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25/2/2016
UK food by Viv Quarry
Eating economically and enjoyably in the UK
by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com)
Most of the blue hyperlinks will show a photo of this type of food.
Snacks
These can be bought in most supermarkets and department stores. These range from more expensive
preprepared sandwiches to snack foods like:
Scotch eggs (a boiled egg cooked in sausagemeat)
beef/chicken pies (not very tasty eaten cold)
pork pies (minced pork in a pie a good cold snack, but best eaten with bread and mustard)
Cornish pasties (see below).
Cornish pasty snackbars
These fast food joints sell a variety of hot cornish pasties (meat and vegetables in a pastry 'pocket').
These are a delicious snack which isn't very expensive (try the 'traditional' pasty before the exotic
variations).
Fish and chip shops
Filling food at a good price. Most fish 'n' chip shops (known as 'chippies') serve both fish and chips in
three sizes (large, medium and small). Only choose the large size if you are VERY HUNGRY!
Medium or small is usually enough food for lunch. You'll see various options in most chip shops (cod,
haddock, plaice or other types of fish use a dictionary to check the translation of these fish). The first
time you go into a fish and chip shop, I recommend saying "One medium cod and chips, please." You
may have to wait while the food is cooked in front of you. As the attendant is wrapping the food, they
will usually ask "Salt and vinegar?". If you would like them to add salt and vinegar to the chips, just