food Archives - British Slang Dictionary

Chip Butty

A chip butty is hot chips placed between two slices of buttered white bread. It is exactly what it sounds…

A bacon butty is bacon between two slices of buttered white bread. That is the entire dish, and Britain has…

Mushy peas are dried marrowfat peas, soaked and then boiled until they break down completely into a thick green purée.…

Spotted dick is a steamed pudding made with suet, flour, sugar and dried fruit, served hot in thick slices with…

A Ploughman's is a cold plate served in pubs: a wedge of cheese, a hunk of crusty bread with butter,…

Jellied eels are pieces of eel, stewed in a spiced stock and left to cool, at which point the liquid…

Pie and mash is the traditional working-class meal of East and South East London: a small minced beef pie, a…

Welsh rarebit is a thick savoury cheese sauce spread on toast and grilled until bubbling and browned. It is not…

Toad in the hole is sausages baked into Yorkshire pudding batter in a single dish, until the batter puffs up…

Trifle is a cold layered dessert built in a large glass bowl so the strata are visible from the side.…