#16: British Food Part 1 - Oysters

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Today is the first of our 4-part mini-series on British food, and
we're going to talk about something you might not expect to
appear in a series on British food: the oyster.


In today's episode we cover:


Introduction to the mini-series on British food

Oysters in Roman times (and how Romans were crazy about
oysters)

Oysters as a poor man's food

How people used to eat oysters (with beer, salt and pepper,
and in pies)

A time when Londoners used to eat 1 oyster per day

The meal (and scandal) that destroyed the oyster industry

The future of oysters in Britain



Key vocabulary: Hot off the heels, Culinary, Oysters, Pearl, Fell
completely out of favour, Distrusted, Slurping, Sitting,
Prospect, Think much (of), Delicacy, Drift, Plucked, Cultivation,
Ale, Flat, Drumming up business, Era, Heyday, Slimy, Substitute,
Stretch, Banquet, Transpired, Batch, Contaminated, Dignitary,
Typhoid, Esteemed, Sewers, Piped, Moguls, Sewage, Bitter,
Litigation, Press charges, Amounted to, Nutrients, Award,
Testified, Compensation, Clubbed together, Inscribed, Dodgy,
Stocks, Depleted, Bolstered, On the off chance, Next in store,
Cunning, Albeit, Cult, Allies



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Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website
www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/british-food-part-1-oysters


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