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To ask what British people have for dinner usually

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AnxietyLevelMax · 17/10/2024 14:31

Not british, married to one but he grew up abroad and dont know a lot about own culture besides common things such as roast dinner etc 😊

what do you guys eat and at what time usually? Its so different where i am from - our lunch is hot and usually between 2-3pm (think like soups, pasta, chicken, fish etc etc). In the evening our dinners are cold - sandwiches, salad or whatever.

i am looking for some british meal ideas 😀 kids born in uk and growing up here so we would love to mix all 3 cultures.

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timetodecide2345 · 19/10/2024 17:22

I've got a nice M&S meal for two - salmon with chilli sauce served with croquette potatoes and green beans. M&S yoghurt for dessert.

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AnxietyLevelMax · 19/10/2024 16:52

StressedQueen · 19/10/2024 16:49

They look great!!! We are being lazy tonight so doing egg, chips and baked beans for dinner.

I love eggs with any form of potatoes!

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StressedQueen · 19/10/2024 16:49

They look great!!! We are being lazy tonight so doing egg, chips and baked beans for dinner.

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AnxietyLevelMax · 19/10/2024 16:47

Ok not gonna lie…i am only showing off now cause i am not a very good chef, rather average, but i am proud of my fish cakes 😂

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Longma · 19/10/2024 08:40

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Talipesmum · 19/10/2024 08:28

RampantIvy · 19/10/2024 07:37

Yes. A chip butty is a breadcake full of chips. Pure carbohydrate, and about 1,000 calories.

I don't understand the love for chip butties TBH. They are too stodgy for me.

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Maybe you need more ketchup 😄

Highly opinionated and loving article here op -https://amp.theguardian.com/food/2020/aug/07/how-to-eat-chip-butties

To ask what British people have for dinner usually
sashh · 19/10/2024 08:25

Oh and if you want recipes have a look at Delia Smith Delia's Complete Cookery Course has been around for years and although I don't particularly like her style of cooking (who can be bothered measuring a 1/4 teaspoon of something) all her recipes work.

sashh · 19/10/2024 08:19

If you have a look in a supermarket (or online) lots of traditional meals are now produced as ready meals.

Sausages (bangers) and mash
Cottage / shepherd's pie
Casseroles / stews
Pies, often with mash or chips
Toad in the hole
Hot pot
Fish and chips, usually from the chip shop
Egg and chips - OK you don't get that as a ready meal
Liver and bacon with mash - liver makes the best gravy
Burgers (with or without a bun) with chips

Most people will make a few 'foreign' meals that are actually British like Spag bol, pizza and chicken tikka masala.

You do get regional variations, chip butties are common in Lancashire as is a 'pie and pea supper' which is meat and potato pie, steeped peas and gravy.

Oatcakes in Staffordshire.

In Coventry they don't serve bread rolls with fillings, well they do but they are called a 'batch'.

Fish and chips in Yorkshire tends to be fried in beef dripping.

West midlands you can get a hot pork bap with crackling, stuffing and gravy.

quantumbutterfly · 19/10/2024 08:10

I've just read about the 'Leeds dripping riot', crikey.

VestaTilley · 19/10/2024 07:50

I forgot risotto, paella and sweet and sour pork with rice (the latter from a jar, it reminds DH and me of family meals growing up 😂)

quantumbutterfly · 19/10/2024 07:47

if you want really old school Brit food.....bread & dripping.
A slightly less sophisticated alternative to ciabatta & olive oil.😂

VestaTilley · 19/10/2024 07:46

*hot, sigh

VestaTilley · 19/10/2024 07:46

Dinner (evening meal).

Always not unless it’s a very warm summer’s day (haha).

