Typical English foods

Full breakfast

• Traditionally comprises of eggs and bacon, also several other fried foods.

• Parts of UK have their own variation

• Also called a Fry-up• Full English or Full Monty

is when everything that’s available is ordered

• Many cafés and pubs serve an all-day breakfast

Afternoon tea• A light meal eaten 3-5pm• Sandwiches (cucumber,

egg and cress, smoked salmon), scones with clotted cream and jam (cream tea), cakes and pastries (fruit cake or Victoria sponge)

• A formal tea is taken as a treat in a hotel, café or tea shop

• Nowadays people take a simpler refreshment of tea and biscuits

Sunday roast• Roasted joint of beef, lamb,

pork or chicken• Served with roast, boiled or

mashed potatoes• Assorted vegetables and

gravy, Yorkshire pudding• Originally cooked on

Sunday to make for an easy meal on Monday, consisting of the left-overs (bubble and squeak)

• A more elaborate version is eaten at Christmas, the most popular meat being turkey

Fish and chips

• Became popular among working class

• Usually cod or haddock, deep-fried in batter

• Traditionally served in newspaper, eaten at the seaside

• Served with salt and vinegar, portion of mushy peas

• Chip shop- “Chippy”

Sausages• Pork and beef are most

common, some gourmet varieties include venison or wild boar

• Famous regional varieties such as Lincolnshire and Cumberland

• Common types such as Pork and apple, beef and stilton, pork and mozzarella

• Colloquially known as “bangers”

• Toad in the hole combines sausages with batter served with gravy

Curry• A sauce-based dish flavoured

with curry powder and spices• Britain began borrowing and

adapting Indian dishes during the British Raj

• A night out in the pub followed by a curry is a tradition for many people

• One of the most popular take-away foods

• Chicken tikka masala is so popular it’s considered a true British dish

• Curry sauce is used as a condiment, usually with chips