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Those things about eating in England

English food can be described in one word: simplicity. In short, there are only two ways to make it: oven baking or hot pot cooking. Do not put condiments when cooking, and add some salt, pepper or mustard when eating.

With the development of social process, the dietary tastes of many countries are constantly changing, which stimulates the taste buds of diners. However, there are few new ideas on the British table, the ingredients are unchanged, the habits are unchanged, the taste is unchanged, and even the cooking methods are lacking in change, just like the unchanging British gentleman, which is conservative in tradition.

Time flies, thousands of years have passed, and other countries have developed all kinds of fresh cooking methods, but the British are stuck in the past. I guess it's because Britain is an island country, with a certain distance from the European continent, and it's hard to be influenced by it. On the other hand, it took the British several years to get used to the so-called food culture. The only small gain is that chocolate was invented in America and spread to Britain on 1980. The British were curious about how to eat it, and later found that it could be handled in a classic way-frying it in sheep oil for a day before eating it.

Bread, bacon, stewed fruit, cereal, orange juice, etc. It's an English breakfast; Lunch and dinner are usually two dishes, one soup and snacks. They have the habit of drinking coffee in the afternoon. Coffee, cakes, sandwiches, puddings, etc. It is the main food of afternoon tea. In addition, the British also have the habit of drinking before meals. Scotland is famous for its whisky.

Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a beggar. This English proverb can tell the true meaning of English brunch and dinner.

The British royal family has been a model of the British people's lifestyle since ancient times. As long as it is the life of the royal family, the upper class will follow suit, and ordinary people will naturally follow suit.

British breakfast culture originated in the13rd century, which was the Plantagenet Dynasty in Britain and the first golden age in British history. Henry II, Richard I, King Lionheart and King Edward I of England of England are all wise kings in English history. The prosperity of national strength has improved people's quality of life, more people can imitate the luxurious style of the royal family, and aristocratic breakfast has become popular and formed a long-term culture. In the future, no matter whether Britain is strong or not, the breakfast of aristocratic descent will still be passed down.

Nowadays, English breakfast, without those high-calorie foods, began to choose cereals, vegetable salads and fruits as the staple foods for breakfast. The order of eating is to drink juice first, then oatmeal and cornflakes, then main courses such as sausage and fried eggs, and finally a cup of black tea.

The most classic drink of English breakfast is breakfast tea. English people have strong breakfast tea, and they choose black tea from the old colonies in South Asia. Some people like a single variety of tea, others like mixed tea, which comes from India, Ceylon, Kenya and other places, and some people drink black tea from China.

The most suitable English breakfast tea is tea. Asamika. Tea leaves are thin and flat in appearance, dark brown in color, thick in tea soup, dark red and slightly brown in color, with faint malt fragrance and rose fragrance, and strong in taste. Another famous Darjeeling tea has a soft and light taste and is suitable for afternoon tea. Heavy-flavored black tea will have astringent taste, which can be neutralized with milk to increase the pleasant milk flavor.

Lunch is simple, just a sandwich and vegetable salad.

Perhaps the greatest invention Britain has contributed to the world is the sandwich. Sandwiches are usually served as lunch at noon. Making a sandwich looks very simple now, but it just puts cheese or ham between two pieces of bread. But before sandwiches appeared, who thought they could be matched like this? /kloc-In the 8th century, the Earl of Sandwich, a small town in southeast England, asked his servant to put cold meat between two pieces of bread and send it to his desk so that he could work while eating. Later, two pieces of bread and meat became the original version of the sandwich. Up to now, the food that can be added in the sandwich is far more than meat.

Generally speaking, it means bread and cheese. It is speculated that at first, some farmers may do this, wrap bread and cheese in handkerchiefs and take them to the fields to eat. Now, some bars and pubs in Britain still have this so-called "peasant lunch". Ordering one with a glass of malt beer is a perfect match. But now the "peasant lunch" has also developed and innovated, and various "XX lunches" have appeared. For example, "farmer's lunch" refers to bread and chicken, "herder's lunch" refers to bread and ham, and "French lunch" refers to brie cheese and baguette ... If you want to change the collocation of cheese and bread, you can also try Welsh cheese bread slices.

English afternoon tea is part of the British diet. The concept of "afternoon tea" of the British royal family originated in England in 1840. It's all because a duchess was hungry before dinner in the afternoon. The ceremony gradually became exquisite, and she invited her friends to enjoy it, so soon, everyone in the upper class had afternoon tea from 3 pm to 5 pm.

