British Culinary Food Customs, Flavors and Traditions

English Cuisine and Food Culture

The British has always been multi-cultural and with eclectic styles. The English Food Culture was influenced by the Romans in ancient times and in the medieval times by the French. The Frankish Normans brought with them the spices of the east: cinnamon, saffron, mace, nutmeg, pepper, ginger. In this same era another most special ingredient came to England, the Sugar which was considered a spice rare and expensive.

British Cuisine differs widely, on what part of the country you're visiting. The English cuisine is far different from the cuisine of Yorkshire, or the cuisine of tiny. Many hold the opinion that the true cuisine of the British is not what is found in the big cities, but the unknown treasures of the table that are hiding in the farmlands and countryside’s and old villages across the U.K.

Main Dishes Poultry Coronation Chicken

Soups and Stews Cheddar Cheese Soup Cock-a-Leekie Soup Creamy Stilton Soup Flemish Beef and Beer Stew Mulligatawny Soup

English Spices & Special Ingredients

The English Food is commonly based upon pork, beef, lamb, chicken and fish and is served with potatoes and one other vegetable. The most common and typical England Ingredients include the sandwich, fish and chips, pies like the Cornish pasty, trifle and roasts dinners.

Some of the main English Dishes consists of few strange names like Bubble & Squeak and Toad-in-the-Hole. The staple Food of England includes meat, fish, potatoes, flour, butter and eggs. Many of the Cuisine of England includes preparations made by using these food items. British Cuisine is a mixing of the practical with the nutritious.

Main Dishes Seafood Cockney Fish Batter Fish and Chips Smoked Haddock with Rice Smoked Haddock - White Sauce

Side Dishes Bubble and Squeak Cheese and Onions Yorkshire Pudding

English Specialty Cookwares and Kitchen Appliances

The British cooking appliances or the cookwares are no different from others. The English people use just eth same types of utensils in almost all different parts of the region. Just the methods of cooking, and the recipes differs from rest of the world. The England cooking and baking in is totally different from most of the countries and other cuisines. They use utensils for cooking and baking like the Angel food cake pan, Baking pan, Chip pan, Cookie sheet, Cooking pot, Crepe pan, Double boiler, Dutch oven, Frying pan (also called Skillet), Kettle, Pan, Pressure cooker, Roasting pan, Roasting rack, Saucepan, Saute pan, Souffle dish, Spring form pan, Stock pot and the Wok.

Tea, Beverages and Accompaniments Huckle-My-Butt Pimms Punch Syllabub Whiskey Fog Cornish Pasties Salmagundi Salad Scotch Eggs Stuffed Prunes with Bacon Crumpets Crumpets Shrewsbury Cakes Tea Currant Cream Scones English Crumpets English Tea Cake Gingernut Biscuits Scotch Marmalade Shrewsbury Cakes Tasty Tea

Main Dish Meats Beef Steak and Kidney Pie Christmas Mincemeat Deviled Short Ribs English Beef Steak Pie English Mincemeat Pies English Sausage Rolls Londonderry Beef Stew Scotch Broth Toad in the Hole

Yeast and Quick Breads Bannock Bread Aberdeen Butter Yeast Rolls English Muffins English Plum Bread

Desserts Bread and Butter Pudding Eccles Cake English Berry Trifle English Rum Cake English Toffee Garden Apple Ice Cream Lemon Middle Parkin Queen Elizabeth Cake Raspberry Cranachan Treacle Tart Traditional English Shortbread Whiskey Cream Pie Shortbread with Cumberland Rum Butter