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It often seems to foreigners that British food …

1)  hasn’t been cooked long enough.

2)  often tastes too hot and spicy.

3)  doesn’t include raw vegetables.

4)  is lacking in variety of dishes.

Foreigners often laugh at the British. They say, “In Britain you get hot chips with everything!” But even the British don’t eat chips with their meals. To prove that, we decided to let you read an extract from a letter written by Pete Phrase, the chief cook at Daphne’s in London, to his foreign friends.

“…I am always both amused and annoyed when I hear foreign people criticise British food. “It’s unimaginative,” they say. “It’s boring, it’s tasteless with totally overcooked vegetables.” I have a theory about British cooking, and I was interested to read that several famous cookery writers agree with me. My theory is this. Our basic ingredients, when fresh, are so full of flavour that we haven’t had to invent sauces and complex recipes to disguise their natural taste. What can compare with fresh peas or new potatoes just boiled (not overboiled) and served with butter? Why drown spring lamb in wine or cream or yoghurt and spices, when with just one or two herbs it is absolutely delicious?

If you ask foreigners to name some typically English dishes, they will probably say “fish and chips” and then stop. It is disappointing, but true, that there is no tradition in Britain of eating in restaurants, because our food doesn’t lend itself to such preparation. British cooking is found in the home, where it is possible to time the dishes to perfection. So it is difficult to find a good English restaurant with reasonable prices.

It is for these reasons that we haven’t exported our dishes, but we have imported a surprising variety of cuisines from all over the world. In most cities in Britain you’ll also find Indian, Chinese, French and Italian restaurants. In London you’ll also find Indonesian, Lebanese, German, Spanish, Mexican, Greek… Cynics will say that this is because we have no “cuisine” ourselves, but, well, you know what I think!”

Traditional British food is usually described as plain, conservative and unvaried. There are many popular jokes about it. “The British Empire was created as a by-product of generations of desperate Englishmen roaming the world in search of a decent meal,” remarks American journalist Bill Marsano.

Indeed, classic British dishes are not too dainty, but they are nourishing, natural and tasty, a lot of attention here is paid to the food quality. Residents of Great Britain prefer local food to imported products, so nearly all fish, milk and meat products are produced within the country and vegetables are grown by local farmers.

Meals during a day in Britain traditionally include breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper. Dinner is always the most substantial meal during the day. For dinner the British often have soup and then the main course, such as meat, poultry or fishwith vegetables or mashed potatoes. It is followed by a dessert, for example, the ost ubiquitous apple pie. Meat dishes are presented in British cuisine in a large variety. Probably, the most delicious of them is succulent roast beef, which is grilled and served with vegetables, roast potatoes or Yorkshire pudding. Apart from beef, the British cook steaks of pork, lamb and sometimes turkey or chicken.

Supper in Britain is the last meal of the day, and usually it consists of something light, for example, a bowl of cream soup, naturally, often skipped.

As for drinks, it’s impossible to imagine British cuisine without tea. Contrary to popular belief, tea is not always served with milk. The British drink tea with and without sugar, with lemon, cinnamon, honey and so on. But tea and milk is a classic combination, not a favourite of mine, though.”

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It often seems to foreigners that British food
1) hasn’t been cooked long enough.
2) doesn’t include raw vegetables.
3) often tastes too hot and spicy.
4) is lacking in variety of dishes.

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It often seems to foreigners that British food is lacking in variety of dishes.
Иностранцам часто кажется, что британской еде не хватает разнообразия блюд.

«Foreigners often laugh at the British. They say, “In Britain you get hot chips with everything!”»

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Most
people know about roast beef, bacon and egg, fish and chips. 
But what do British really eat?

It’s
early morning in Britain. Milkmen bring milk to people’s houses. Usually
before breakfast. This is the Robinson family at breakfast. And this is
the usual breakfast – milk and cereal, toast with jam or
marmalade, fruit juice, tea or coffee. Mr Robinson prefers this –
traditional breakfast – bacon, sausage, tomato and fried bread. 
But people don’t eat it very often now.

Only
four hours to lunch. Lunch is at about twelve or one o’clock. At lunchtime
people usually only have break of an hour. So they often just have a
sandwich or a snack. In some shops they sell an amazing number of
different sandwiches.

Most
people buy their food from supermarkets. Fresh food and
convenience food. You don’t prepare convenience food. You just put it in
the oven or the microwave – even traditional roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.
The Robinsons usually prepare their own food. Most people have their
main meal in the evening. And dinner — the evening meal – is
usually at about six or seven o’clock. People have meat or fish and vegetables.
Pizza and pasta are popular, too. Bur people don’t just eat at
home. They also go out. And they don’t always eat British food.  Britain
has a lot of foreign restaurants and British people like food from all
over the world. London has restaurants from over forty-two different countries.
Chinese and Indian restaurants are very popular and so are Thai and
Italian.

But
what do British teenagers really like or not like?

I
really like ice-cream.

I
like chips and cheeseburgers.

I hate
cauliflower.

I
hate sausages. I love chocolate.

I
like bacon, but I don’t like onions.

I
don’t like pasta and vegetables.

I’m
vegetarian so I don’t eat any meat or fish.

I
like salad because I’m a vegetarian.

I
especially like pasta with loads oа cheese on top.

The
British also go out to eat traditional food – like fish and chips.

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people know about roast ________, bacon and ____, fish and ____. 
But what do British really eat?

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before breakfast. This is the Robinson family at __________. And this is
the usual breakfast – milk and ________, toast with ______or
marmalade, ______ ____, tea or coffee. Mr Robinson ________ this
– traditional breakfast – bacon, _________, tomato and _______
bread.  But people ____________it very often now.

Only
four ________ to lunch. Lunch is at about _________ or one
o’clock. At ____________ people usually only have _________ of an
hour. So they often just have a sandwich or a ________. In some shops
they _____ an amazing number of ________ sandwiches.

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convenience food. You don’t prepare ___________ food. You just put it in
the _______ or the microwave – even traditional roast beef and Yorkshire
__________. The Robinsons usually prepare their ______ food. Most
people have their main ________ in the evening. And _______ — the
evening meal – is usually at about six or ________ o’clock. People have
meat or fish and ________. Pizza and _________ are popular, too.
But ________ don’t just eat at home. They also go out. And they don’t
__________ eat British food.  Britain has a lot of _________
restaurants and British people like food from all over the world. London has
restaurants from over forty-two different _________. Chinese and __________
restaurants are very popular and so are Thai and Italian.

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really like _____-______.

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like bacon, but I don’t like_________.

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like _____ because I’m a vegetarian.

I
especially like pasta with ______ oа cheese on top.

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