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What is British cuisine?
British cuisine (British food) grew from cheese / beer / pickle and potato / bread. Fish and chips is the postcard, not the whole map.
Is it always spicy?
British cuisine sits at spice 24 in this atlas. Fish and chips and Sunday roast show the range better than a single heat number.
What should a first meal include?
Fish and chips plus one regional plate — not only the export icon.
What is Sunday roast?
Weekly roast meal with gravy and puddings.
How do people eat at home?
London, Manchester and Glasgow do not cook the same dinner. Regional stubbornness is the cuisine, not a footnote.
What travels poorly?
The home pantry around Sunday roast and the labour behind Sunday roast rarely fit a takeaway box.
British cuisine changes by valley, coast and capital. London is one node, not the whole map.
The meters treat heat, ferment, street density and sharing as the axes that actually organise meals.
Systems
London metro
A regional kitchen of British cuisine centred on London and Fish and chips.
Manchester table
A regional kitchen of British cuisine centred on Manchester and Sunday roast.
Glasgow table
A regional kitchen of British cuisine centred on Glasgow and Full breakfast.
Cardiff table
A regional kitchen of British cuisine centred on Cardiff and Chicken tikka masala.
Belfast table
A regional kitchen of British cuisine centred on Belfast and Cornish pasty.
Region 5
Another regional kitchen of British cuisine.
Flavour meters
Cities & regions
London
A hotspot for Fish and chips and the local pantry of British cuisine.
Manchester
A hotspot for Fish and chips and the local pantry of British cuisine.
Glasgow
A hotspot for Fish and chips and the local pantry of British cuisine.
Cardiff
A hotspot for Fish and chips and the local pantry of British cuisine.
Belfast
A hotspot for Fish and chips and the local pantry of British cuisine.
Materials
cheese / beer / pickle
The savoury bass.
potato / bread
The meal starch.
Fish and chips staples
The icon pantry.
Market produce
The daily vegetable and protein.
Regional pride in this cuisine is argued through Fish and chips and Sunday roast more than through a single official recipe.
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