Characteristics of British food culture

The traditional English breakfast consists of fried bacon, sausage and fried toast. This is called "fried food". But now most people are too busy to eat this kind of rich breakfast every day, so now the most popular kinds of breakfast are: a bowl of cornflakes with milk; some yogurt with fresh fruit; toast spread with jam, and usually drink tea, coffee, or juice at breakfast.

The British still enjoy a traditional English breakfast on weeknights. Traditional English breakfasts are served in all hotels and restaurants, especially in the well-known B&B's.

2. Lunch is simple

British people eat Chinese food quickly, unlike Italians. Lunch usually takes about 30 to 40 minutes and many Brits eat sandwiches, perhaps because they were invented in Britain. Usually people make sandwiches at home in the morning and eat them at lunchtime, sandwiches are the British lunchbox. Equally popular for lunch are baked potatoes.

Snacks are quite common in Britain, especially chocolate, and especially at about eleven o'clock in the morning and three o'clock in the afternoon. British children have the biggest sweet tooth in the world, which keeps British dentists very busy.

3. Dinner is formal

The most substantial part of the day is dinner, also known as the main meal, which consists of at least three courses, with the most common main course being roasted meats in gravy, as well as steaks, hams, fish, etc., and mashed potatoes, vegetable salads, etc., and usually beer or wine. Soup is served before the meal, and fruit afterward.

4. Tea drinking

British people are fond of drinking tea. Drinking tea in the British view is a pleasure, for the western countries of the crown. They especially love to drink China's Keemun black tea. But in the drinking method is different from us, generally add a little milk, and is the first milk poured into the tea cup and then rushed tea, not in the steep tea with milk, many people also like to add some sugar. But the British do not drink tea at work, mostly at tea breaks, generally at meals and after meals do not drink tea.

5. Drinking is a preference

British people at mealtime, usually love to drink beer, but also like to drink whiskey and other spirits. Meals used to drink first, like to drink wine, beer, whiskey and so on. In addition, the Scottish people are very fond of their home specialty spirits whisky, but many people no longer drink pure whisky, but with ice water, soda water or soft drinks. From the point of view of taste, the British and Australians love sweet and sour taste, do not like too salty, focus on nutrition, pay attention to fresh, healthy food is very popular.

6. Diversified diet

The food and cooking in the UK is constantly changing. Chinese, Indian, Italian and French food are just as popular as traditional food across the UK, with McDonald's, Burger King, Italian pizzas, Indian restaurants, Chinese restaurants and takeaways all over the place. In most cities, Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi restaurants compete with Lebanese, Persian, Indonesian, Spanish and Mexican Moroccan restaurants. These imported foods make up the modern diet of Britain.