British Food to Feed a German Visitor

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Any inspiration please on what typically British dinners to cook for a German girl (early 20s - no food issues). She's never been to the UK before. I'm thinking a roast chicken dinner but other than that everything else we eat here is Spanish/Italian/Indian etc which would seem silly to cook.

Excellent. Thanks so much - will start writing a list!

Cornish pasty!

Haggis neeps and tatties ! Stovies

British style Indian is really a thing in its own right (and hard to find outside of the U.K.). Well worth offering.

Is your visitor from a biggish city over there? If not, I agree really good Indian food can be hard to find in smaller or more rural areas.

Definitely agree with fish and chips, traditional puddings like crumbles and custard, shepherds/cottage pies, afternoon tea, fruit cake, Sunday roast, Cornish pasty, HP sauce, some British snacks, traditional old fashioned sweets. English cooked breakfast.

how about a scotch pie with a fried egg on top & battered mars bars for pudding

My German relatives went absolutely bananas over Quiche Lorraine of all things!

All the more reason to offer them some traditionally British food then.

Trifle for pudding always goes down well with visitors from other countries.

@CaptainMyCaptain I don't disagree- but it's presuming they like it - I know a few Germans (and I know Germany really well) who wouldn't really be into cottage pie or some of the suggestions on here

I would suggest fish though as I've rarely had decent fish in Germany

Just cook what you normally cook

German people enjoy meat generally, but she might like your eclectic range. They also like cake!

bread

I've had Germans tell me all British bread is rubbish so you may want to demonstrate otherwise

British bread doesn't come close to the German freshly baked rolls from the bakery for breakfast!

My 87yo Uncle always asks us for Fish & Chips straight from the airport 😂

That's odd as it's obviously perfectly well known in Germany. Was it home-made?

Agree on roast beef and assorted pies, aa well as Indian food. Wouldn't do roast chicken if the aim is something unfamiliar.

Yes to trifle! As boozy as possible.

@GrumpyPanda That's odd as it's obviously perfectly well known in Germany. Was it home-made?

Yes it was, and my mum definitely made very lovely Quiches, but I have to admit I was surprised as well!

They also liked my version of a potato salad (hot crushed new potatoes with butter, mint, watercress, onion and bacon) but went nuts over the quiche.

Yes definitely have this as a treat. We have Dutch and German nieces and they love this sort of thing.

Also Butter Beer from Harry Potter which I had to explain wasn’t a regular thing on British menus

Shepherds pie is a good option and easy as you can make ahead. Take away fish and chips is a good option.

Toad in the hole made with Lincolnshire sausages is a good option as they are quite different from German ones, I eat German sausages but they aren't as good as good butcher's sausages here, meat content is far lower.

Beef stew and dumplings or hot pot another thing that's make ahead and definitely roast dinner. Steer clear of pasta as it's ubiquitous there but fine to go for Asian foods or go termed to mix it up, all depends on how long they are staying.

You could include a lot of these things in a "picky tea" one night - quiche, sausage rolls, cheeses, pickles etc

Jacket potatoes!
agree with previous suggestions plus get her to try some funny crisps flavours. You don’t get many crisps flavours in Germany.