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The English like what they call ‘good plain food’. They must be -able to recognize what they are eating. Usually they like fish and chips, roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and roast turkey.

Afternoon tea is taken at about 5 o’clock, but it can hardly be called a meal. It is a cup of tea and cakes or biscuits. At the weekends afternoon tea is a special occasion. Friends and visitors are often invited to have a chat over a cup of tea. Dinner is the most substantial meal of the day. It is usually eaten at 7 o’clock. The first course may be soup though the English don’t like it very much. The main course will often be fish or meat, perhaps the traditional beef steak of old England, and a lot of vegetables. The next course will be something sweet and often cooked, such as a fruit pie. Last of all there may be cheese, often with biscuits.

It is common knowledge that the English are very fond of tea. They like to have ‘a nice cup of tea’ 6 or 8 times a day, sometimes even more;

On Christmas Day a Christmas pudding is traditionally cooked for dinner. It is usually followed by roast beef. Long before Christmas housewives begin to plan what cake to make for Christmas. Usually they make fantastic Christmas cakes.