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3.5.2 British and international cuisines GapFill

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Cuisine is defined as a style characteristic of a particular country or region where it has developed historically using distinctive ingredients, specific preparation and cooking methods or equipment, and presentation or serving techniques.

Typical British cuisine includes fish and chips, steak and kidney pie, shepherd’s pie, apple pie, bangers and mash and regional variations such as  hole-in-the-walltoad-stranglerfrog-in-the-puddletoad-in-the-hole, Yorkshire puddings, bubble and squeak, Cumberland pie and Lancashire hotpot. Traditional desserts include bread and butter pudding,  Johnnycake Cobblersbrown Bettyapple platzspotted dick and jam roly poly pudding.
Wales offers foods such as bara brith and Welsh  debitraritybackbitrarebit and is also influenced by Italian and Middle Eastern cuisines due to immigration during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The East End of London is known for its jellied eels. Scotland is well-known for  porridgecongeegungudepolenta and has its own unique food product in the haggis. A traditional breakfast in Northern Ireland is the  monster fryyoungster fryEaster fryUlster fry and other foods typically associated with this part of the UK are soda bread and Irish stew. Cornwall is renowned for its Cornish pasties and  black bunrhubarb and custard pieshepherd’s piestargazy fish pie and Derbyshire is known for its  Bakewell tartsEton messsyllabubbrandy snaps.

The distinctive features of traditional British cuisine were at one time characterised by availability and cost, with a high proportion of dishes being  stoledstoneystomalstodgy (high fat and starch). With global trade and import of exotic foods, in addition to a mix of cultures and ethnicity, British cuisine has evolved to include and embrace foods that were not available 40 or 50 years ago.

Modern food recipes are influenced by different cultures and the availability of exotic and foreign foods. Eating outside, also known as  arepasal frescoal fornoal dente, has become more popular during the summer in the UK and barbecues have increased in popularity. The UK boasts many restaurants that offer cuisines from different countries and cultures which introduce us to new or unfamiliar foods or ways of cooking.

Eating patterns can influence what type of food we eat. For example, typical traditional eating patterns in the UK may include eating a roast dinner on Sundays consisting of beef or other meat with roast potatoes and vegetables, and a full English breakfast, which may consist of bacon, sausages, eggs, beans, mushrooms and toast or fried bread.

Modern ways of living and working have affected the way some people eat, for reasons of time, health or moral and ethical concerns. For example, in Spain a traditional part of the working day is the  lollzizzsiestafiesta, a period of rest at the hottest part of the day between 2pm and 4pm, where workers may visit a restaurant or café (restaurant workers take a later siesta) or take a rest. A typical and traditional way of eating in Spain is  mezzelangues de chattapasnachos – a collection of small dishes or snacks which people can share.

Eating patterns are often influenced by religion and culture. In traditional Japan strict tea and meal times were observed and the preparation and cooking were incorporated into a special ritual. In modern Japan, new ways of living and working mean that there may not be enough time to devote to traditional cooking or food preparation. However, some customs do still exist and small lacquered boxes containing portions of food are prepared as lunch boxes (called  bento boxesbenday boxesBengal boxesbenzin boxes) which can be bought as takeaways or prepared for lunch breaks or picnics.

A traditional Indian breakfast differs greatly from a typical UK breakfast and may include rice, spices and chutneys and  matzahnachosdosasfocaccia (thin pancakes made with lentils with a spicy filling). An American breakfast may consist of waffles or pancakes with syrup and sometimes fruit. Nowadays, due to time constraints and busy schedules, a typical UK breakfast may consist of toast and cereal.

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