When it comes to the "food desert" UK, I can't help but think of a paragraph on the Internet:
There are only three dishes that the British chef will make: fish and chips, fries and fish, and chips with fish.
Indeed, in the impression of netizens, British food seems to be only well-known for fish and chips, stargazing pie, and British afternoon tea snacks.
However, under the lens of classic movies and documentaries in Britain and the United States, British food is not only monotonous fish and chips, but also a wide variety of British flavors.
Food as presented in British films
Douban score 8.3, the classic British movie "Million Pounds" in the 50s
▲ The food that the actor Henry Adams saw on the table at the home of two gentlemen:
A chunk of Wellington, a large bottle of red wine, a mountain of fruit platters and cheeses.
▲ Bright red steak and shiny sausage, garnished with tomato and lettuce.
A large plate of food is displayed in the window of a street-side restaurant, making it whet your appetite.
▲ Actor Henry Adams had breakfast at a street restaurant:
Ham and eggs, thickened steak, two tomatoes, peas, carrots, muffins, cheese, coffee, two beers.
This breakfast costs 3 shillings and 10 pence in total.
Douban score 9.2, 2002 European and American classic movie "Harry Potter"
▲The opening banquet for the new students at Hogwarts:
Dinner:
Roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, sausages, steaks, boiled potatoes, baked potatoes, potato chips, Yorkshire pudding, pea sprouts, carrots, gravy, tomato sauce, mint hard candy......
Dessert:
Ice cream in all flavours, apple pie, syrup cake, chocolate muffin, jam doughnut, jam pudding, strawberry, jelly, rice pudding ......
Douban score 8.5, the 2017 British classic movie "Darkest Hour"
▲ The beginning of the movie is a food crit. As the chef got busy, a typical English breakfast was delivered to Churchill's table.
The food probably is:
Fried eggs, fried bacon, grilled sausages, grilled mushrooms, baked beans in tomato sauce, butter toast and a few glasses of wine.
Food as shown in old British documentaries
▲A fish and chip shop in the UK in the 60s.
Customers are tasting the best of British cuisine:
Fish and chips.
▲Fast food sold by British vending machines in the 60s.
The food in the lunch box that is about to be sealed seems to be:
Sweet potato puree, peas, stuffed tomatoes and mashed potatoes.
▲ The British Army Chef Training Center in the 60s.
The buffet that the chefs are preparing for the officers and soldiers of the army:
Salmon steak with tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs and lettuce, giant ham wrapped in dough, meat pie with beef and ham wrapped in eggs, lobster garnished with fruit and cream;
There is also a wide variety of fine bread biscuits, dessert cakes, cheese puddings......