Lifestyle in Britain. Дворжец О.С. - 132 стр.

Beer is still the most popular alcoholic drink.          Steak and Kidney Pudding
The most popular pub beer is ‘bitter’, which is          Cut the beef and kidney into cubes, toss in
draught (i.e. from the barrel), has no gas in it         seasoned flour. Line a pudding basin with
and is conventionally, drunk at room tempera-            three quarters of the pastry and fill the ba-
ture. A sweeter, darker version of bitter is             sin with alternate layers of beef, kidney
‘mild’. These beers have a comparatively low             and onions; sprinkle each layer with pars-
alcoholic content. This is one reason why                ley and a little salt and pepper. Add suffi-
people are able to drink so much of them! In             cient stock to just cover the meat, cover
most pubs, several kinds of bottled beer, usu-           with the pastry lid and pudding cloth.
ally known as ‘ales’, are also available.                Steam for 4 hours.
Beer which has gas in it and is closer to con-           Bread and Butter Pudding
tinental varieties is known as ‘lager’. During           Heat the milk with the lemon rind and
the 1980s strong lager became popular among              leave to infuse for 10 minutes. Beat the
some young people. Because these people                  eggs with the sugar and brandy; pour over
were used to drinking weaker traditional beer,           the strained milk and mix well. Butter the
they sometimes drank too much of it and be-              bread, remove crusts and cut into triangles.
came aggressive and even violent. They there-            Place half the mixed currants, sultanas and
fore became known as ‘lager louts’.                      peel in the base of a greased pie dish. Ar-
In some pubs, cider is available on draught,             range half the bread on top and sprinkle
and in some parts of Britain, most typically in          with the remaining fruit. Strain half the
the English west country, it is this, and not            custard over the bread and leave to soak
beer, which is the most common pub drink.                for 5 minutes. Place the remaining bread
Shandy is half beer and half fizzy lemonade.             on top and strain over the rest of the cus-
It has the reputation of being very good for             tard. Dust with grated nutmeg or cinnamon
quenching the thirst.                                    and bake in a roasting tin with hot water
                                                         for 45 minutes. Serve with cream.
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Irish Stew
Cut the meat up into fairly small pieces, re-
moving the fat. Slice the onions. Peel the po-
tatoes and cut them into thick slices. Put the
meat and vegetables into a saucepan in layers,
finishing with a layer of potatoes. Season with
salt and pepper. Add water. Bring to the boil,
then cover and simmer gently for about two
hours. To serve, pile the meat and onions in
the center of the dish, with the potatoes round
the edge, and pour the sauce over the meat.
Sprinkle the parsley over the potatoes.

Shepherd’s Pie
Heat the oil and fry the onion and meat until
brown. If using leftover beef do not fry this.
Stir in the flour and stock. Add the parsley,
marjoram and salt and pepper to taste. Blend
in the left-over beef. Put this mixture in an
ovenproof dish and pipe the mashed potato
over the top. Bake in the oven for about 45
minutes or until the top is golden brown.


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