Fish is rich in B vitamins and protein, and together with chips it makes a nutritious and healthy meal. However, because they are deep-fried, they are inevitably rejected by many beauty buffs, so it is recommended that they are served with bread and beans to balance out the excess fat that is absorbed. Fries are relatively thicker, so that the oil absorbed will be less, thin fries are about 15% fat, while the thicker ones are only 7%. However, in a typical fish and chip store, the fries are pre-cooked and then frozen, which increases the fat content to 12 percent when they are fried twice.
Oily fish such as mackerel, mackerel and sardines are also good choices. They are extremely high in protein, vitamins and also high in unsaturated fats. Health experts recommend that people eat these oily fish at least twice a week.
Yorkshire pudding is a tasty British food made from a batter somewhat similar to the lightly baked shortbread in the United States. It is usually served with roast beef, gravy or some other food with broth. Generally broth is considered an essential side dish, which originated in Yorkshire and then became prevalent throughout the United Kingdom. Yorkshire pudding is made by pouring batter into greased baking tins and baking them at high temperatures until they expand. Traditionally, the batter was baked in a large tin underneath the roast (this was done to be able to hold the juices that dripped from the roast) and then cut to the right size, however nowadays, it is more popular to cook it directly in a small toasted pan or skillet to make individual round puddings. Yorkshire puddings can also be baked in the same pan as the meat, and when the meat is cooked, it can be plated and then the pudding continued to be baked in the pan, thus using the juices left in the pan by the roasted meat to make the pudding more flavorful. A saying prevailed that "the person who eats the most pudding will also eat the most meat." When eaten with sausages it was also figuratively known as the toad in the hole. In some pubs, Yorkshire pudding is usually served in a bowl shape and filled with many different foods. You can also eat it as a dish with a sweet flavor, tossed with jam or syrup.
Pies are very popular in the UK and are baked goods with diced meat or fruit wrapped in puff pastry.
The most popular pies are:
Pork pies have pork and meat jelly wrapped in a hard crust and are usually eaten frozen.
Steak and Loin Pie a traditional British food in which cooked beef, loin, onions, mushrooms and broth are tossed together and covered with puff pastry, which is then placed on a braising pan and baked until the pastry is crisp and brown and ready to serve.
Cornish pie originated in Cornwall, South West England. It was traditionally made by filling a pre-baked pastry with diced meat, but nowadays it is usually ground beef with a mixture of potatoes, onions and kohlrabi. It is semi-circular in shape, as it is made by folding round sheets of puff pastry with only a single side opening for easy serving.
Afternoon tea (traditional 4 o'clock tea)
Rather than simply drinking tea, this is a simple meal. This is because, traditionally, it contains a number of treats in addition to drinks such as tea (or coffee), such as:
Freshly baked hot scones dotted with cream and jam (famous for their cream teas)
Afternoon tea sandwiches, usually cucumber sandwiches with no edges
A variety of dough pastries
Most British families nowadays don't have the time to have Afternoon tea was very popular in England 150 years ago, when noblewomen would invite their friends over for afternoon tea, as well as offering visitors treats such as sandwiches and cakes, and soon people were enjoying the endless pleasures of afternoon tea.
6 O'Clock Tea (Traditional 6 O'Clock Tea)
Workers in Britain did not drink afternoon tea in the past. They usually had lunch and then something to eat between 5 and 7pm after work, a light meal known as 'high tea' or 'tea'.
High tea is a meal of substance, consisting of delicious desserts and tantalizing snacks. Desserts such as scones, cakes, and rounds of bread, and snacks such as cheese toast, pancakes, frozen meats, and pickled egg toast, have largely been replaced by dinner, which is usually the most important meal of the day, rather than lunch
When Britain meets food, it's the five o'clock afternoon tea at three in the afternoon that immediately springs to mind. But with the advent of cocoa in England in 1648, the idea of British food has slowly changed. Cocoa was introduced to England by Thomas Gage, a Dominican mendicant monk, and the first chocolatier in England served chocolate using a unique recipe more suited to British tastes: a piece of cocoa was dissolved in a glass of warm Madeira wine, an egg yolk was cracked in, and the mixture was thickened to a creamy consistency, resulting in a cup of smooth, tantalizing hot chocolate. Before the 18th century, chocolate houses were already popping up all over England.