【導(dǎo)讀】不僅表現(xiàn)在社會(huì)生活的方方面面，其中也包括表現(xiàn)在飲食方面。在對(duì)食物原料營(yíng)養(yǎng)的追求，對(duì)簡(jiǎn)單烹飪方法的追求以及在飲食觀上的體現(xiàn)。飲食中所表現(xiàn)出來(lái)的英國(guó)人民族個(gè)性中的高貴與務(wù)實(shí)有一個(gè)重要的意義。是給沒(méi)有去過(guò)英國(guó)的外國(guó)人一種好的印象。高貴與務(wù)實(shí)使他們對(duì)英國(guó)產(chǎn)生一種好的印象。這種好的印象有助于英國(guó)國(guó)際地位的

　　

【正文】 y bee strong. British is very pragmatic, they will never give up nutrient. So, most British people have high and strong figure. The reasonable food gives great help to them. People often find spices are widely used in British food. The history of spice are used in British food is very long. When the Frankish Normans invaded, they brought with them the spices of the east: cinnamon, saffron, mace, nutmeg, pepper, and ginger. In ancient Britain, due to the restriction of sanitary equipment British used to put spice into food to kill bacterium. British do not like other countries’ people who putting a large quality of spice into food. Spice was often subtle and used sparingly in British food. In many countries, spice has a special function of adding color. British have the same tradition too. For instance, saffron allowed the cook to color dull looking food to a brilliant yellow, making it more exciting to the eye. However, in British’s eyes the function of adding color is not the most important. The really most importance of spice is still the function of killing bacterium. Except nutrient, the British demand the food which they eat must be clear and healthy for body. The aim of using spice shows British’s pragmatic character again. The cooking methods of British food are very simple. They are including fry, steam. Boil and roast. Most food just adopts one of the cooking methods. Besides roast, other cooking method’s cooking time is very short. Thus, the nutrients of the food are greatly kept 18 during the cooking time. British are very interested in salad. They put all kinds of fresh vegetable together, put in salad dressing and eat it. Vegetable’s vitamins are kept in salad because there is no heating to destroy vitamins. British love salad—rich in nutrient. Pragmatic British pursue nutrient than anything else. Thinking carefully those foods sold in the pub, people can classify their features into tow groups. One is the easy to cooking, another is rich in nutrient. Analyzing carefully such food’ making method and ingredient, people could find out they have not intricate method to cook. The most important is they keep most protein and vitamin. Simple and nutrient is the most important feature in west food. In western world the sense of eating is reasonable. No matter how delicious the food is, it must have nutrient. West people’s figure is high and strong。 their food contributes greatly to their health. Mr. LingYutang said: British and America just consider eating as pouring fuel into a machine. They just care what they eat could keep fit. Admiring simple and nutrient could reflect pragmatic personality of British. Pragmatism in British’s Food Conception From preceding introduction, People must to say British food is very rich and delicious. However people also find that the British food has a specialty—they are rich in fat. So, in Britain some people are easy to bee fat. People know from the point of modern medicine that is dangerous. But now, Britain’s food view is changing. Today Britain has realized that such food which rich in fat and sugar is not good for health. So, they began a revolution to adjust the food’s structure. They try to Human step into a new age leading their food habit to a healthier direction. People must pay attention to their stupid idea about e 19 ating. Modern science has proved eating too much is the main cause of obesity, cancer and diabetes. In Britain, eating healthy is being more and more popular. In the late 198039。s, British cuisine started to look for a new direction. Disenchanted with the overblown (and undernourished) Nouvelle Cuisine, chefs began to look a little closer to home for inspiration. Calling on a rich (and largely ignored) tradition, and utilizing many diverse and interesting ingredients, the basis was formed for what is now known as modern British food. Game has enjoyed resurgence in popularity although it always had a central role in the British diet, which reflects both the abundant richness of the forests and streams and an old aristocratic prejudice against butchered meats. In London especially, one can not only experiment with the best of British, but the best of the world as there are many distinct ethnic cuisines to sample, Chinese, Indian, Italian and Greek restaurants are amongst the most popular. Although some traditional dishes such as roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, Cornish pasties, steak and kidney pie, bread and butter pudding, treacle tart, spotted dick or fish and chips, remain popular, there has been a significant shift in eating habits in Britain. Rice and pasta have accounted for the decrease in potato consumption and the consumption of meat has also fallen. Vegetable and salad oils have largely replaced the use of butter. Roast beef is still the national culinary pride. It is called a joint, and is served at midday on Sunday with roasted potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, two vegetables, a good strong horseradish, gravy, and mustard. Today there is more emphasis on fine, fresh ingredients in the better restaurants and markets in the UK offer food items from all over the world. Salmon, Dover sole, exotic fr 20 uit, Norwegian prawns and New Zealand lamb are choice items. Wild fowl and game are other specialties on offer. When the times e to 21st century, the view of food in Britain bees more and more pragmatic. It has a huge difference with the conceptual consume which popular in 90s. Now, Britain’s food market presents a more and more pragmatic trend of consuming. Chapter Four The Significance of Nobility and Pragmatism in British Food and Drink Food and drink could spread widely. They are not restricted by space, language and so on. Good food and drink could be received by most people of the world. Except a few coun