What are some popular foods in Great Britain?

Question

In the States we always hear about Yorkshire pudding and fish and chips. There has got to be so much more than that. This Yank doesn't live on cheeseburgers and fries, or even Pizza.

Answer 1

You can get Wensleydale cheese at Whole Foods grocery store.

The Sunday roast is perhaps the most common feature of British cooking. The Sunday dinner traditionally includes roast potatoes accompanying a roasted joint of meat such as roast beef, lamb or pork, or a roast chicken and assorted vegetables, themselves generally roasted or boiled and served with a thick gravy. Yorkshire pudding and onion gravy is often served as either a starter or accompaniment to the main course. Since its wide-spread availability after World War II the most popular Christmas roast is turkey. Game meats such as venison which were traditionally the domain of higher classes are occasionally also eaten by those wishing to experiment with a wider choice of foods, due to their promotion by Celebrity Chefs, such as Antony Worrall Thompson, although it is not generally eaten in the average household.

At home, the British have many original home-made desserts such as rhubarb crumble, bread and butter pudding, trifle and spotted d**k. The traditional accompaniment is custard, known as crème anglaise (English sauce or English Cream) to the French. The dishes are simple and traditional, with recipes passed on from generation to generation. There is also Christmas pudding.

Fish and chips

Notably, Britain is famous for its fish and chips, and has a huge amount of restaurants and take-away shops catering to it, it's possibly the most popular and uniquely British dish. The advent of take-away foods during the industrial revolution, lead to foods such as fish and chips, mushy peas, and steak and kidney pie with mashed potato (pie and mash). These were the staples of the UK take-away business, indeed British diets for many years, though ethnic influences, particularly Indian and Chinese, have led to the introduction of ethnic take-away foods.[1] From the 1980s onwards, a new variant on curry, the balti, began to become popular in the area around Birmingham, and by the mid 1990s was commonplace in Indian restaurants and takeaways over the country. Kebab houses, pizza restaurants and American-style fried chicken restaurants aiming at late night snacking have also become popular in urban areas.

Sunday roast consisting of roast beef, roast potatoes, vegetables and yorkshire pudding

At teatime, especially in Devon and its associated areas, meals eaten include scones with jam and butter or clotted cream, while nationwide, assorted biscuits and sandwiches are often eaten. Teatime is not practised by many British people in the 21st century, having been replaced by snacking, or simply ignored, although regional variations do exist and many areas such as Devon and Cornwall feature establishments catering to tourists with traditional cream teas.

The full English breakfast (also known as "cooked breakfast" or "fried breakfast") also remains a culinary classic. It's contents vary, but it normally consists of a combination of bacon, fried eggs, grilled tomatoes, fried bread, black pudding, baked beans, fried mushrooms, sausages, hash browns, scrambled eggs, boiled eggs, and other variations on these ingredients and others.

Bacon Sandwiches, often referred to as "bacon sarnies" or "bacon butties" are commonplace as well, sometimes eaten as an informal outdoor breakfast or in midmorning as a workplace snack.

A unique sandwich filling is Marmite, a dark brown savoury spread made from yeast extract, with a tar-like texture and a strong, salty taste. There are also butterfly cakes, simple small sponge cakes which can be iced or eaten plain.

Tea, usually served with milk, is consumed throughout the day and is sometimes drunk with meals. Coffee is perhaps a little less common than in continental Europe, but is still drunk by many, typically with milk. Italian coffee preparations such as espresso and cappuccino are extremely popular, especially in more urban areas, while tea, though still an essential part of British life, is less ubiquitous than it was. In recent years herbal teas and specialty teas have become popular. In more formal contexts wine can be served with meals, though for semi-formal and informal meals beer or cider may also be drunk.

Kedgeree, a popular breakfast dish in the Victorian era

In the Victorian era, during the British Raj, Britain first started borrowing Indian dishes, creating Anglo-Indian cuisine, some of which is still eaten today although many once-popular Anglo-Indian dishes such as kedgeree have largely faded from the scene.

Another formal British culinary tradition rarely observed today is the consumption of a savoury course, such as Welsh rarebit, toward the conclusion of a meal. Most main meals today end with a sweet dessert, although cheese and biscuits may be consumed as an alternative or as an addition. In Yorkshire, fruit cake is often served with Wensleydale cheese. For formal meals, coffee is a usual culminatory drink.

Answer 2

sausages

Answer 3

To be honest, the most popular take away dish in the UK is Tikka Masala (Indian curry, which was actually developed in the UK to suit the British taste bud). Then, depending where you live, a wide range of foods are popular. Due to its cosmopolitanism, it is hard to say what is most popular in London: French, Thai, Chinese, etc.

Indian is on everybody’s agenda, and Kebabs are a must for nights out. Great Britain has great dishes, that you will find best served in country side pubs (here comes the Yorkshire puddings, Shepperd's pie, bangs and mash, etc)

Other delicacies included toasts with marmite and melted cheddar (add grilled bacon for my favourite student quick fix), toasts and baked beans (preferable the Heinz ones). And then you have the perennial full English breakfast, that I can personally only digest once every 2 months, but great way to start a lazy Sunday.

Answer 4

Baked beans and green peas, meat with a crust around it and custard as dessert. I used to eat that in school when I lived in Lanarkshire when I was a kid.

typical Scottish

and in the morning eggs with sausages, indeed

Answer 5

the famous british breakfast: eggs, sausage or bacon, tomato - very often grilled, and some tosts!

and as well some tosts with jams

Answer 6

really great stuffed pot pies, there are so many things they put in them...you're sure to find one you like

Answer 7

England:

Bangers and Mash (sausages and potatoes)

Steak and Kidney pie

Ireland:

Shepherds pie