They say that in this country everything is fine, except food. But whether so it actually? What do we know about English cuisine except that many men eat porridge for breakfast?
The cuisine of England was always considered ordinary, not deserving special attention. Certainly, the dishes prepared here always differed in availability and plainness. But, nevertheless, the range of dishes strikes with the variety.
The most favourite dishes of British were for a long time: meat, vegetables, pies, beans, potatoes. In food it is accepted to use only natural products. British like to take the ideas of preparation of dishes from kitchens of other countries, but choose only the simplest recipes which aren't demanding long time for preparation.
Characteristics of the ethnic cuisine:
1. The popular and loved by all dish: meat with potatoes and vegetables.
2. The tea drinking is the most real ceremony. Tea is had in certain time, at five o'clock in the evening. Surely something is baked: apple cake or lemon meringue pie, sponge-type cookie.
3. A pudding the English hostesses have dish number one. They can be both sweet and fruit, and meat, buckwheat, rice.
4. The plumpuding is very popular. What is this dish? It is cooked from bread, raisin, flour, eggs, sugar. Add many spicery. But the most important not structure of a dish, and how it is given to a table. When the dish is ready, it is necessary to water it with rum or cognac and to set fire. Then to bear to a table. Show simply fascinating. Prepare it long, but it is worth it.
5. The fish baked in pastry pizza and the baked haricot is very much loved by children.
6. British like to do sandwiches. Classical recipe: take 2 pieces of rye or white bread, on one fish, or meat, vegetables, greens and everything is well greased with mayonnaise. From above the second piece of bread is put, sandwich or sandwich is ready.
7. Bake pies with different stuffings. One of the most widespread: a double cake with meat, potato and carrot.
8. For a dessert can offer you трайфл. Several layers of the biscuit greased with custard, juice, jelly with cream.
English cuisine is rather simple in preparation, but if you want to prepare something special, then prepare a plumpuding, British train him for holidays. It not only is tasty, it is useful, but also it is incredibly beautiful.