Popular Greasy British Foods

Britain is known for it’s greasy and deep fried delights. One of the sweetest of these is the deep-fried Mars bars which is the famous chocolate bar, dipped in batter and then deep-fried. A lot of the fish and chips shops in Britain serve this as dessert.  By the way, it is a Scottish treat that was invented in the early eighties in Glasgow that has expanded to include the deep frying of Snickers bars as well.

Another greasy favorite is Bubble and Squeak. These are deep fried patties made from mashed potatoes onions Brussels spouts, skim milk powder and cabbage that have been cooked and mashed together, made into patties and then deep fried until golden brown. The tradition of making them has to do with the sound they make when they are fried in the pan.

Another favorite greasy treat are Scotch eggs. These are hard boiled eggs that are wrapped in pork fat, rusks, potato starch and bread crumbs. They are then deep fried and they have the appearance of large crispy round tennis balls. They taste a bit like sausages and eggs and are quite crunchy.  Deep fried sausage rolls, which is sausage meet wrapped in pastry, is also a popular English treat.

In both England and Scotland deep fried pizza is becoming more popular. An already baked pizza is dipped twice into fish and chips batter until it is yellow all over and turns golden. It becomes a bit translucent and coats the pizza. Most places in the United Kingdom do them up with a frozen pizza from the store. However one of the newest sensations is to top the pizza with kebob meat.

Deep fried cheeseburgers are also a U.K. specialty. Two patties of frozen meat are used to encase a slice of processed cheese and then dipped in fish batter.  In England just about anything is deep-fried – from pineapples to hot-dogs to Pop-Tarts.

A more contemporary greasy food novelty in Britain is deep-fried macaroni and cheese. Clumps of macaroni and cheese are battered and then dropped into a deep fryer to be served up as cholesterol-heavy treats.  Giant New York pretzels, which are quite soft and New York cheesecake has also been given the deep battered treatment in gourmet English restaurants.

The most classic greasy food is deep-fried English fish and chips.  Mostly these are served up in big wads of used newspapers that are intended to soak up all of the grease.