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Food & Drink
Food in
the UK reflects the multi-ethnic and diverse nature of the population; from
American to Australian and from Vietnamese to Viennese
there is food and restaurants to suit everyone!
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Traditional Fare & Take-Aways
England is renowned for its love of fish & chips. This is
normally bought as takeaway food and will be wrapped in paper with a
sprinkling of salt and vinegar to be eaten out of doors or taken home to
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Often you can have mushy peas as well, although
this seems to be more popular in the North of England than the South. In
fact, this meal is so popular, that there are 8 times as many fish and
chip shops in the UK as a McDonald’s outlet (around 8,500 fish and chip
shops to be precise) making Fish and Chips the nation's favourite
take-away.
Fish and Chips
The most traditional British dish is
roast beef & Yorkshire pudding and would
normally be eaten on a Sunday. The French, in fact sometimes call the
British les rosbifs due to the love of this particular dish. So
what is a Yorkshire pudding? It became popular in the 18th
Century and is made from a batter of plain flour, eggs and milk, or milk
and water. Yorkshire puddings can also be eaten with many other meats
which are also popular as a Sunday roast, such as
chicken ,
lamb and
pork. Other traditional favourites in the UK
include:
shepherds pie ,
steak & kidney pudding and
bangers and mash.
Dishes
with influences from other countries are also very popular with the UK,
for example, Spaghetti Bolognese, curries, fish dishes, chilli con carne
– the list goes on, but most supermarkets will stock a wide range of
ingredients which will enable you to make a variety of dishes.
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Where to buy food
You
will most likely do most of your shopping in a supermarket, we've broken
down the costs of the most popular food for an accurate overview of food
costs.
Branded products tend to be the same price in all
supermarkets, for example Coca Cola or Kellogg’s cornflakes.
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Prices will vary somewhat in own brand goods.
Major supermarkets in the UK are:
Asda,
Kwiksave,
Morrisons,
Safeway,
Sainsbury's,
Tesco, and
Waitrose.
There are also some other discount supermarkets
which can offer significant savings on certain products and sometimes
interesting products originating from their country of origin. These
include
Aldi and
Lidl which are German chains of stores and
Netto which is a Danish chain.
Most
towns and cities will also have a wide range of specialist butchers,
grocers and delicatessens, where more exotic items can be found.
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Cost of
food
We have
compiled a list of
approximate prices for a selection of food types.
These prices
reflect middle of the range products and can vary significantly from
shop to shop.
Click here for a list of
costs of common foods. |
Many
supermarkets will do a variety of ranges from budget to superior and the
prices will differ accordingly. For example, at Tesco, ‘Value Long Grain Rice (1kg)’ is £0.55, whereas ‘Uncle Ben’s Long
Grain rice (1kg) is £2.74.
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Bars & Public Houses
Public Houses (or
Pubs as they are known)
vary
from being a modern theme pub to being an old-fashioned independent
traditional inn.
Permitted
hours for the sale of alcohol in these
premises are usually: 11am to 11pm (Monday to Saturday) and 12noon to
10:30pm on Sundays, although some may have extended licenses depending
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The UK
also has a wide range of bars and clubs. Alcohol is served at all of
these to people over the age of 18.
Beer is the UK’s most popular alcoholic
drink. Pubs, bars and clubs also serve a wide variety of soft drinks from Coca
Cola to tap water (which is drinkable in the UK).
Click Here for more information on Pubs
Supermarkets and off-licences (shops
which specialise in the sale of alcoholic beverages) sell a wide range
of beers, wines, spirits, champagne and liqueurs.
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