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1、精品文档British Cuisine精品文档精品文档British CuisineAlthough Britain doesnt have the best of reputations for its food, thepeople of Britain do in fact enjoy an enormously varied diet. And,although, its cuisine might not be world-renowned, it would be a mistake to completely ignore its delights. My article att
2、empts to give you aninsight into the British diet, way of eating, and includes a timeline for the typical Britons meals.General IntroductionBritish cuisine has traditionally been limited in its internationalrecognition to the full breakfast, fish and chips, and the Christmas dinner.Other famous Brit
3、ish dishes include the Sunday roast, steak and kidneypie, shepherds pie, and bangers and mash. British cuisine has manyregional varieties within the broader categories of English, Scottish andWelsh cuisine. Each have developed their own regional or local dishes,many of which are geographically indic
4、ated foods such as Cornish pasties, 精品文档精品文档the Yorkshire pudding, Arbroath Smokie, and Welsh cakes.British cuisine is the specific set of cooking traditions and practicesassociated with the United Kingdom. British cuisine has been describedas unfussy dishes made with quality local ingredients, matc
5、hed withsimple sauces to accentuate flavour, rather than disguise it. However,British cuisine has absorbed the cultural influence of those that havesettled in Britain, producing hybrid dishes, such as the Anglo-Indian chicken tikka masala.The Norman conquest introduced exotic spices into England in
6、theMiddle Ages. The British Empire facilitated a knowledge of Indiaselaborate food tradition of strong, penetrating spices and herbs. Foodrationing policies, put in place by the British government during wartimeperiods of the 20th century, are said to have been the stimulus for Britishcuisines poor
7、international reputation. Contrary to popular belief,people in southern England eat more garlic per head than the people of northern France.Traditional Britons Favorite FoodsBubble and Squeak. The name of this dishrefers to the sound it makes while cooking. Thisrecipe can be modified by substituting
8、 thebrussel sprouts with any left-over vegetablesyou might have in the kitchen (boiled cabbage,精品文档精品文档carrots, leeks, etc.). This dish is perfect with “HP” brown sauce another British culinary tradition!Cheese and Onion Pie. A tradition filled pastry pie. Some families, inthe north of England, add
9、potatoes to this recipe. Serve with chips (french fries) and baked beans in tomato sauce.Haggis. Haggis is a purely Scottish dish, and is typically served on“Burns night”, 25thJanuary, when Scotland celebrates the birth of itsgreatest poet, Robert Burns, who was born in Ayrshire on that date in1759.
10、 The haggis is quite simply a large boiling sausage stuffed with a variety of meat and oatmeal, flavoured with onion and seasoning.A Timeline for Britons MealsBreakfast. Traditionally many Britons have started the day withsomething called a “full English Breakfast”. This typically comprises of thefo
11、llowing things: toasted bread, spread with butter, jam, marmalade orhoney; followed by a “fry up” or cooked breakfast of fried bread,sausages, bacon, mushrooms, eggs and tomatoes. Served with hot tea,with milk added. However, with todays fast lifestyleand an increasingawareness of healthy eating thi
12、s traditional breakfast is not largely eatenonly at the weekend, and has been replaced by another in most Britishhouseholds. A typical modern breakfast comprises: fruit juice, toast and jam, packet cereal (cornflakes or similar), and tea .Elevenses. In some households and workplaces this is followed
13、 by精品文档精品文档something called “elevenses”. This consistsof a cup of tea or coffee andsome biscuits. Actually “elevenses” can be taken at anytime of the day, and with most Britons this is usually fairly often!Lunch. Lunch can be anytime between 12:30 and 2pm. Somepeople might have a sandwich, while oth
14、ers will have a full-cooked meal. In schools this meal is referred to as “dinner”.Teatime. Tea has been an important drink in Great Britain forhundreds of years, and is drunk throughout the day in most British households. The typical “Teatime” is served at any time between fourand five oclock and fo
15、r the majority of the population is a cup of tea, a sandwich or two and some cake.Some families, notably from theworking classes, have their mainevening meal at this time.Dinner. Dinner is the usualname for the main evening meal.It can be served anytime between 6pm and 8pm and for most families is t
16、he biggest meal of the day.Supper. Supper is the final meal of the day, and is usually somethingvery light like a sandwich and a cup of tea. Nowadays this meal is usuallyeaten in front of the television! Before going to bed many Britons drink adrink made from hot milk. Usually either plain boiled mi
17、lk, chocolate, or精品文档精品文档“Horlicks”,“Ovaltine” (two brand-name drinks made from Barley and Malt).Sunday LunchFamilys Happy TimeSunday lunch was popular in the 1960s, today most British familiesstill spend Sundays in exactly the same manner with their parents and grandparents.On Sundays people dont u
18、sually have to work so they take theopportunity to eat together with their family. A typical Sunday lunchmight be eaten between 1pm and 2pm and include roast beef andYorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, boiled vegetables, and gravy (meatsauce). However, many families now eat less beef, so other roast
19、meat isoften eaten lamb, pork, chicken, turkey or duck. Some families willalso follow the main meal with a dessert such as “applepie and custard” Excerpts from the Works of C .S .LewisYou can find many of the typical ingredients of a British diet in these classics:“She had a vague impression of dwar
20、fs crowding around the firewith frying pans rather bigger than themselves, and the hissing anddelicious smell of sausages, and more and more sausages. And notwretched sausages half full of bread and soya bean either, but real meaty,spicy ones, fat and piping hot and burst and just the tiniest bit bu
21、rnt .Andgreat mugs of frothy chocolate, and roast potatoes and roast chestnuts,精品文档精品文档and baked apples with raisins stuck in where the cores had been, and then ices just to freshen you up after all the hot things” THE SILVER CHAIR“Mrs. Beaver brought out of the oven a great and gloriously sticky marmalade roll, steaming hot, and at the same time movedthe kettle onto the fire, so that when they had finished the marmalade roll the tea was made and ready to be poured out.” THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE.精品文档