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Food, eating habits and cusine of The United Kingdom

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British cuisine has numerous national and local varieties, as well as Scottish, English and Welsh cuisine, which each of them has extended their own regional dishes.

Some of the main meal dishes are Toad-in-the-Hole (made of sausages wrapped in batter and roasted), Roast Meats (beef, pork, lamb, chicken, duck, goose, gammon and turkey), Lancashire Hotpot (casserole of vegetables and meat topped with cut potatoes), Bubble & Squeak (made of cabbage, carrots, peas, potato, Brussels sprouts and other vegetables), fish and chips and gammon steak with egg.

Some delicious salads that may encounter in the country are Chickpea Salad (made of chickpeas mixed with fresh herbs, garlic and cucumber), King Prawn Salad (cooked king prawns with vegetables), Mozzarella and Beetroot Salad (pieces of beetroot with mozzarella, flavored with a beetroot vinaigrette), Potato Salad (served with a slice of garlic bread) and Roast Vegetable and Feta Salad (made of vegetables, chick-peas and baby spinach).

Pudding is one of the famous desserts in the country. There are several variations of puddings like Spotted Dick (sponge pudding with raisins and sultanas), Trifle (layers of sponge cake with fruit, custard and whipped cream), Apple Crumble (served with cream and custard), Hasty Pudding (steamed pudding of butter, cinnamon, eggs, flour and milk), Semolina Pudding (made of eggs, milk, flavoring and sugaring), Roly-poly (made of fruits rolled up in dough and baked), Treacle pudding (with a syrup topping), Roast beef and Yorkshire pudding. Other desserts include Banoffee pie, ice creams, lardy cake, lemon meringue, strawberry cheesecake and vanilla crème brulee.

The usual drinks in the country are tea (most Britons like strong and dark tea with milk), coffee, beer, soft drinks, and wine.