| It's an old joke that English food is unhealthy and if | | | | it was on your plate! Lunch would perhaps escape |
| you visit England you'll come back weighing pounds | | | | the grease, but at supper time, tradition again would |
| heavier because everything's cooked in grease. | | | | lead to fish and chips. |
| Unfortunately many people think of this as fact, and | | | | Today's English food has changed, as have the eating |
| the truth is that a short while ago there was little | | | | habits of the English people. No longer are things fried |
| defense against this kind of verbal attack on English | | | | in fat ⦠even fish and chip shops offer their |
| cuisine. | | | | menu fried in healthier oils! Restaurants, however, |
| The traditional English breakfast would appear in front | | | | have changed beyond recognition since the 1950s |
| of you with fried eggs, fried bacon, fried sausage | | | | and 1960s, with some of the world's finest chefs |
| ⦠if it could be fried and eaten for breakfast, | | | | now working in England's major cities. |