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[size=150:w6e9e7pt]Bacon Butties are the Favourite!

Bacon butties, roast dinners and a cuppa: 50 things we love best about Britain show we're a nation of food lovers

The tasty bacon butty is what we love most about Britain, a survey revealed today.
A humble bacon sandwich topped the poll of the 50 things we most adore about the nation, with a traditional roast dinner taking second place.
Nothing washes down a meal better than a lovely cup of tea - which came in at number three in the survey of 60,000 Brits.


Nation of food lovers: The bacon butty and roast dinner came in first and second place
Our proud national history came fourth followed by the BBC in fifth, Big Ben in sixth and Buckingham Palace in seventh.
The love for our rolling hills will never dwindle as the beautiful English countryside made eighth spot.
Food continued its domination in the remainder of the top ten, with fish and chips and the Yorkshire Pudding coming in at ninth and tenth respectively.
Incredibly, the poll revealed that cheese is a greater national treasure than our monarch, with cheddar coming in at 13th on the list while the Queen trailed behind in 15th.


Bond and Big Ben: These two national icons feature in the survey on the top 50 things we love about Britain
For an example of style, class and British engineering, the Aston Martin roared into 17th.
It is clear that Brits love bagging a bargain, which comes in at 30th on the list.
James Bond triumphed over Harry Potter as the nation’s best-loved fictional character.
And proving the quirkiness us Brits are known for is alive and well, that most alternative of British ‘sports’ - cheese rolling - made the last spot.


The old and the new: British icons such as Shakespeare and the Royal Family also made the list
While perhaps when it comes to love, the debate is over, as Marmite finished narrowly outside the top 50.
‘When it comes to our great loves food is clearly on top and whether it’s a butty, bun or sanger the trusty bacon sandwich is a worthy winner of the top spot,’ said T-Mobile spokesman Spencer McHugh, after the company commissioned the research for a new TV ad.
He added: ‘Whether we’re eating it between bread or rolling it down a hill it’s obvious that we are a nation of food lovers.'

TOP 50 BRITISH LOVES: These are a few of our favourite things
1. Bacon sandwiches
2. Roast dinners
3. Cup of tea
4. British history
5. BBC
6. Big Ben
7. Buckingham Palace
8. Countryside
9. Fish &
Chips
10. Yorkshire Pudding
11. English fry up
12. British sense of humour
13. Cheese
14. Lake District
15. The Queen
16. Sunday lunch
17. Aston Martin
18. Cornish pasties
19. Stonehenge
20. National Heritage
21. Pubs
22. The Tower of London
23. Wimbledon
24. Baking
25. Strawberries and cream
26. The Pound
27. Black cabs
28. The Beatles
29. The coastline
30. Bargains
31. Shakespeare
32. James Bond
33. Red phone boxes
34. Football
35. Crumpets
36. The Houses of Parliament
37. Red buses
38. Harry Potter
39. Ice cream vans
40. The Red Arrows
41. Driving on the left
42. Cricket
43. Concorde
44. Real ale
45. The Royal Family
46. The Queen’s English
47. Festivals
48. Stephen Fry
49. Harrods
50. Cheese Rolling

Have they missed any you like!

[size=150:k2z0hzpb] Scones &
clotted cream with Jam Yum Yum!! ::

My favourite is treacle sponge pudding! Got the taste buds going just writing it!!!!!!

Oh stop it Itchy buzz off and find something to do - all this talk of food makes me want to dive into the cupboard.

They missed out the horse of the year show and crufts. Definately my favorite things about being englishbb :Sunny:b

beautifulangel wrote:

They missed out the horse of the year show and crufts. Definately my favorite things about being englishbb :Sunny:b

Hey Beautifulangel I bet you came to our neck of the woods for the East of England Shire horse Show.

Yes Oddie we did. Its a fantastic show! So is the Yorkshire show which is my home area

Obviously the organisers only polled Little BRITAIN. Had they bothered with their other countrymen they may have found N.Irish people with a liking for the Ulster Fry, Vegetable Roll, Soda Farls, Wheaten Bread or Baps.

Had they followed the M6 North (it goes for miles even after Manchester) for long enough they might have founders Gingers up there with a liking for Rolls and Sliced Sausage, Haggis, Butteries, Stovies and Deep Fried Mars Bars.

My personal favourite was a Mortons Chewy Roll with Sliced Sausage and Tatty Scone.

What about Scotch pies and Forfar bridies?

Scunnered wrote:

What about Scotch pies and Forfar bridies?

Their well posh with beans or just on their own at the fitba

Hmmm, dare I say that the British love complaining?

black pudding

Steak and kidney pudding :Great:a real rib sticker :Cool3:My hubbys is a balti,not quite british but there you go

The best food in the world comes from Britain.The cheese for a start is so tasty.Where other countries cannot even get near to the british standard of quality.l love the good old cheddar