Otázka: British Cuisine
Jazyk: Angličtina
Přidal(a): Yumeko
What comes to your mind when you hear British cuisine?
- Fish and chips
- Bad reputation – British food is tasteless and uninteresting
- Overcooked vegetable and chips with everything
History
- After world war II immigrants have brought their own cooking
- Result: great variety of Asian, Mexican, Indian, Greek and Chinese restaurants
Idioms
- The exam was piece of cake
- They pay in peanuts
- She has got a sugar daddy
Brunch
- a meal eaten in the late morning that is a combination of breakfast and lunch
Lunch
- Small food which they can take away with them and eat it quickly = junk food
- Sandwich = Earl of Sandwich – he was busy with gambling, he had no time for lunch, so he ordered meat and put it in two pieces of bread
Pubs
- Many pubs are owned by a brewery
- Friday and Saturday pubs are crowded
- ,,Pub Crawl´´ ( having a drink in each pub )
- Opening hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
- Nobody comes to tables to take orders or money
- You pay for each drink at the bar
- Never say everything is on me – if you say that, you must pay every drink for everyone in the pub
- When time or last orders is called you have ten minutes to finish the drink
Afternoon tea
- It also means afternoon meal or sandwiches and cakes
- They drink tea to keep away hunger in 18th century
- Become social occasion – chat with friends
Other common meals in Britain
- Beans on toast
- Yorkshire pudding
- Custard
- Black pudding
- Crisps
