English cuisine today preserves and conveys to people a huge number of traditional recipes of the past, which are based on cereals and vegetables, fish and meat. In the recipes used in cooking, typical for Misty Albion, spicy spices and sauces are practically not used. Seasonings in special bottles intended for dishes are used for table setting. Sour, spicy and other spices are added directly during meals.
English cuisine is characterized by a variety of cold snacks. The most popular are sandwiches, usually having a triangular shape. Misty Albion residents rarely cook soups. Traditional for England are broths. Mashed soups are sometimes served.
English dishes are prepared using almost all types of meat. It can be veal and beef, pork and lamb. England is the only country in the world where the thigh of a bull roasted on a spit is considered the food of aristocratic circles of society. British cooks bake meat with blood. For some dishes, it is not fried until completely cooked, cutting into steaks. Baked vegetables (usually potatoes), pickles, as well as various sauces (mainly tomato) are usually served with meat.
Recipes of English cuisine for a variety of dishes include a mixture of chopped into small pieces mint leaves, sugar, water and wine vinegar. This is a widespread mint sauce.
The most popular and favorite among the inhabitants of the British Isles are truly national dishes - beef steak and roast beef. Pork pies, kidney and tenderloin pastes and lamb leg are also famous.
A special place in the daily diet of the British is occupied by fish dishes. Salmon, smoked herring and cod are especially delicious. English cuisine is also famous for its delicacies of squid and lobster.
Puddings and fries are especially popular. Potato casseroles with minced meat or fish are no less famous. I especially want to talk about puddings. They became a kind of business card of Misty Albion. Meat, vegetable and cereal puddings play the role of second courses, and sweet options play the role of dessert.
English cuisine includes recipes that are only served on holidays. So, for example, plump-pudding is traditionally prepared for Christmas. It consists of bread crumbs and lard, raisins and flour, eggs, sugar and various spices. Stuffed turkey with a side dish of vegetables is also a holiday dish. Traditional Easter cross buns are traditionally baked by Easter, and by the day of Guy Fawkes, sausages with potatoes are prepared.
The most common drink in English cuisine is tea. Residents of Misty Albion drink it six times a day. Moreover, the variety of tea is selected depending on the time of day.
English pastries are known all over the world. British biscuits and muffins, cookies, and saffron rolls are especially popular. Pastries, as well as milk, are certainly served at the table during a traditional tea party.
Of the spirits, the British prefer cask beer. Rum and gin, port and whiskey are also popular.