GASTRONOMY OF ENGLAND

What may appear strange to our overseas visitors is that not all our puddings are sweet puddings, some are eaten during the starter or main course like Yorkshire Pudding and Black Pudding.The staple foods of England are meat, fish, potatoes, flour, butter and eggs. Many of our dishes are based on these foods.



Questions on British Food for Students to answer 
Match the photographs of different foods to their descriptions

Vegetarians
It is currently (2003) estimated that there are between 3 and 4 million vegetarians in the UK,one of the highest percentages in the western world.Around 7 million people claim to eat no red meat.It is now rare to find no vegetarian foods in a supermarket or on a restaurant menu.

TYPICAL TRADITIONAL ENGLISH DISHES
Christmas Dinner 
Traditional English dishes have had competition from other dishes over the years. Despite this, if you visit England, you will still be served up the traditional foods we have been eating for years.This page contains some of our most popular traditional dishes. 



Main meal dishes 
Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding 
This is England's traditional Sunday lunch, which is a family affair. 



Yorkshire Pudding
This dish is not usually eaten as a dessert like other puddings but instead as part of the main course or at a starter.Yorkshire pudding, made from flour, eggs and milk, is a sort of batter baked in the oven and usually moistened with gravy. 



Recipe 
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. 



Toad-in-the-Hole (sausages covered in batter and roasted.) Similar to Yorkshire Pudding but with sausages placed in the batter before cooking. (See photo right)

Roast Meats ( cooked in the oven for about two hours) Typical meats for roasting are joints of beef, pork, lamb or a whole chicken. More rarely duck, goose,

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