| There are different kinds of restaurants - pub | | | | serve meals at the table rather than bar snacks |
| food, cafe food and fine dining food all fall under | | | | only. Some pubs, which call themselves "gastro |
| the restaurant category. You will expect a | | | | pubs," serve top quality food. This word, which is |
| different standard of cooking and care in each of | | | | a combination of gastronomy and pub, was coined |
| these kinds of places but let us have a look at | | | | in 1991 when The Eagle, a London pub, started to |
| pub food. What is the truth behind pub food | | | | serve fine food. |
| recipes? Are these dishes usually freshly prepared | | | | What are We Really Being Served? |
| or will you get something that has been made | | | | Not many pubs offer the type of food found in |
| months before and deep-frozen? | | | | The Eagle and most modern pubs use cheap |
| Pub food in Britain is also known as "pub grub." At | | | | ingredients, easy cooking methods such as |
| the turn of the twentieth century, you could | | | | microwaving and they have a cook who might or |
| expect to see shellfish vendors outside public | | | | might not have any culinary skills. Rather than |
| houses selling whelks, mussels, cockles and the | | | | fresh pub food, you can expect something that |
| like, or you could get a cold snack like a salad at | | | | has been made in a factory, packaged in plastic |
| the bar. | | | | wrap, boxed and deep frozen for a year. |
| In the 1950s it was common to get "a pie and a | | | | Your chicken Marsala might have been made a |
| pint," with the steak and ale pies being made by | | | | year ago and been in the pub freezer all that |
| the landlord's wife. In the 1960s and 1970s, you | | | | time. One popular British pub chain only has two |
| could get chicken or scampi in a basket or, in | | | | freshly made dishes on its menu and the rest are |
| Ireland, soda bread with Irish stew. | | | | all frozen dinners but of course, they do not tell |
| What is Modern Pub Food? | | | | you that. |
| Nowadays, you can get meals like fish and chips, | | | | Eating pub food might be fine occasionally but |
| bangers and mash, hot pot, pasties or shepherd's | | | | there is no getting away from the fact that |
| pie in pubs, as well as international recipes like chili | | | | homemade food is better for you. Not only does |
| con carne or lasagna. Popular pub recipes in | | | | it work out much cheaper but also you know |
| Australia include steak, battered fish or chicken | | | | exactly what ingredients are going into your |
| schnitzel served with fries, potato wedges or | | | | homemade recipes and you will not add all the |
| mashed potatoes and a side salad. | | | | colorings, preservatives and other chemical |
| Since the 1990s, the food has become a more | | | | additives found in a lot of pub food. |
| important part of pubs and most public houses | | | | |