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One of those innovations is the roast beef. The Roast beef has been a part of the British culinary tradition thus shows also Britishness. | One of those innovations is the roast beef. The Roast beef has been a part of the British culinary tradition thus shows also Britishness. | ||
In the 18th century, Henry Fielding, celebrated it as a national dish and called it the main food of an Englishman. | In the 18th century, Henry Fielding, celebrated it as a national dish and called it the main food of an Englishman. | ||
Every Sunday the landowner recompensed his workers after Sunday’s church with a good and strong Sunday lunch for past weeks work. The ballad “The Roast Beef of Old England” by Henry Fielding doesn’t only show how proud the English were about this dish, but it is also a proof for the love for the meat. Even the French must have seen this passion of the Englishmen for roast beef; they even call the English “rosbifs”. Rosbifs became a mark of the Englishmen as far as the French were concerned in the 18th century, simply because it was just a very popular way of cooking meat. | Every Sunday the landowner recompensed his workers after Sunday’s church with a good and strong Sunday lunch for past weeks work. The ballad “The Roast Beef of Old England” by Henry Fielding doesn’t only show how proud the English were about this dish, but it is also a proof for the love for the meat. Even the French must have seen this passion of the Englishmen for roast beef; they even call the English “rosbifs” [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2913151.stm]. Rosbifs became a mark of the Englishmen as far as the French were concerned in the 18th century, simply because it was just a very popular way of cooking meat. | ||
''When mighty Roast Beef was the Englishman's food, | ''When mighty Roast Beef was the Englishman's food, | ||
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The 18th century is a century in which a lot of new influences and innovations appeared in society. One of those innovations is the roast beef. The Roast beef has been a part of the British culinary tradition thus shows also Britishness. In the 18th century, Henry Fielding, celebrated it as a national dish and called it the main food of an Englishman. Every Sunday the landowner recompensed his workers after Sunday’s church with a good and strong Sunday lunch for past weeks work. The ballad “The Roast Beef of Old England” by Henry Fielding doesn’t only show how proud the English were about this dish, but it is also a proof for the love for the meat. Even the French must have seen this passion of the Englishmen for roast beef; they even call the English “rosbifs” [1]. Rosbifs became a mark of the Englishmen as far as the French were concerned in the 18th century, simply because it was just a very popular way of cooking meat.
When mighty Roast Beef was the Englishman's food, It ennobled our brains and enriched our blood. Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good Oh! The Roast Beef of old England, And old English Roast Beef! (Henry Fielding 1731)
Today the roast beef is substantial part of a traditional Sunday lunch [2]. Against modern ideas William Kitchener claimed that one should eat 3 kg of meat each week as part of a healthy lifestyle. Originally the English were hanging the meat for hours on the fire until the meat was done. People with less money did not have the luxury of a large fireplace or the money for much meat, so the smaller weekly roast would be dropped off to Sundays and into ovens . Nowadays the meat is baked in the modern oven. The tradition of the Sunday’s roast beef does still exist. Everywhere in the England in pubs and restaurants one finds a large verity of roast beef lunch-offers. For many English, cooking and serving Sunday’s lunch at home is the very heart of British food and tradition [please indicate source].