In the West, there has always been a classic joke: "Heaven is British police, German technicians and French chefs; hell is German police, French technicians and British chefs." Former French President Chirac once said to The leaders of Germany and Russia said: "British food is the worst food in the world except Finnish rice. How can you trust people who cook food so poorly."

The most common cooking technique in British food is water Boil and fry. The most commonly used ingredients are beef, mutton, fish, potatoes, bacon, eggs, green beans, tomatoes and some seasonal vegetables. A proper British breakfast. There are mushrooms, sausages, baked beans with tomato sauce, bacon, fried eggs, tomatoes, toast, and sometimes a kind of blood sausage called "black pudding", which is made from pig blood, butterfat and grains. Sunday roast is actually a large platter of roasted potatoes, roast meat, and roasted vegetables (usually carrots, broccoli, and green beans). However, different meats require different sauces. Beef is usually paired with horseradish sauce and Yorkshire pudding, pork is paired with apple sauce, lamb is paired with mint sauce, chicken is paired with bread sauce, and turkey is paired with cranberry sauce. filler. A set of British afternoon tea must have components: tea, sandwiches, cakes and desserts. The special black tea for British afternoon tea is Darjeeling black tea from India, Ceylon Highland black tea from Sri Lanka, and Earl Gray tea. In addition, the British also have the habit of drinking milk tea during afternoon tea. Formal afternoon tea snacks are generally arranged in the form of a "Three-Tier Petit Four Stand": sandwiches of various flavors are placed on the first layer (bottom layer), and traditional British snacks are placed on the second layer (middle layer). Scones, the third layer (top layer) are small cakes and fruit tarts. This three-tiered snack should be eaten from bottom to top, from salty to sweet, from light to rich. In addition to this indispensable three-layer snack, some croissants, raisins, caviar and other foods will also be placed to cater to the tastes of guests.

The decline of British cuisine has two key points in time - the Industrial Revolution and World War II. Most of the British food that people are familiar with today was formed during the Industrial Revolution. The most typical one is fish and chips. The development of railway transportation not only allowed fish from coastal areas to be transported inland, but the price of fish was also greatly reduced. And busy workers also need cheap, portable, high-calorie food. As a result, British fast food represented by fish and chips emerged at the historic moment. Like the Industrial Revolution, they changed the British lifestyle. The rapid development of the city has brought a huge population, which has resulted in London being unable to sustain itself in food and having to transport food from other places to meet its needs. In order to ensure the freshness of food, in addition to inventing various preservation methods such as canning, the British can only try to choose non-perishable ingredients, specifically potatoes. The British also experienced changes in their cooking methods - boiling. On the one hand, boiling can make up for the lack of food freshness; on the other hand, for British workers who have been busy for a day, there is not much energy to spend on cooking. Therefore, although boiling does not taste good, it is safe and easy to use. As a result, the daily diet of ordinary British people became a piece of boiled meat and two kinds of boiled vegetables, one of which was potatoes.