Typical English foods include: 1. A full breakfast consisting of eggs, bacon, and other fried foods with regional variations like a Full English or Full Monty ordering all available items. 2. Afternoon tea traditionally consisting of sandwiches, scones and cream, and cakes served between 3-5pm either formally or simply with tea and biscuits. 3. Sunday roast featuring roasted meats like beef or chicken served with roast potatoes and vegetables with gravy, originally made for leftovers on Monday.

1. Typical English foods

2. Full breakfast Traditionally comprises of eggs and bacon, also several other fried foods. Parts of UK have their own variation Also called a Fry-up Full English or Full Monty is when everything that’s available is ordered Many cafés and pubs serve an all-day breakfast

3. Afternoon tea A light meal eaten 3-5pm Sandwiches (cucumber, egg and cress, smoked salmon), scones with clotted cream and jam (cream tea), cakes and pastries (fruit cake or Victoria sponge) A formal tea is taken as a treat in a hotel, café or tea shop Nowadays people take a simpler refreshment of tea and biscuits

4. Sunday roast Roasted joint of beef, lamb, pork or chicken Served with roast, boiled or mashed potatoes Assorted vegetables and gravy, Yorkshire pudding Originally cooked on Sunday to make for an easy meal on Monday, consisting of the left-overs (bubble and squeak) A more elaborate version is eaten at Christmas, the most popular meat being turkey

5. Fish and chips Became popular among working class Usually cod or haddock, deep-fried in batter Traditionally served in newspaper, eaten at the seaside Served with salt and vinegar, portion of mushy peas Chip shop- “Chippy”

6. Sausages Pork and beef are most common, some gourmet varieties include venison or wild boar Famous regional varieties such as Lincolnshire and Cumberland Common types such as Pork and apple, beef and stilton, pork and mozzarella Colloquially known as “bangers” Toad in the hole combines sausages with batter served with gravy

7. Curry A sauce-based dish flavoured with curry powder and spices Britain began borrowing and adapting Indian dishes during the British Raj A night out in the pub followed by a curry is a tradition for many people One of the most popular take-away foods Chicken tikka masala is so popular it’s considered a true British dish Curry sauce is used as a condiment, usually with chips