Britain's Favourite Dishes that aren't actually British
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Britain’s iconic dishes and their surprising foreign origins
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Ask Britain what it wants for dinner and it will confidently list eleven dishes, none of which were invented within its own borders. This isn't a scandal. It's just what happens when an island spends centuries trading, colonising, and ordering takeaway. Here's a tour of the nation's "national" dishes, and why none of them are actually from here.