/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Britain generally only invents ways to be more practical, even with food. Eating is a secondary concern. For example, pic related invented the sandwich so he could eat while pursuing more manly concerns (such as gambling, smashing birds and being first lord of the admiralty). Next thing you know, we're inventing the toast sandwich because the sandwich still isn't practical enough.

If you want to know about cuisine, talk to the French or the Italians. While they were twisting pasta into fancy shapes, Brits were digging mountains of coal out of the ground, building steam engines and projecting naval power around the world like the autistic megalomaniacs that we are.

We do make more types of cheese than any other country though. 500 varieties compared to France's 400.

For an easy, authentic taste of Britain, I'd suggest a Ploughman's Lunch, preferably with a pint of ale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ploughman's_lunch