英国料理
ついでにWikipediaより。
英国料理：British Cuisineを検索すると、
とただのリンクが示される。日本で言ういわゆる英国料理とはEnglish cuisineであろうと、そちらを見てみよう。
このEnglish cuisineの説明中には色々な料理が列挙されており、そのほとんどにwikipedia内のリンクが貼られていてとても便利なのだが、解説の一部として「Reputation abroad」なる項目があるのが笑える。以下に引用。
English cuisine still suffers from a relatively poor international reputation, being typically represented by dishes consisting of simply cooked meats and vegetables (so called "meat and two veg") that need to be accompanied by bottled sauces or other condiments after cooking to make them more palatable. Many Francophiles think that food served in England often fails to reach the same general level of excellence that can easily be found across the English Channel in France. In fact French president Jacques Chirac in 2005 openly proclaimed that English food was the second-worst in Europe, after Finnish. However it can be observed that traditional English food, with its heavy emphasis on 'meat-vegetable-and-potatoes' falls squarely into the north European tradition extending from Austria and Germany to the Low Countries and Scandinavia, albeit with a marked French influence.
During the Middle Ages, English cuisine enjoyed an excellent reputation;[citation needed] its decline can be firmly traced back to the late 18th century when the majority of the English population began to move away from the land, and was compounded by the effects of rationing during two World Wars (rationing finally ended in 1954), followed by the increasing trend toward industrialised mass production of food. However, in Britain today there is more interest in food than there has ever been before, with celebrity chefs leading the drive toward raising the standard of food in the UK.
In 2005 British cuisine reached new heights when 600 food critics writing for Restaurant magazine named 14 British restaurants among the 50 best restaurants in the world with the number one spot going to The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire and its chef Heston Blumenthal. However, many of the restaurants, while located in the UK, do not serve traditional British cuisine - for example, Le Gavroche which serves French food - or are headed by non-British chefs such as Pierre Gagnaire.
Despite the availability of better quality fare, pre-packaged "ready meals" that require little preparation time have become more popular over the last 30 years - but they have themselves advanced considerably from their very basic beginnings.
ここにもあるように、近年はずいぶんと評価が変わってきているのだが、「痛いニュース(ﾉ∀`):「下手なレストランより優秀」…元ミシュラン三ツ星シェフがマクドナルドを絶賛」のコメント欄にあるように、「エゲレスだもんな」「イギリス人が食い物の事語ってもな・・・」などとイギリスというだけで食に関するコメントを全否定される悲劇*1はいまだ続いているようだ（笑）。
