BRITISH FOOD

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British food
British food has traditionally been based on beef, lamb, pork,
chicken, fish and generally served with potatoes and
one other vegetable.

The most common and typical foods eaten in Britain include

the sandwich, fish and chips, pies like the cornish pasty,
trifle and roasts dinners.

Some of main dishes have strange names like

Bubble & Squeak and Toad-in-the-Hole.

Main meal dishes

Bread and butter puding
Shepherds pie
Black pudding
Shortbread
Bubble and squeak
Crumpets
Marmelade

Main meal dishes

Pickled eggs
Toad-in-the-hole
Rock cakes
Hot-cross buns
Yorkshire puddings
Cornish pasties
Marmite

Bread and butter pudding

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Bread and butter pudding is a

traditional type of bread pudding
popular in British cuisine.
It is made by layering slices of buttered
bread scattered with raisins in an oven dish,
over which an egg mixture, made with milk
or cream

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It is often served with cream.

Shepherds pie
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Cottage pie or
shepherd's pie
is a type of
savory pie.
It is made with
minced meat,
with mashed
potato on top.

It comes from
the United
Kingdom and
Ireland.
The dish is now
popular
worldwide.

In modern British English, the dish is usually called

"cottage pie" if it is made with beef. If it is made with
lamb it is usually called "shepherd's pie".

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Shortbread

Shortbread is a type
of biscuit

Shortbread is baked
at a low temperature
to avoid browning

it is nearly white,
or a light golden brown

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Bubble and squeak

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Bubble and squeak is a traditional English dish made with

the shallow-fried leftover vegetables from a roast dinner.
The main ingredients are potato and cabbage, but carrots,
peas, or any other leftover
vegetables can be added.

Crumpet
Crumpet
A crumpet is a small round
cake made from flour or potato
and yeast.
It has a distinctive flat top
covered in holes. Usually
toasted and served with butter.

Marmalade
Marmalade
Marmalade is a jam made from
citrus fruit, most commonly
oranges.
Usually also contains the peel
of the fruit, which gives it a bitter
taste.
Eaten on toast at breakfast.

Served with
vegetables and
onion gravy.

Sausages baked in
a batter made from
milk, eggs and
flour.

Toad-in-the-hole

Rock cakes

Rock cakes
originated
in Great
Britain

called a
rock bun

Small,
fruity cakes

Usually
eaten at
teatime

Hot-cross buns

A hot-cross bun is a spiced sweet bun made with

currants or raisins, marked with a cross on the top,
and traditionally eaten on Good Friday.

Yorkshire puddings

a savoury dish
made from a
batter of milk,
eggs and flour

Taditionally
served with
roast beef for
Sunday lunch

Baked in a very
hot oven

It may also be
served as a
dessert.

Cornish pasties

Cornish pasty is a thick

pastry case with a filling
of beef, potato and onion.
Traditionally eaten by
Cornish tin miners,
it is an important symbol
of Cornwall.

Marmite
Marmite is a sticky, dark
brown food paste with a
distinctive, powerful flavour,
which is extremely salty.
This distinctive taste is
reflected in the British
company's marketing
slogan: "Love it or hate it."


Vocabulary

British food

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layer-sloj

gravy-sos

British food

vocabulary

vocabulary

to mince-samljeti

to sprinkle-posuti

pastry-pecivo

to bake-pei

leftover-ostaci hrane

peel-oguliti

spices-zaini

batter-tijesto

bun-zemika

raisins-groice

spread-razmazati

currant-ribizla

to mash-izgnjeiti

Vocabulary-adjectives
spicy-zainjeno
light-blago
heavy-teko
greasy-masno

rich-hranjivo
sticky-ljepljivo
crumbly-krhko
moist-vlano

adjectives
soggy-sono
filling-punjeno
sickly-nezdravo
bitter-gorko

salty-slano
fattening-debljajue
appetising-ukusno
buttery-puterast

QUESTION: Which food would and which

wouldnt you like to try and why? Use the adjectives.

QUESTIONS TO TALK ABOUT

What are the two most important food
products or dishes that a visitor to your
country should try?
What food products or dishes in your
country might a visitor find strange? Why?

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