An American writer asked what British people have for dinner, and the Brits went into full troll mode – 21 favourite wind-ups

12.

Beans on toast for lunch, jellied eels for a snack and constantly making/drinking cups of tea.
Pat8aird

Replace the jellied eels with an apple or a Twix and you’re not far off.
HereFromThere

13.

​”Cor blimey, Your Ladyship,” Jeeves said, bowing low. “The chef has truly outdone himself tonight. Straight from the River Thames, it is. Mind your eye, it’s bloody brilliant.” ​”Spiffing, Jeeves, absolutely top-hole,” Pippa said, adjusting her diamond tiara. She picked up her silver fish knife and looked at the delicate, deep-fried cod, which was elegantly drizzled with a reduction of English mustard and maple syrup. “Arthur, darling, do pass the crumpets. One simply cannot have the fish and chips without a side of toasted crumpets.”
street-adagio-2125

14.

Fish and chips is the opposite of posh.

Not that you’d know by the prices these days mind.
icandoitidk

15.

Bloody luxury, in my day we got handful of gravel and were grateful for it!!
DeepVeinThrombosis

16.

The scene should be dad saying he’ll go for chippy tea, takes everyone’s orders, steak onion pie, fish x 2, battered sossidge, 2 large chips to share, curry sauce. Then he gets to t chippy and he goes “OWWW MUCH?!” then returns home with smiley faces and youngs fish fillets from t co-op, canned mushy peas and a 2 litre of irn bru.
castlerigger

17.

A bucket of vindaloo.

Enjoyed by me and me mum and me dad and me gran.
LowLiteLowLifeUK

18.

I think the real question is, is it dinner or tea?
FrancesNow

This is where it’s at. Dinner is at dinner time and tea is at tea time.

When do you have dinner ladies?
galacticDoc

19.

Normally there’s a large vat of baked beans in the middle of the table and we scoop it out with our hands, directly into our mouths.
EffBee93

20.

Huel.
CharlieCatBloke

21.

Beagle stew with roasted kite and boiled Ayrshire taters is my usual go to. Of course it must be followed tartan ice cream with fresh burberries on top.
KillyBug

Legitimate-Lock9965 said what a lot of people must have been thinking.

If you’re thinking that fish and chips sounds too posh, then I’m not sure why you’re writing about a british family, if you don’t really know much about british culture.

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