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ONLINE ENGLISH 2004
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Eating Habits in Britain
”Harry’s mouth fell open. The dishes in front of him were now piled with food. He
had never seen so many things he liked to eat on one table: roast beef, roast chicken,
pork chops and lamb chops, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup and,
for some strange reason, mint humbugs.” Extract from Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling.
British cooking tends to have a poor reputation abroad, but this has not always been
the case. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries there was a tradition of good
cooking. At that time, Britain was mainly a rural nation. But then people started
moving into the cities to find factory work which meant that they lost their links with
the countryside which had been their source of good cooking. Then, there was food
rationing during the two world wars which meant that a whole generation missed out
on how to cook traditional food. The result of this was that British cooking lost its
identity.
Instead, now that Britain is a member of the European Union, people are becoming
more aware of other European cooking traditions as well as oriental food from
countries such as India and China.
Also, there are now nearly four million vegetarians in the UK, one of the highest
percentages in the western world. This means that you will find a wide variety of
vegetarian foods in supermarkets and on restaurant menus.
Eating in EnglandPeople in England usually have three main meals a
day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. Some people talk
about having breakfast, dinner (being the main meal
and eaten at midday) and tea (often called high tea)
which is a proper meal and not just a drink.