When "A Bite of China" became a hit around the world, netizens made a spoof of "A Bite of Britain" by showing a picture of fish and chips, and then the show ended.

The second season of "A Bite of Britain" is only 2 minutes long. The indispensable ingredient is potatoes. British people dig potatoes when they are looking for inspiration. In short, potatoes are the soul food of the British table.

But as long as you have watched the British drama "Downton Abbey", you will be tempted by the dinner scene in it: gorgeous and elegant curtains, candlelit dining tables and various exquisite and shiny tableware. Upright servants, holding silver trays in their hands, shuttled between the kitchen and the dining room, delivering exquisite meals and wines one after another, from appetizers, buttered bread, and broth to the main courses of salt pork and roast suckling pig. , stewed rabbit, and finally the desserts and fruits, giving the meal a pleasing ritual feeling.

The story of "Downton Abbey" takes place before and after World War I. The British dining table before World War I is indeed as described in "Downton Abbey". Many excellent and "ambitious" British chefs can even use Refrigerator to make exquisite ice cream in the shape of swans, doves, etc. But World War I changed everything.

Noble houses have many servants and excellent chefs, and the preparation methods of delicious food are concentrated in the hands of these people. However, when World War I broke out, these senior chefs rushed to the front lines to join the war, and many of them did not come back alive.

With the loss of skilled chefs, many complex dishes have since been taken off the menu. Many ingredients that originally relied on imports were suspended due to the war and could not be transported into the UK. This allowed the British to further simplify table food.

Furthermore, with the development of industrialization after the war, many farmers left the land and entered factories. Since then, industrially produced food has replaced fresh agricultural products.

After World War I, there was another world economic recession in 1929, and after the recession came World War II... Poor Britain did not recover until 1954, but after so many decades of simplification, Simplified and simplified, British food has been deeply branded as "bland and unpalatable".

When I was studying in the UK, I once passed by a dollar store (Pound Food) and was deeply attracted by the long queue inside. I went in and bought a box of pasta and snail cheese salad for 1 pound. , asked the store to heat it up, but was ruthlessly refused. Holding this box of cold salad, I walked all the way to the school and found a sunny place to bask in the sun while eating it. I almost cried halfway through the meal - it was windy, cold, and the food was cold and sour. While eating, I felt a sense of British food. Deep despair.