9 British Dishes Everyone Should Try

Watch this video and do the following exercises. Watch it as many times as you need to find the answers for the activities.

1. Why is British food thought to be boring or even disgusting?

            a. because the British took a lot from American cuisine after World War II

            b. because they had little food during World War II and couldn’t cook much

            c. because everything is boiled

2. Match the dishes’ names with their description

Scotch eggs Savory pies Bangers and mash Curry Crumpets Butties Sponge puddings Scones Gammon

made of dough and stuffing, such as kidneys, eel, etc. the name has a northern origin a kind of biscuit different kinds of this dish may have funny names of their own remind something of a pancake and are served hot, with butter invented in the 19th century is served differently in different parts of the UKtype of meat dish – a part of a pig’s body cooked in a special way fried and served with potatoes a kind of cake served with syrup not of British origin served with butter and different strange kinds of stuffing very fat and unhealthy is a kind of sandwich called so because sometimes they used to explode while being cooked

Extra!

3. Why do the British have someone else’s national dish in their cuisine?

4. Find a phrase that means “can’t cook”:

            don’t ___________________ way _________________ kitchen

            How would you say that someone can cook?

            They __________________________________________________.

5. Find a phrase that means “this is not a very serious thing to argue about, but people do”

            ____________ have been _______________ less

HAVE FUN!!!