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British foodBritish foodWhat to eat in the UK

Cooked breakfast

A cooked breakfast is made up of:

Bacon and eggsMushroomsTomatoesSausages

ToastBeans

Porridge (Scotland)

0 Porridge is a dish made by boiling oats in milk or water or both.

0 It is served in a bowl with fresh cream and fruit.

Lunchtime

A sandwich.0There are plenty of sandwiches available in supermarkets and cafeterias. 0You can have white or brown bread and choose your favourite fillings.

Ploughman’s lunch

0 It is a cold meal composed of cheese (usually Cheddar), pickle, bread and butter.

0 It is considered a cultural icon of Britain.

Jacket potatoes

0 Jacket potatoes are baked in their own skin and served with different fillings, e.g. cottage cheese, prawns, butter or ham.

Crab sandwiches

0 A fantastic meal you can have in Cornwall, where the fish is always fresh.

0 They are served with white or brown bread, butter, cucumber and salad.

Fish & chips

0 A popular take away food that originated in the Uk around 1850.

0 It is made up of fried fish (e.g. haddock, cod, sole), French fries and garden peas.

Hamburgers and French fries

0 Hamburgers are usually served with French fries.

0 A typical British ingredient is the cucumber.

0 There are bacon cheeseburgers, served with fried bacon and melted cheese.

Cream teas

0 Something you can’t miss if you go to England!

0 Tea is served with milk and accompanied by scones, with strawberry jam and clotted (or Devon) cream.

Scones

Irish coffee

0 It is a hot drink made up of whisky, coffee, sugarcane and fresh cream on the top.

0 It’s very strong and tasty. A pleasure for cold nights.

Cornish pasties

0 They are typically made in Cornwall.

0 Pasties are stuffed with different ingredients, usually meat, onions, cheese.

0 They are served hot.

Beer

0 Beers can be ale, lager, bitter and Guinness or stout.

0 They are served in pubs to people over 18 only.

Steak and kidney pie

0 A typical pub meal, and a British favourite.

0 the steak and kidney pie is pastry stuffed with steak cut into small cubes and kidney .

0 It is served hot.

Roastbeef and vegetables

0 This is the typical Sunday meal.

0 It is made up of roastbeef, boiled vegetables and Yorkshire pudding.

0 It is traditionally served with gravy.

Haggis (Scotland)

0 A dish for the brave!0 It is of Scottish origin

and consists of oatmeal, spices and beef or sheep heart boiled up in a sheep stomach .

0 It is the national dish of the Highlands.

0 By the way, it is not as bad as it may seem…


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