or Stilton cheese and a mustard and beer sauce that is
mixed together with an egg and placed on top of a slice of toast before
being grilled in the oven.
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4. 2) BEEF WELLIGTON.
This is a whole fillet of beef covered in pastry and is similar
to the French beef en croute. However, to add a pinch of
patriotism, the British have renamed it after The Duke of
Wellington´s victory over Napoleon in Waterloo in 1815.
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5. 3) Sunday roast with Yorkshire pudding.
This is a traditional roast dinner with beef or lamb
and a good Yorkshire pudding which should be
light so you can mop up the juices of the meat.
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6. 4) FISH AND CHIPS
Served with
a simple
wedge of
lemon, fish
and chips
are
unbeatable
when nice
and crispy.
7. 5) CHIKEN TIKKA MASSALA
This is the UK’s most popular dish
and was, as legend says, created
in an Indian restaurant in Glasgow.
You are free to believe it or not!!!!
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8. 6) KEDGEREE
A delicious anglo-indian dish that is made by
cooking basmati rice with smoked haddock,
curry spices and hard boiled eggs. It is the
perfect dish for Sunday brunch in London.
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9. 7). HAGGIS, NEEPS AND TATTIES
The national dish of Scotland, this is made from
offel that has been boiled with oats and bran
for 3 hours in a casing of sheep’s stomach. Rest
assured, it tastes better than it sounds! It comes
served with potatoes and turnips.
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10. 8). STEAK AND KIDNEY PIE
The most flavorsome and
popular pie in the United
Kingdom- enjoy with a
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11. 9)STILTON AND WALNUT PIE
With between 3 and 4 million Britons who do not
eat meat, Britain offers great vegetarian cuisine.
This blend of a nutty tart with the strong blue
English cheese is simply divine!
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12. 10). LANCASHIRE HOTPOT
This is one of the most famous meals from the north of
England and is made up of a generous portion of lamb
that is covered in round slices of potatoes then baked in
a low oven for a whole day. To sample this dish- escape
London and head up north!
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