English Food

British cuisine is the specific set of cooking traditions and practices associated with the United Kingdom. Historically, British cuisine means "unfussy dishes made with quality local ingredients, matched with simple sauces to accentuate flavour, rather than disguise it."^[1] However, British cuisine has absorbed the cultural influence of those that have settled in Britain, producing hybrid dishes, such as the Anglo-Indian chicken tikka masala, which the BBC has called "Britain's true national dish".^[2]
Vilified as "unimaginative and heavy", British cuisine has traditionally been limited in its international recognition to the full breakfast and the Christmas dinner.^[3] However, Celtic agriculture and animal breeding produced a wide variety of foodstuffs for indigenous Celts and Britons. Anglo-Saxon England developed meat and savory herb stewing techniques before the practice became common in Europe. The Norman conquest introduced exotic spices into England in the Middle Ages.^[3] The British Empire facilitated a knowledge of India's elaborate food tradition of "strong, penetrating spices and herbs".^[3] Food rationing policies, put in place by the British government during wartime periods of the 20th century,^[4] are said to have been the stimulus for British cuisine's poor international reputation.^[3] Contrary to popular belief, the modern British now consume more garlic per head than the French.^[5]

British dishes include fish and chips, the Sunday roast, steak and kidney pie, and bangers and mash. British cuisine has several national and regional varieties, including English, Scottish and Welsh cuisine, which each have developed their own regional or local dishes, many of which are geographically indicated foods such as Cheshire cheese the Yorkshire pudding, Arbroath Smokie, and Welsh cakes.

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