British cuisine reflects the agricultural produce and practices of the British Isles, shaped by centuries of trade, colonization and immigration. Its foundations are savory pies, roasted meats served as a Sunday roast, and simply prepared vegetables and dairy. Puddings, both sweet and savory, and bread-based dishes are longstanding staples. From the eighteenth century onward the British Empire's trade routes brought tea, sugar and spices into everyday cooking, and curry, introduced through British contact with South Asia, became naturalized as a national favorite; fish and chips, popularized in the nineteenth century, became an emblem of working class urban food culture. Regional identities sit inside the wider British tradition alongside a modern, ethnically diverse restaurant culture built on Indian, Chinese and other immigrant cuisines. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Signature TechniqueRoasting and savory pie-making 1 Origin Region Connections
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Uses Ingredient
Potato, Ingredients Potato became a British staple after its introduction from the Americas.
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Wheat, Ingredients Wheat bread and pastry are foundational to British baking.
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British cuisine consists of the cooking traditions and practices associated with the United Kingdom, including the regional cuisines of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
- Uses Ingredient: Potato
- Uses Ingredient: Wheat
Expresses Tradition: Cheesemaking, Article text
British cuisine also includes a large variety of cheeses, beers, and ciders.
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Fried Chicken (Wikipedia)
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Pottage - Wikipedia
Hash (food) - Wikipedia
Home Fries (Wikidata)
French fries (Wikipedia)
Potato chips (Wikipedia)
Pancake (Wikipedia)
Mashed Potato (Wikipedia)
Baked potato (Wikipedia)
Cheese on toast (Wikipedia)
Roast beef (Wikipedia)
Liver and onions (Wikipedia)
Pigs in blankets (Wikipedia)
Baked beans (Wikipedia)
Sunday roast (Wikipedia)
Cauliflower cheese (Wikipedia)
Meat pie (Wikipedia)
Beans on toast (Wikipedia)
Cullen skink (Wikipedia)
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Cullen skink is a thick Scottish soup typically made of at least smoked haddock, potatoes, and onions.
Bangers and mash (disambiguation) (Wikipedia)
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Bangers and mash is a British colloquial name for sausages served with mashed potato.
Steak and kidney pie - Wikipedia
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Steak and kidney pie is a British dish.
Toad in the hole, Wikipedia
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Toad in the hole is a traditional British dish consisting of sausages in Yorkshire pudding batter, usually served with onion gravy, mashed potatoes and vegetables.
Bubble and squeak - Wikipedia
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Bubble and squeak is an English dish made from cooked potatoes and cabbage, mixed together and fried.
Coronation chicken - Wikipedia
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Coronation chicken or Poulet Reine Elizabeth is an English dish of boneless chicken traditionally seasoned with parsley, thyme, bay leaf, cumin, turmeric, ginger and peppercorns, mixed with cream or mayonnaise, and dried apricots (or sultanas).
Cawl - Wikipedia
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Cawl (Welsh: [kaʊ̯l]) is a Welsh dish.
Wikipedia: Scotch broth
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Scotch broth is a soup originating in Scotland.
Rumbledethumps (Wikipedia)
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Rumbledethumps is a traditional dish from the Scottish Borders.
Cranachan (Wikipedia)
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Cranachan (Scottish Gaelic: Crannachan pronounced [ˈkʰɾan̪ˠəxan]) is a traditional Scottish dessert.
Parmo (Wikipedia)
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Parmo, or Teesside Parmesan, is a dish originating in Middlesbrough, England, and a popular item of take-away food in the Teesside area as well as Northern England.
Skirlie (Wikipedia)
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Skirlie is a Scottish dish, made from oatmeal fried with fat, onions and seasonings.
Boiled beef (Wikipedia)
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Boiled beef is a historic English dish eaten by working-class people within England in Victorian England.
Lancashire hotpot (Wikipedia)
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Lancashire hotpot is a stew originating in Lancashire in North West England.
Salt and pepper chips (Wikipedia)
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is a British Chinese dish
Tablet (confectionery) (Wikipedia)
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is a medium-hard, sugary confection from Scotland
Beef Wellington (Wikipedia)
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United Kingdom, England
Chicken tikka masala - Wikipedia
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It is thought to have been created in Britain
Kedgeree - Wikipedia
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India and Scotland
Custard tart (Wikipedia)
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France, United Kingdom
Balti (food) (Wikipedia)
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a type of curry within the United Kingdom
Devils on horseback (Wikipedia)
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United Kingdom
Cheese straw (Wikipedia)
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a traditional food of England and the Southern United States
Battered sausage (Wikipedia)
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found all across the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand
Flake (chocolate bar) (Wikipedia)
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United Kingdom
Airwaves (gum) (Wikipedia)
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United Kingdom
Potato waffle (Wikipedia)
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They are common in the United Kingdom and Ireland and are also available in other countries.
Portable soup (Wikipedia)
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Portable soup was a form of dehydrated food of English origin used in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Lamprey pie (Wikipedia)
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Lampreys were a delicacy for the wealthy in medieval England and were often given as gifts to royalty as a means of seeking favour.
Scouse (food) (Wikipedia)
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It is particularly associated with the city of Liverpool, to the extent that the Liverpool accent is also widely referred to as "Scouse" and locals as "Scousers".
Open Questions (1 open question)
Who first combined fried fish and fried chipped potatoes into the dish now called fish and chips, and where?
Fried fish, introduced to Britain by Jewish immigrants, and fried chipped potatoes were both independently established foods in Britain before they were sold together; competing local histories credit a London shop opened by Joseph Malin around 1860 and a shop in Mossley, Lancashire, run by John Lees around the same period, and no single surviving record settles which came first.
What would resolve this A dated advertisement, rate record or newspaper mention naming the combined dish earlier than either claimed date would settle the priority question; no such record has surfaced despite sustained local-history interest on both sides.
Culinary historyFish and Chips (Wikipedia)
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