Фурсенко Наталья 30-т симферополь 2012 The features of English cuisine

Фурсенко Наталья

• Фурсенко Наталья
• 30-Т
• Симферополь 2012

The features of English cuisine

• English cuisine includes, traditions, styles and recipes associated with England;
• It has distinctive attributes of its own;
• It also shares much with wider British cuisine;
• There was a large importation of ingredients and ideas from North America, China and India during the time of the British Empire and a result of post war immigration.

Traditional Meals

• In the early modern period the food of England was historically characterized by its simplicity and a high quality of natural produce;
• Traditional meals have ancient origin such as bread and cheese, roasted and stewed meat, boiled vegetables, and broths, and freshwater and saltwater fish;
• The 14th century English cookbook contains recipes for these dishes;

Modern English Cuisine

• Fish and chips were recently number one urban food eaten from newspaper with salt and vinegar;
• Pies and sausages with mashed potatoes, onion and gravy are very popular;
• Now all these dishes are matched in popularity by curries from India and stir fries based on Chinese and Thai cooking;
• Italian and French cuisine are also widely adopted;
• The innovation of fast food from the United States is absorbed.

A “Full Breakfast”

• A “full breakfast” is eaten the whole of the Britain ;
• The names change depending on where it is served;
• The origin of the breakfast is believed to originate in rural England as a meal to carry a worker through a long morning;
• The “full breakfast” is traditionally served at breakfast time;
• But it is served at lunchtime everywhere in hotels and at the restaurants.

At the restaurant

• Waiter: Hello! Can I help you?
• Mr. A: Well, could we have famous full English breakfast?
• Mrs. A: Dear, it’s lunch time.
• Waiter: The full breakfast is served at lunchtime everywhere in hotels and at the restaurants.
• Mr. A: Fine. Bacon and eggs and… What do you recommend?
• Waiter: Bacon and eggs, but they are accompanied by sausages, grilled tomato, mushrooms, tea, toasts and marmalade.

At the restaurant

• Mr. A: Is this breakfast served all over Britain?
• Waiter: Yes, but each country has its own accompaniments.
• Mr. A: What kind?
• Waiter: A full English breakfast may have black pudding, baked beans and fried bread. A full Irish – white pudding and soda bread, Welsh –loverbread.
• Mr. A: Let’s start with bacon and eggs and then…
• Mrs. A: And tea with toast and marmalade.

Sunday Roast

• .The traditional English dinner for Sunday is known as Sunday Roast;
• It’s time for families to get together and share a good meal;
• Roast beef is number one but pork and lamb work well too;
• Yorkshire puddings, roasted potatoes and vegetable are served with the main course;
• A delicious gravy is made of the pan juice, red wine , meat or vegetable stock and butter is added to the roast.

What is tea for the British

• Tea is the national drink of the British;
• Britain imports about 20% of all the world’s tea;
• It was introduced in Britain in 1657 by Catharine King Charles’s wife;
• The English custom of afternoon tea goes back to the late 18th century;
• The British drink more than any other nation – about 4 kilos a head or 1,650 cups of tea a year;
• Most popular is black tea.

At the Chinese Restaurant

• Waiter: Hello! Can I help you?
• Lady: Yes. I’d like Mu Shu. What is it?
• Waiter: Mu Shu is fried pork with garlic, ginger, lily buds, bamboo shoots, dry sherry and soy sauce. Would you like anything else?
• Lady: What do you recommend?
• Waiter: Mu Shu pork is usually served with mandarin pancakes.
• Lady: Fine.
• Waiter: What would you like to drink?
• Lady: Just iced water, please.

At the Italian Restaurant

• Waiter: Are you ready to order?
• Man: Yes. What is butternut squash?
• Waiter: It’s a kind of vegetable. It taste quite sweet.
• Man: And what is tagliatella? Does it take any meat in?
• Waiter: Yes. It’s a pasta with a sauce made with tomatoes, red wine and pancetta. It’s delicious.
• Man: Pancetta? What’s that?
• Waiter: It’s like ham.
• Man: OK. I’ll start with Caesar salad and a glass of white wine

References

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• http://www.england.org.za/english-cuisine.php
• http://britishfood.about.com./od/introtobritishfood/a/England
• http://www.foodnetwork./com/recipes/mu-shu-pork-recipe/ind