The most orthodox time for afternoon tea is four o'clock in the afternoon. Because in the past, the British nobles in the manor lived a rich breakfast and little lunch, and they lived at 8 o'clock in the evening. Generally, they needed to eat some desserts at 4 or 5 o'clock every afternoon.

High tea refers to enjoying it on a high table in a restaurant, which is popular among the general public, because dinner won't start until 8 o'clock at the earliest. It's a pre-dinner snack to replenish your strength after a hard day's work.

A typical English dinner is "one meat and two dishes". "One meat" generally means choosing pork, beef and mutton; "Two kinds of vegetables" are two treasures that the British absolutely cannot lack, potatoes and carrots, and sometimes cabbage or broccoli. Although this collocation has been popular for centuries, it is estimated that it will last as long as pasta is to northerners in China and rice is to southerners.

Let's talk about meat first. British people love to eat beef, mutton and even venison, and meat-based dishes emerge one after another. Where is the best meat in England? I'm afraid I can't do it without elaborating. Angus cattle in Scotland provide the best beef in Britain, while mutton in Wales is also famous. As for venison, it is very common in Scotland, and it is also common in parts of Wales and England.

British people like barbecue, especially roast beef. Will you feel too tired after eating barbecue? Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, another classic English dish, is even called the national dish of Britain. This kind of pudding is actually baked batter, usually bowl-shaped, with stew, beans and vegetables, and even curry may appear. After all, curry has now surpassed fish and chips in the hearts of the British people and occupied the leading position in British takeaway.

Yorkshire pudding, as one of the classic British dishes, often appears in people's Sunday lunches and dinners. Unlike the pudding we imagined, Yorkshire pudding is more like a kind of bread, and its taste is similar to soft bread. The taste is slightly salty, coffee cup-shaped, with a soft depression in the middle and crisp periphery. Simply put, Yorkshire pudding is bread baked with proper cooking techniques. It is very delicious, especially suitable for juicy meat. Another kind of Yorkshire pudding is sausage. The two are combined into one, and there is also a nice name "toad in the hole", which is also a food match for classic English dinner. Besides, in pubs and cafes in northern England, pudding is put in a bowl with stew, beans, vegetables and sauces, and a plate of authentic local food becomes!

The most famous dishes in Britain are fish and chips. It is called the national food of Britain. Originated from the British Isles in Europe, it is wrapped in delicious pulp powder and then fried. Serve with crispy French fries and various seasonal vegetable salads. Fishermen invented this method hundreds of years ago to keep the meat of wild fish caught from the deep sea fresh.

No matter what people all over the world think of this "famous dish", it is labeled as "a famous English dish", and it is becoming more and more confident and has great potential for development. There are 1. 1 more than ten thousand fish and chips shops in China, and this fast food can sell about 255 million copies every year. This traditional food is fish (usually cod and haddock) coated with powder and fried on both sides, and then served with English fries thicker than American fries. Traditional food ingredients include salt, vinegar, tomato sauce or mayonnaise and pea paste.

Go to all parts of Britain and see that the fish and chips in each place taste different. In some places, the potato chips are soft and a little wet, and in some places, the potato chips are a little hard. In some places, fish are light, while in others, fish are heavy. In short, far from the sea, the ability to control this dish is even weaker. I suggest you go to Linhai Town to experience the most delicious fish and chips. Of course, people in China prefer a bowl of pickled mustard tuber porridge or fermented bean curd.

Aubergine (eggplant): There is no doubt that it is the eggplant we often talk about, but it is much bigger than China eggplant, with less water and harder. American English and Australian English are called "eggplant";

Sausage: also often called sausage; In spoken language;

Bap (soft roll): a large, wide and soft roll;

Black pudding (black sausage); A sausage is made from pig blood.

Bun: a sweet roll, such as a cream roll;

BYO: Bring your own drinks when you eat;

Corkage fee: Don't think that only China has corkage fee;

Milk tea: one tea+one jam/cream scone;

Fish sticks: Breaded fish fillets, often sold in a frozen state;

Grease spoon (cheap snack bar): generally used in spoken English;

Pimms (floating fairy wine): made of spirits+lemon+mint+fresh fruit;

Shepherd's pie: a cake baked with a layer of minced meat, beef and onion and a layer of mashed potatoes;

Shout: It's usually a group of people who take turns buying drinks.

Cubicle: A cubicle in a bar;

Syrup: black syrup.