British Food Glossary

Sunday roast: roast meat (beef, pork, chicken, lamb) or vegetarian/vegan equivalent (mushroom ‘wellington’ or nut roast) with potatoes and vegetables, often eaten on a Sunday.

Bangers and mash: sausages (pork) with mashed potatoes.

Sausage roll: puff pastry wrapped around sausage meat, eaten hot or cold.

Cornish pasty: a baked pastry filled with chunks of meat, potato and gravy.

Cottage pie: minced beef and gravy topped with mashed potatoes (or shepherd’s pie if it’s minced lamb).

Jacket potatoes: roasted potatoes in their skin, usually with a filling such as baked beans or bean/meat chilli.