#172: The Curious Taste of British Food

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British food has a bad reputation. It's often considered boring,
uninspiring, and tasteless.


But it hasn't always been this way.


Discover what role William the Conqueror, Henry VIII, The French
Revolution and Colonialism all played in making British food
taste the way it does.


The current reputation of British food

The arrival of the Normans in 1066

Henry VIII and the Reformation

Making fish taste better in Medieval England

Stopping eating dangerous "Catholic" dishes

The Industrial Revolution's effect on food

Preserving food in cans

Not having enough time to cook properly

"We may find in the long run that tinned
food is a deadlier weapon than the machine gun."

The arrival of French chefs in British aristocratic homes

The British Empire

The history of curry

“Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management”

When (and why) British food lost its taste

The Second World War & austerity

Modern British food (& TV cooks)

British food in 2021

The biggest takeaway market in Europe

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary
available on the
website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/curious-taste-british-food


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