What do people eat?

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 699.

Regional cuisine

Meat 'n' two veg?

What comes into your mind when you think of British food? Fish and chips might be your first thought, closely followed by 'meat and two vegetables' type of dishes. One widely held perception is that British food is bland and uninteresting and while this perception is held for a reason - some of our food does meet this description! - we also have a long tradition of interesting and tasty regional dishes as well as having embraced dishes and cuisines from around the world.

The four countries of the UK have produced some diverse foods and dishes including over 400 types of cheeses, haggis, soups such as mulligatawny, black pudding, Lancashire hotpot, Welsh Rarebit, Norfolk pork sausages... So, definitely not just roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. There has been a huge resurgence of interest in these 'traditional' British dishes in recent years reinforcing their importance to our national culture.

However, do people in the UK actually eat food like this most of the time? The closest answer is that although certain dishes have maintained their popularity with those who like them (black pudding is a regular feature of many fried breakfasts, or 'fry-ups') the foods that are eaten by British people everyday often have their origins in other countries.