British Food In The Countryside

By John Sanderson


There is a lot of                Especially in the countryside,
misunderstanding on the          the British rely heavily on   
surface about the subject of     potatoes, and serve them in   
British cuisine. This is         very traditional manners. A   
mainly because British cuisine   wonderful British treat is    
varies widely, depending on      something called a pasty.     
what part of the country         Meat, potatoes, vegetables and
you're visiting. The cuisine     warm gravy are wrapped in a   
of London, for example, is far   flaky bakery crust and sold   
different from the cuisine of    ready to eat. Pasties are     
Yorkshire, or the cuisine of     treated like take-out         
tiny, unfamiliar regions         sandwiches or fast food,      
scattered across the country     walking down the street with a
and virtually unknown to         paper cone or napkin wrapped  
Americans. In my opinion, the    around them. They keep your   
true cuisine of the British is   hands warm too!               
not what is found in the big                                   
cities, but the unknown          The other major staple of     
treasures of the table that      typical British food is, of   
are hiding in the farmlands      course, fish and chips. Fish  
and countrysides and old         and chip shops abound in all  
villages across Great            cities in England. British    
Britain.                         fish and chips are amazingly  
                                 crackly, cooked until the     
If you are ever wandering the    coating is rich brown and     
British countryside, and you     salty, and the meat inside    
stop at a local pub or           tender white and flaky. Chips,
restaurant for breakfast,        or potato wedges, are served  
prepare yourself. The classic    hot and crispy on the side,   
British breakfast is a large     and generally the whole thing
meal, bigger than what we're     is smothered in as much       
used to as Americans, and most   vinegar and salt as the       
of it tends to be fried.         consumer can stand. There is  
Fried bacon and eggs, fried      something distinctly British  
bread, and fried tomatoes are    about that malt vinegar- left
standards. The true British      on the tables at restaurants  
country experience involves a    like American ketchup.        
breakfast heavier than your                                    
knapsack.                        The smells and flavors of     
                                 traditional British cuisine   
Asking for coffee with your      are well worth experiencing.  
breakfast in the UK is just no   If you find yourself in       
fun. Give the tea sensation a    England, take time out to     
try. British cuisine leans       explore the sites, the back   
heavily on tea, served with      pathways and rolling fields.  
milk and sugar, the latter of    And stop at a bakery for a    
which is usually coarse,         pasty, stop for fish and      
brown, and unrefined. Tea is     chips. Order tea instead of   
served for any meal and any      your usual coffee. The British
time in between. It's just as    experience just isn't the     
classically British as it        same if you miss out on this  
sounds.                          marvelous tradition- authentic
Any typical British meal,        British food!                 
whether it's breakfast, lunch                                  
or dinner, tends to consist of                                 
some form of potatoes.                                         

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