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British food

British cuisine includes: grilled steak, fish and chips, Victoria sponge cake, bitter beer, Eton Max and so on.

1, Grilled Steak: It is a masterpiece of British cuisine. It is to roast a large piece of raw beef in the oven with oil, just like frying a steak. The cooked beef can be eaten with western mustard sauce, and Yorkshire pudding as an auxiliary dish is also famous.

2. Fish and chips: This is a cheap and convenient food. Fried fish are mostly plaice or cod, which are eaten with salt or vinegar together with French fries and are very popular with ordinary people.

3. Victoria sponge cake: there is a long-standing tradition in British society-afternoon tea party. Victoria sponge cake is a classic must-have for afternoon tea in Britain. It is named after Queen Victoria's favorite sponge cake.

4. Bitter beer: Bitter beer is the most representative beer in Britain, which originated from18th century. At first, as a substitute for traditional British malt liquor, its biggest feature is its low alcohol content, which can be fermented in just a few days at the temperature of wine cellar.

5. Eton Max is a dessert made of strawberries, cream and meringue, which originated from Eton College, an aristocratic school in Windsor. One theory is that 1796, Eton College and its old rival Winchester first met in a narrow way in a cricket match, when the dessert Eton Max appeared on the table.

English cuisine

It can be described in one word, simple. There are only two ways to make it: baking it in an oven or cooking it in a pot. When cooking, don't put seasoning. When eating, add some salt, pepper or mustard, spicy soy sauce and so on according to your personal preference. The choice of ingredients in British cuisine is relatively simple. Although it is an island country with a vast sea area, due to geographical and natural conditions, the fishing grounds are not very good, so the British do not pay attention to seafood and prefer beef, mutton and poultry. Simple and effective use of high-quality raw materials, as far as possible to maintain the original texture and flavor, is an important feature of British cuisine. There are not many choices of cooking materials for British cuisine. Generally, it is made of a single raw material, and the chef is required to keep the original flavor of the dish without adding ingredients. British cuisine is known as "home cooking", and the British cooking method is rooted in home cooking, so only when the raw materials are made in China, made in China and made by ourselves can the dishes achieve satisfactory results.