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Tastes of Britain 英国传统风味 收听与下载 A Charity Looks at Regional British Food 一个慈善机构调查英国各地的风味食品If you really want to get to know England, you should use your tongue to do more than just speak English. You should educate your palate on the tastes of the local food too. That is what the British conservation charity the National Trust thinks - and it is putting its money where its mouth is. 如果你真的想了解英国,你应该用舌头来做的不仅仅是讲英语。你应该教育口感的喜好当地食物。这就是英国的保育慈善全国信托认为——把它的货币,它的话。 The Trust employed a panel of taste experts to identify what flavours typify each region in the UK. They tried food and drink from many areas, making sure to smell, touch and look at the food as well as savour the taste. 信任的味道从业人员发现什么口味的每个地区典型的英国。他们试图从许多地区的食物和饮料,确保对嗅觉、触觉、看看食物以及品尝它的味道。 A delicious cream tea After tasting apple chutney, beef, ice cream and potatoes grown in Cornwall, they said that the primary flavours of southwest England have overtones of cream and honey that are present even in the meat courses. Probably the most famous of these dishes is the Cornish pasty, a traditional miners lunch of beef and potato wrapped in pastry. It is as popular as cream tea, where the beverage is served with scones, jam and clotted cream. According to the experts, the flavours that represent the Midlands are gamey. The panel tasted the local pale ale and spring lamb, among other things. But the Trust is concerned that regional foods risk becoming extinct because the nation is losing the ability to taste complex and varied flavours. The Director-General of the National Trust, Fiona Reynolds, says: Taste is something were losing, because too many of our meals are packed with additives and flavourings. And because many of us dont see food production for ourselves, were losing contact with where food comes from and its distinctive taste. The National Trusts research is the latest initiative in a growing movement to reconnect British people with their traditional foods. The trend has seen the revival of farmers markets and the m