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When it comes to British food, perhaps the first thing you think
of is fish and chips. However, there are still a lot of special food in Britain.
Here are several types of food that you must taste in Britain!
Fish and chips is the most popular food in Britain. It's a fish
covered with butter, a mixture of flour, eggs and milk and then fried and served
with pieces of fried potato. Almost every visitor in Britain would like to try it.
Yorkshire pudding is not a dessert in spite of (尽管) its name, although
it is similar in some ways to pancake made with flour, milk and eggs. It is usually
eaten with roast beef and gravy (肉汁) as part of a traditional
Sunday lunch.
Baked beans is a dish containing beans, sometimes baked but usually
stewed(炖) in a sauce. Most commercial canned baked beans are made of haricot
beans. In Ireland and the United Kingdom, a tomato and sugar sauce is most commonly
used. They are usually eaten on toast as part of a full English breakfast.
British bread is very good. If you go to the bakery, there are
many different types of bread for you to choose. However, although the bread is
very good, the most popular, type of bread in Britain is sliced white bread.
Cheddar cheese is a hard, yellow to orange cheese originally
made in the English village of Cheddar, Somerset. It is the most popular cheese
in the UK, accounting for (占) over 50% of the country's annual cheese market.