Traditional+British+Dishes

Traditional British Dishes "//Harry’s mouth fell open. The dishes in front of him were now piled with food. He had never seen so many things he liked to eat on one table: **roast beef**, **roast chicken**, **pork chops** and **lamb chops**, **Yorkshire pudding**, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup and, for some strange reason, mint humbugs.//" Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J. K. Rowling

Traditional British dishes have had competition from other dishes over the years. Despite this, if you visit England, Scotland or Wales, you can still be served up the traditional foods we have been eating for years. **This page contains some of England's most popular traditional dishes.**

Main meal dishes in England
 * [|Roast Beef] || [|Yorkshire Pudding] || [|Toad-in-the-Hole] ||
 * [|Roast Meats] || [|Fish and Chips] || [|Ploughman's Lunch] ||
 * [|Cottage Pie] || [|Shepherd's Pie] || [|Gammon Steak with egg] ||
 * [|Lancashire Hotpot] || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Bubble and Squeak || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">[|English Breakfast] ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">[|Bangers and Mash] || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Black Pudding || <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">[|Bacon Roly-Poly] ||
 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">[|Cumberland Sausage] |||| <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Pie and Mash with parsley liquor ||

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">This is England's traditional [|Sunday lunch], which is a family affair. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Recipe
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding **


 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Yorkshire Pudding **

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">This dish is not usually eaten as a dessert like other puddings but instead as part of the main course or at a starter. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Yorkshire pudding, made from flour, eggs and milk, is a sort of batter baked in the oven and usually moistened with gravy.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">The traditional way to eat a Yorkshire pudding is to have a large, flat one filled with gravy and vegetables as a starter of the meal. Then when the meal is over, any unused puddings should be served with jam or ice-cream as a dessert.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">[|Recipe] <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;"> Toad-in-the-Hole (sausages covered in batter and roasted.) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Similar to Yorkshire Pudding but with sausages placed in the batter before cooking. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Roast Meats ( cooked in the oven for about two hours) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Typical meats for roasting are joints of beef, pork, lamb or a whole chicken. More rarely duck, goose, gammon, turkey or game are eaten. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">**Traditional accompaniments to roast meats** <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">With beef: <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">With mutton and lamb <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">With pork
 * //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Horseradish sauce //
 * //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">English mustard //
 * //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Yorkshire pudding //
 * //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Gravy //
 * //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Onion sauce //
 * //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Red-currant jelly //
 * //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Mint sauce //
 * //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Savoury herb pudding //
 * //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Apple sauce //
 * //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Pease Pudding] //
 * //<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Roast apples //

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Fish and chips

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Fish (cod, haddock, huss, plaice) deep fried in flour batter with chips (fried potatoes) dressed in malt vinegar. This is England's traditional take-away food or as US would say "to go". Fish and chips are not normally home cooked but bought at a fish and chip shop ("chippie" ) to eat on premises or as a "take away"

<span class="subHeader" style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Ploughman's Lunch

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">This dish is served in Pubs. It consists of a piece of cheese, a bit of pickle and pickled onion, and a chunk of bread.

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 22px; line-height: 33px;"> Shepherds' Pie <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Made with minced lamb and vegetables topped with mashed potato) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> [|Recipe]

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Cottage Pie <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Made with minced beef and vegetables topped with mashed potato. (Pictured right) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">[|Recipe] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">The original pies were made with eels because at the time eels were a cheaper product than beef. About fifty years ago, mince beef pies replaced the eels and have now become the traditional pie and mash that people know. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">The traditional pie and mash doesn't come without its famous sauce known as liquor which is a curious shade of green and definitely non-alcoholic. The liquor tastes much nicer than it looks (it's bright green!). <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">**Jellied eels** are also an East End delicacy often sold with pie and mash

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;"> Bubble & Squeak

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 170%;">Typically made from cold vegetables that have been left over from a previous meal, often the Sunday roast. The chief ingredients are potato and cabbage, but carrots, peas, brussels sprouts, and other vegetables can be added. The cold chopped vegetables (and cold chopped meat if used) are fried in a pan together with mashed potato until the mixture is well-cooked and brown on the sides. The name is a description of the action and sound made during the cooking process. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">

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