Food

  ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ BRITISH FOODS Shawnyce, Kayla,Trudy

__ ﻿ A Brief History on British Cuisine __ British cuisine has always been multicultural, a pot pouri of eclectic styles. In ancient times influenced by the romans and in medieval times the French. When the Frankish Normans invaded, they brought with them the spices of the east: cinnamon, saffron, mace, nutmeg, pepper, and ginger. Sugar came to England at the time, and was considered a spice.Before the arrival of sugar cane, honey and fruit juices were the only sweetners.In many European countries it is normal to have a long break in the middle of the day when all members of the family return to their houses to eat together. This is not very common in Britain because normally it is a long way from the place of __work or school__ to the home. Consequently the Britsh people tend to have a big breakfast before they go to work and the meal at midday is not spent with the members of the family but with workmates or __schoolmates__. Lunch is normally eaten between 12.30 pm and 1.30pm. Most people finish work at five thirty. It often takes at least an hour to get home from the school or workplace so people tend to eat their evening meal or "dinner" between 6.30pm and 8pm.On Sundays people don't have to work so they take the opportunity eat together with their family. Sunday lunch is usually the best meal of the week and many of the meals which are considered typically British are eaten for Sunday lunch. For example roast beef and yorkshire pudding.This dish is not usually eaten as a dessert like other puddings but instead as part of the main course or at a starter.Yorkshire pudding, made from flour, eggs and milk, is a sort of batter baked in the oven and usually moistened with gravy. DAILY MEAL TIMINGS AND MAIN MEALS THROUGHOUT THE DAY ‍ ﻿They have three main meals a day Traditionally, and for some people still, the meals are called
 * Breakfast - between 7:00 and 9:00,
 * Lunch - between 12:00 and 1:30 p.m.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Dinner (sometimes called Supper) - The main meal. Eaten anytime between 6:30 and 8:00 p.m. (Evening meal)
 * <span style="color: #0d0d0d; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Breakfast - between 7:00 and 9:00,
 * <span style="color: #0d0d0d; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Dinner (The main meal) - between 12:00 and 1:30 p.m.
 * <span style="color: #0d0d0d; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; display: block; font-size: 130%; text-align: center;">Tea - anywhere from 5:30 at night to 6:30 p.m

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12px;"> ﻿ ﻿ Rick Stein – this British chef specialises in fish and owns four different restaurants, a café, a seafood restaurant, bistro, and a patisserie shop. He also has a cookery school. He has become a popular figure on television with the BBC on the Rick Stein’s Taste of the Sea, Fruits of the Sea, and more.Stein is the owner and head chef at Rick Stein in Bannisters located in Mollymock, New South Wales in Australia. He also owns restaurants in Padstow, Flamouth, Cornwall and other locations. He has more than 11 cookery books to his name. He grew up in Oxfordshire and attended Uppingham School and later went to New College, Oxford. He opened his first business in 1974, which is still one of his restaurant locations. This chef is well loved and respected for his unique culinary talents. You will find his name is well known throughout the world. He has won awards for his skills. His restaurants have won the RAC Sunday Times Taste of Britian Best Restaurant Award in 1984 and the AA Award English Seafood Restaurant of the Year in 2002. He also was featured in the Hotel and Restaurant Magazine Seafood Restaurant of the year in 1998, 1999, 2000. 2001 and 2003. He himself has won numerous awards including the CaterSearch 100 14th Most Influential Chef in the UK in 2005. He won the Cornwall Tourist Award for outstanding service to Cornwall 2002 and the Glenfiddich Trophy in 2001.



__** ﻿ British **__ Food has traditionally been based on beef, lamb, pork, chicken and fish and generally served with potatoes and one other vegetable. The most common and typical foods eaten in Britain include the sandwhich, fish and chips, pies, like the cornish pasty, trifle and roasts dinners. Some of our main dishes have strange names like Bubble & Squeak and Toad-in-the-Hole.

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**Cock-a-Leekie:** //This scotish specialty can be classified as a soup or a stew. It contains beef, chicken, leeks and prunes to unusual and spectacular ends.//



__**Pies, Puddings, Buns and Cakes:**__ In the seventeeth century, a milkmaid would send a stream of new, warm milk directly from a cow into a bowl of spiced cider or ale. A light curd would form on top with lovelywhey underneath. This, according to Elizabeth David, was the original syllabub. Today's syllabub is more solid and mixes sherry and/or brandy, sugar, lemon, nutmeg, and double cream into a custard-like dessert or an eggnog-like beverage, depending upon the cook. //=//
 * Syllabub:**

**Trifle:** Layers of alcohol-soaked sponge cake alternate with fruit, custard and whipped cream,Some people add jelly.

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