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Ok so it's not "typically English" as in of local origin (though it is actually a British invention) but it's definitely among the most popular, along with fish'n'chips and the other classics - there was a tv series a couple of years ago that explore... See more
Ok so it's not "typically English" as in of local origin (though it is actually a British invention) but it's definitely among the most popular, along with fish'n'chips and the other classics - there was a tv series a couple of years ago that explored the results of a poll:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0563488662/ref=ase_lowthcom-21/202-2386607-2395024 In a major online poll, the BBC asked the British public to choose their 100 favourite dishes in 10 categories ranging from Comfort Food to Food of Love, and from Food for Convenience to Party Food to Outdoor Food. While many of the votes were for some of the nation's classic dishes, there were also some surprisig winners and the results will form the basis of a major 10-part BBC series that gives a fascinating insight into the way we eat today. This book accompanying the series contains recipes for all the winning dishes including modern twists on old favourites like fish and chips, full English breakfast, spaghetti bolognese and the quintessentially British scones with jam and clotted cream.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/211002.stm Whether hot, mild, creamy or dry, Indian food can claim to be the UK's national food. Even the unofficial England World Cup song, Vindaloo, was named after it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/177_food/page5.shtml Chicken tikka masala is Britain's favourite curry dish and it is said to have been invented by a Bangladeshi chef. It is supposed to be an Indian dish, yet nobody in India knows about it. Meanwhile in Britain, Marks & Spencer sells about 19 tonnes of the chicken tikka masala curry every week and 23 million portions a year are sold in Britain's more than 8,000 Indian restaurants, half of them located in and around London.
Meat 'n' two veg? What comes into your mind when you think of British food? Fish and chips might be your first thought, closely followed by 'meat and two vegetables' type of dishes...
Regional cuisine The four countries of the UK have produced some diverse foods and dishes including over 400 types of cheeses, haggis, soups such as mulligatawny, black pudding, Lancashire hotpot, Welsh Rarebit, Norfolk pork sausages... So, definitely not just roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. There has been a huge resurgence of interest in these 'traditional' British dishes in recent years reinforcing their importance to our national culture.
What do people eat? However, do people in the UK actually eat food like this most of the time? The closest answer is that although certain dishes have maintained their popularity with those who like them (black pudding is a regular feature of many fried breakfasts, or 'fry-ups') the foods that are eaten by British people everyday often have their origins in other countries.
A nation of curry lovers http://www2.britishcouncil.org/ism/ukinfocus/ukinfocus-past-issues/ukinfocus-food/ukinfocus-food-curry.htm Popular dish Curry is one of the UK’s most popular dishes – certainly in terms of what to eat when you go out and what to get as a takeaway. Perhaps the most notorious curry in the UK is chicken tikka massala – supposedly a completely British creation to suit our tastes and a dish that has several myths about its origins. ▲ Collapse
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