2. Traditional British dishes have had competition from other dishes over the
years. Despite this, if you visit England, Scotland or Wales, you can still be
served up the traditional foods we have been eating for years.
Here, you are going to see three basic British dishes.
Enjoy them!
1. BRITISH BREAKFAST
2. ROAST BEEF
3. FISH AND CHIPS
4. SHEPHERDS ' PIE
5. Internet LINKS
3. 1. BRITISH BREAKFAST
It consists basically of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread,
mushrooms, and baked beans; with coffee or tea and orange
juice.
4. 2. ROAST BEEF
Roast beef is a dish of beef which is roasted in an oven. Essentially
prepared as a main meal, the leftovers can be and are often served
within sandwiches and sometimes are used to make hash. In the
United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, and Australia, roast beef is one of
the meats traditionally served at Sunday dinner, although it is also
often served as a cold cut in delicatessen stores, usually in
sandwiches. A traditional side dish to roast beef is Yorkshire pudding.
5. 3. FISH AND CHIPS
Fish (cod, haddock, huss, plaice) deep fried in flour batter with chips
(fried potatoes) dressed in malt vinegar. This is England's traditional
take-away food or as US would say "to go". Fish and chips are not
normally home cooked but bought at a fish and chip shop
("chippie" ) to eat on premises or as a "take away"
6. 4. SHEPHERDS ' PIE
Cottage pie or shepherd's pie is a meat pie with a crust of mashed
potato.
The term cottage pie is known to have been in use in 1791, when the
potato was being introduced as an edible crop affordable for the poor
( "cottage" meaning a modest dwelling for rural workers).
In early cookery books, the dish was a means of using leftover roasted
meat of any kind, and the pie dish was lined with mashed potato as well
as having a mashed potato crust on top.
7. Here you have three links where you can go on reading
about this topic.
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/food.html
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/food.html
http://britishfood.about.com/od/traditionalbritish/Traditional_British_Recipes.htm
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/cuisines/british/
