BRITISH FOOD & TRADITIONS
Sunday Lunch (Roast) Roast Meat (Chicken/Pork/Lamb /Beef) Vegetables: Carrots, Peas, Broccoli, Roast Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Cauliflower Cheese, Parsnips with honey, Swede Yorkshire puddings with Beef Gravy
Full English Breakfast Eaten at weekend Bacon Sausages Eggs (Fried or scrambled) Fried Tomatoes Baked Beans Mushrooms Black Pudding Hash brown
Afternoon Tea Pot of Tea (Introduced by Catherine of Braganza – Portugese wife of Charles II, 1660) Cucumber Sandwiches Cakes (Tea cakes, Scones with Jam and Cream)
Fish & Chips Fried Fish in Batter (sometimes made from Beer) Chips (with Salt and Vinegar) Mushy peas Tartare sauce Slice of Lemon
Christmas Lunch – Main Course Roast Turkey/Goose/ Pheasant Cranberry Sauce Bread Sauce Vegetables
Christmas Lunch – Christmas Pudding Pudding made of Currants, Cherries, Almonds Set on fire with Brandy Brandy butter made of sugar, butter and brandy – melts over the top
The Jubilee Street Party Every time the Queen has a ‘Jubilee’ Last year was her Diamond Jubilee – 60 years as Queen Party food – Sandwiches, Crisps, Biscuits
The Cheese Rolling Race Takes place on Spring Bank Holiday (last Monday in May) in Gloucestershire People run down a hill and try to catch a wheel of Double Gloucester Cheese The first person over the line wins the cheese