National cuisine of English speaking countries
- Now let’s talk about food. What do people eat in Britain?
It’s common knowledge that English cuisine is shaped by the country’s temperature clime, its geography and its history.
Traditional English cuisine is substantial but simple. The English have three main meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner, which is sometimes called supper or tea. Dinner is the main meal of the day.
Most foreigners see English breakfast as the typical version of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, mushrooms and baked beans, a cup of tea or coffee. Today, however, a typical English breakfast is normally a bowl of cereal, a slice of toast, orange juice and tea or coffee.
Sunday lunch is different when the family sits together for a traditional Sunday roast. This consists of roast meat, different kinds of vegetables, always including roast potatoes with Yorkshire Pudding.
Needless to say, some traditional foods have remained English favourites. Fish and Chips is the most famous English food. This is British traditional take-away meal.
- Do you know many recipes?
Yes, of course. I love to cook, so my kitchen is filled with every cooking gadget: measuring cups, spoons, baking whisks. I myself can prepare and cook many dishes. We have got many cookery books at home. Sometimes I can take recipes from these books. My mum helps me with useful advice too. Best of all I like to prepare pancakes. It is not difficult to make this dish and it doesn’t take you much time. You can eat pancakes with sour cream, jam or caviar.
- What questions can you ask a British friend about their national cuisine?
- Is the British cuisine very popular in the world?
- What is the traditional dish for Christmas table?
- What is Yorkshire pudding made from?
- What are typical English national dishes?
- My friend wants to know more about national cuisines. Which national dishes would you recommend him to taste?
I recommend you to taste draniki and koldyny. They are famous Belarusian dishes. Koldyny are stuffed draniki. You can stuff them with meat or mushrooms. Machanka is used as a Belarusian traditional sauce for draniki or blini. It may be different in different regions.
- Scientists say that fast food is unhealthy but teenagers can’t stop eating it. What do you think about it?
Fast food has become very popular because it is very tasty, delicious and pleasant. But you should remember that it is high in calories and lacking in nutrition. People that eat large amount of fast food face danger of heart, leaver disease and cancer. Nowadays a lot of children who suffer from overweight. So we should limit the amount of fizzy drinks and hamburgers. A little now and then will do no harm.