Lasagne (often veggie), chilli (usually veggie with rice, sour cream, cheese and avocado), casseroles such as coq au vin, boeuf bourginon, braised lamb shanks, Irish stew, Scouse (thick Liverpudlian stew), beef stew, lamb hot pot, DH sometimes makes cawl, cassoulet, sausages and lentils, roast dinner (though actually have this usually on Sunday lunch), curry (often veggie) and rice, kedgeree with smoked haddock, spaghetti (carbonara, tomato or bolognaise), baked gnocchi, fish with potatoes and vegetables, fishcakes and peas, sausages with mash and veg, fish and chips, toad in the hole, pizza and garlic bread, baked potatoes with beans or tuna mayo or cheese or chilli. Cottage pie, fish pie, shepherds pie. I used to make proper double crust pies such as chicken and ham or beef steak, but since a coeliac diagnosis I have to use GF pastry which isn’t as good so I make pies a lot less than I used to, same for steak and kidney pudding and dishes with dumplings, which I miss, as well as things like homemade quiches and savoury tarts. Occasionally do a fry up with toast for an evening meal. Steak and chips occasionally and baked ham or poached ham hocks. Salads with poached fish and new potatoes I do a lot in summer. Despite this list we do eat vegetarian food about 2/3 times a week.

RampantIvy · 19/10/2024 07:37

AnxietyLevelMax · 19/10/2024 07:24

I had to google it. Is it a sandwich with chips? Do you put anything else in it? Never heard of it.

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Yes. A chip butty is a breadcake full of chips. Pure carbohydrate, and about 1,000 calories.

I don't understand the love for chip butties TBH. They are too stodgy for me.

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AnxietyLevelMax · 19/10/2024 07:30

And just to add regarding having a main meal at lunch. When I was at school you never finished later than 2pm, it was a normal thing to have you grandparents/grandmom at least taking care of you after school, so you just had main meal after school. Many office jobs dont finish at 5.30 or 6 (my brother finish at 4 even nowadays), main meal was usually ready and needed to be put in a microwave if you are home before your parents, no one waited till 5-6pm to eat😀
but i understand how it doesnt work now, it doesnt really work for me either on most of the days so we are trying to adjust

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AnxietyLevelMax · 19/10/2024 07:24

Appletreepots · 18/10/2024 19:29

We just had chip butties.

They're easily the best British dish.

I had to google it. Is it a sandwich with chips? Do you put anything else in it? Never heard of it.

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Appletreepots · 18/10/2024 19:29

We just had chip butties.

They're easily the best British dish.

buffyfaithspike · 18/10/2024 17:47

RampantIvy · 18/10/2024 09:41

I don’t know anyone that eats their main meal at lunchtime

Who even has time to cook at lunchtime?

Unless you have a staff canteen at work, are retired or eat out it wouldn't be practical.

Me but I batch cook

So I might have lasagne or cottage pie for lunch but because I live alone I've made it and frozen 6 portions into "ready meals"
If I'm hungrier at lunch I'll have it then have something lighter for tea

Nice in winter to have beef stew for lunch Grin

DustyAmuseAlien · 18/10/2024 17:47

Tonight we will have chilli con carne with jacket potatoes and cheese.

Other regulars:
Stir Fry veg with noodles and black bean sauce
Curry with aubergine mushroom and spinach
Pasta with peppers and sausages in a butternenut squash sauce
Pieminister (ready made) pies with brocoli and carrots
Pizza
Stuff with chips (each member of the family has a different favourite thing to have with chips)
Ratatouille with galic bread & goats cheese

We usually eat at 6:30ish having had a light lunch (sandwich/soup/salad) at 12ish

ThisHangryPinkBalonz · 18/10/2024 17:39

Looks amazing OP

Talipesmum · 18/10/2024 17:28

Looks great! Love a chicken pie!

Breadcat24 · 18/10/2024 16:43

well done on your chicken pie- one of my husband's favourites and an excellent way to use up leftover roast chicken

Detchi · 18/10/2024 16:42

That looks amazing OP. A very rare treat here! Hairy Bikers do the best pie recipes.

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AnxietyLevelMax · 18/10/2024 16:37

Chicken pie today, i am proud of myself😆😆 worst food critic….my 4yr old DS accepted and ate some so it was pretty good 😊

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unmemorableusername · 18/10/2024 13:57

Brits eat quite globally I'd say.
Mexican- tacos etc
Italian- pizza pasta
Thai - curry
Indian - tikka masala
Chinese - sweet & sour

Then roast/meat & 2 veg meals like fish & chips, chips, steaks, chicken.

Potatoes feature greatly.

Also beans on toast, marmite & lots of eggs & dairy.

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