- Britain is a tea-drinking nation. Every day we drink 165 million cups of the stuff and each year around 144 thousand tons of tea are imported.
- Tea in Britain is traditionally brewed in a warmed china teapot, adding one spoonful of tea per person and one for the pot. Most Britons like their tea strong and dark, but with a lot of milk.
- Many children at school and adults at work will have a 'packed lunch'. This typically consists of a sandwich, a packet of crisps, a piece of fruit and a drink. The 'packed lunch' is kept in a plastic container.Sandwiches are also known as a 'butty' or 'sarnie' in some parts of the UK.
- Sunday lunch time is a typical time to eat the traditional Sunday Roast.
- Traditionally it consists of roast meat, two different kinds of vegetables and potatoes with a Yorkshire pudding. The most common joints are beef, lamb or pork; chicken is also popular.
- Beef is eaten with hot white horseradish sauce, pork with sweet apple sauce and lamb with green mint sauce. Gravy is poured over the meat.
- A typical British meal for dinner is "meat and two veg". We put hot brown gravy, on the meat and usually the vegetables.One of the vegetables is almost always potatoes.
- The traditional meal is rarely eaten nowadays, apart from on Sundays. A recent survey found that most people in Britain eat curry! Rice or pasta dishes are now favoured as the 'British Dinner'.
- Vegetables grown in England, like potatoes, carrots, peas, cabbages and onions, are still very popular.
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 sandwich, 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
Coffee
Coffee is now as popular in Britain as tea is. People either drink it with milk or have it black and either have freshly- made coffee or instant coffee.
Bitter
Britain is also well known for its ale which tends to be dark in appearance and heavier than lager. It is known as "bitter“
Wine
Britain's wine industry is growing from strength to strength and we now have over 300 wine producers. A growing number of British vineyards are now producing sparkling white wine as well as full bodied red wine. There are over 100 vineyard in Kent.
- Now-a-days, however, a typical English breakfast is more likely to be a bowl of cereals, a slice of toast,orange juice and a cup of coffee.
- Many people, especially children, in England will eat a bowl of cereal. They are made with different grains such as corn, wheat, oats etc.
- The traditional English breakfast consists of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, baked beans and mushrooms. Even though not many people will eat this for breakfast today, it is always served in hotels and guest houses around Britain.
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