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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I've realised recently that sauce is a general UK crutch. I knew like 5 ketchup kids growing up who ate everything with ketchup. Might be why we're known as a having bland food because we drown everything in sauce or gravy

Our national dish is literally dried toast with some saucy beans

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't toast normally dried?

On a more serious point, beans on toast is not the national dish on any list I've seen.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_dish#U

Looking up UK or England gives Chicken Tikka Masala, Fish and Chips or Sunday Roast. Scotland has haggis, Wales has Crawl and NI has Ulster Fry.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not officially but unofficially Beans on Toast is most recognizable other than Fish and Chips or and Full English Breakfast

Official National Dishes are always suspect. For example, the US has Turkey in general, and Apple Pie, which is an English dish

Realistically, Pies should be the national dish of the UK (Mince Pie, Shepherds Pie, Pork Pie, Pasty, Fish Pie, Many Dessert Pies) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_pies