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#172: The Curious Taste of British Food
Manage episode 296453981 series 2576053
👉 "The News Challenge" starts on April 22nd. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3xyUoGC
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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
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Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية
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Manage episode 296453981 series 2576053
👉 "The News Challenge" starts on April 22nd. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3xyUoGC
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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
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You might like:
🔓 Unlock bonus episodes, interactive transcripts, subtitles & vocabulary lists
🧑💼 Demystifying Business English Course
📹 A look inside Leonardo English membership
⚡️ How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English
✍️ Free English Grammar Checker
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Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية
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