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English food has traditionally been based on beef, lamb, pork, chicken and fish and generally served with potatoes and one other vegetable. The most common and typical foods eaten in England include the sandwich , fish and chips , pies like the cornish pasty, trifle and roasts dinners. Some of our main dishes have strange names like Bubble & Squeak , Spotted Dick and Toad-in-the-Hole .

What may appear strange to our overseas visitors is that not all our puddings are sweet puddings, some are eaten during the main course like Yorkshire Pudding and Black Pudding .

The staple foods of England are meat, fish, potatoes, flour, butter and eggs. Many of our dishes are based on these foods.

Fish and chips is the classic English take-away food and is the traditional national food of England.

It became popular in the 1860's when railways began to bring fresh fish straight from the east coast to the our cities over night.

The fish (cod, haddock, huss, plaice) is deep fried in flour batter and is eaten with chips. Traditionally, the fish and chips are covered with salt and malt vinegar and, using your fingers, eaten straight out of the newspaper which they were wrapped in. Now-a-days small wooden forks are provided and the fish and chips are wrapped in more hygienic paper.

In the north of England, fish and chips is often served with "mushy peas" (mashed processed peas).

Fish and Chips is traditionally England's national food .