Fill in the Blanks English foodOnline version food, english, gapped, stentences, text by Dunja Opatić 1 to high one been have no ago during while much well for among took that a The UK is rightfully recognized a number of cultural contributions . It's secret that food has never been of them . Often the subject of ridicule , the country's cuisine recently another blow when U . S . ambassador Matthew Barzun declared that he had served lamb and potato " 180 times " in the past year . Adding insult injury , he stated , " There are limits , and I reached them . " But just why does British food routinely take such beating ? There are , of course , the obvious reasons . The dishes most synonymous with the U . K . are , , bleh . Yorkshire pudding . Shepherd's pie . Steak and kidney pie . Bangers and mash . Stop us if you start salivating reading this at your desk . However , two hundred years the phrase ? a fine English meal' was considered praise . Then , the last century , English cooking's status took a nosedive . Many observers say British cuisine's fall from grace had to do with the residual effects of two world wars and strict rationing . The food of the British Isles is now universally considered to be the world's worst ? boring , bland and over - cooked .
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