Language study - British culture - food and drinks

Rivision cards about the typical food and drinks in Britain -> Be sure to look at the summary and the PowerPoint

Kippers

Gingerbread

Fish ‘n chips (usually cod or plaice)

Jacket potato

Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding

Crispbread

Ploughman’s lunch

Shandy (beer with lemonade)

Cider

Haggis (the stomach of a sheep with the blended intestines of a sheep)

Shepherd’s pie (a pie with lamb)

Cottage pie (a pie with beef)

Raita (a yoghurt based dish often served with spicy food)

Indian lamb dish (often served over rice or with bread like naan or roti)

Papadum (a thin crispy bread served as appetizer or snack)

Bombay duck (despite it’s name it’s not a duck, it is a type of dried salted fish)

Chicken curry (the chicken is cooked in a spicy sauce or gravy. Usually served over rice or with bread)

Mango chutney (a sweet condiment made from ripe or semi-ripe mangoes, vinegar, sugar and spices)

Bannock (a cross between a pancake and a scone)

Bap (a wide, large, flat, soft bread roll)

Black pudding (made from animal blood, offal and fat → it is a type of blood sausage)

Crumpet (a circular kind of bread with identations that are buttered and toasted)

English breakfast (a typical English breakfast consists of: toast, sausages, fried or grilled tomatoes, fried mushrooms, baked beans in tomato sauce, bacon and eggs

Gammon (a thick slice of ham)

Laverbread (cooked seaweed, usually served with oatmeal and beans on toast)

Lemon posset (a hot drink made from milk curled with wine or ale)

Pasty (a half-moon shaped pastry filled with meat or vegetables)

Porridge (made by boiling grains in water or milk until they become soft)

Scones (made from wheat flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and butter)

Pickle (a condiment that is made from vegetables (pickles))

Spotted dick (a suet pudding with currant and raisins)

Stilton (a strong tasting, blue-veined cheese)

Stinking Bishop (a soft, washed-rind cheese that is made from milk from Gloucester)

Squash (a vegetable from the gourd family)

Toad-in-the-hole (sausages covered in batter and roasted in the oven similar to Yorkshire pudding)

Trifle (a cake made from sponge cake, whipped cream, custard, jelly, fruit, cherries or spirits)

Victoria sponge cake (a cake made from flour, eggs and sugar. Sometimes leavened with baking powder)

Worcestershire sauce (a sauce made from anchovies, molasses, chillies and garlic)

Yorkshire pudding (made from flour, eggs and milk. It is baked in the oven and usually moistened with gravy)

Cardial

Sweetened fruit drink

Pop

Any carbonated drink

Fruit juice

Juice made from squeezed fruit like orange juice

Squash

A concentrated fruit flavoured syrup

Lemonade

Made from lemons, water and sugar

Ginger beer

Made from ginger, water and sugar

Tonic water

Usually used as mixer for alcoholic beverages

Ale

A dark brown drink, usually served at room temperature

Bevy

Any alcoholic drink

Bitter

Usually used as a synonym for ale

Cider

Made from apples

Lager and lager top

A beer that is yellow and sometimes served with a splash of lemonade

Pimms

Usually served with lemonade, mint, fresh fruit and ice

Scrumpy

A strong type of cider

Snakebite

Equal mix of cider and lager

Stout

Full-bodied beer made from malt