In Defense of English Cooking
In Defense of English Cooking is an essay by George Orwell that appeared in the Evening Standard in 1945 . In this he confronts the bad reputation that English cuisine has. According to Orwell, this was considered "worst in the world" even in his own country.
The highlights of English cuisine include Yorkshire pudding , crumpets , bread sauce , horseradish sauce, mint sauce , apple sauce , currant jam and pickled cucumbers. All bread is good, especially good foods are Kipper , Stilton cheese, Wensleydale and Cox orange apples. Orwell complains about the British restaurants, which are either very bad or imitate French cuisine so that it is almost impossible for a stranger to actually taste good English cuisine.
In Defense of English Cooking resulted in a follow-up contract from the British Council for Orwell. He was supposed to produce a brochure on British cuisine to attract foreign tourists to the island. The British Cookery , established in 1947, was far less enthusiastic, however, and criticized British cuisine for being unimaginative, heavy, overcooked and slightly barbaric. The book never appeared in large editions. In 2005, In Defense of English Cooking was also the title of a collection of essays at Penguin Books, including essays by Orwell. It appeared in a series of selected classics on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Penguin paperback books.
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- ^ A b c Sophie Mackenzie: George Orwell's hot and cold British menu , the Guardian Word of Mouth Blog November 9, 2011
- ↑ Time Out: In Defense of English Cooking (Pocket Penguins Series) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
