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> > So what is normally served for lunch?
> > --
> > Peace! Om
>
> Depends on where one chooses to eat.
>
> A decent pub lunch in London can range from traditional eats such as
> pork pies, shepherd's or cottage pies and the 'ploughman's lunch'
> (cheeses, bread and 'pickle', as in Branston-type pickle), to Thai or
> Chinese food. Sunday lunch can be a roast with vegs and potatoes or
> something more upmarket.
>
> Fish and chips (or sausage and chips, bangers and mash etc) is always
> popular as are kebabs of varying sorts and sandwiches (from a local
> sandwich shop or a chain such as Pret a Manger). Any sort of food
> imaginable is eaten for lunch in London. My neighbourhood was
> essentially Bengali and Somali, so infinite numbers of curries available
> for lunch or dinner.
>
> Out in the provinces there are regional variations and specialties but
> meat pies abound, local fish dishes, sausages and the usual Chinese and
> Indian restaurants to be found everywhere.
>
> Posher places serve the same sort of 4-star food any place of that
> caliber would be expected to serve.
>
> Places that do a meal specifically labelled as 'brunch' can serve
> anything at all; they tend to be more upmarket.

About the variety I can find locally...

I was curious if there was a common traditional item.

Sounds like it's meat pies!
--
Peace! Om

"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down."
--Steve Rothstein


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