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When the British arrived in India, they heavily influenced the Indian culture in many aspects of the society. The East India Company built many plantations in India to grow commercially-attractive commodities and cash crops for export, such as tea and cotton. By introducing new irrigation projects, the British made more Indian land available for agriculture, but the emphasis on cash crops debilitated food production which led to a series of famines in the 19th century.The British, however, did do some beneficial deeds. By 1904 the British had laid 28,000 miles of railway track, an important avenue of commerce for India. The British brought their medical skills, administrative know-how and legal system to India along with improvements in transport and agriculture, but the debate continues as to how much these introductions benefited ordinary Indians outside the ruling class.
You might consider trivially converting Indian culture to British one mean and intrusive--which it was considered by the Indians. But think on the bright side: THE BRITISH INTRODUCED NEW FOOD, TOO!
---which, thank god, brought pies to India!
During the Medieval times of England, pies were called pyes. Instead of being a sweet dessert, they were mostly filled with meat like beef, lamb, wild duck, magpie pigeon and with spices of pepper, currants or dates.
Pies have a rich, rich history, just like the sauce that filled them up with. As early as the second century BC, the Romans have developed a wide range of sweet and savory pastries, which they brought with them to Britain during their conquest in 43 AD. Southern Britons are only moderately impressed, but up in the wilds of the North tribesmen fell madly in love with the rich, steamy blend of pie and gravy. Starting in the 13th century, the honorable "pye" makes its first official appearance in British history as King Henry II gives a royal charter to the town of Great Yarmouth requiring its citizens to send the Sheriffs of Norwich an annual tribute of “100 herrings baked in 24 pasties”. During colonization, the English generously shared with the local Indians pye, along with other lovely treats such as sponge cakes, whisky, and lemon-curd tartlets.
When you are tired wondering all day in our theme park, the paradise of history maniacs, feel free to stop by and have a bite of more history!
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Give us PYE!
Beef and Onion Pye
Chicken Tikka Pye-- as a fusion of English pie and Indian Tikka, which refers to chicken cutlets in a marinade. Vegetarian options available
Chicken, Bacon, and Leek Pye
Beef and Onion Pye
Chicken Tikka Pye-- as a fusion of English pie and Indian Tikka, which refers to chicken cutlets in a marinade. Vegetarian options available
Chicken, Bacon, and Leek Pye
Mince Pye--a small British fruit-based mincemeat sweet pie(mincemeat is a mixture of chopped dried fruit, distilled spirits and spices. In some cases it also contained beef suet, beef, or venison.
Bedfordshire clanger--an elongated suet-crust dumpling with a salty, savory filling(usually meat with diced potatoes and vegetables) at one end and a sweet filling(usually jam, or sweetened apple or other fruits) at the other, as a perfect combination of an entree and dessert in one package.
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Stargazy Pie--(sometimes called atarrey gazey pie)a Cornish dish made of baked pilchards, as well as eggs and potatoes, covered with a pastry crust. There are a few variants of fish being used, but the most significant feature is the fish heads, sometimes even tails, too, protruding through the crust, which gave them a look of gazing into the sky.
Other attractions:
If you don't like pies that much, it's okay. We also have a variety of food for you to choose form. Anglo-Indian food is in general the yummy result of loads of historic foreign invasions and contact points throughout India. After the first entrance of the Europeans--Dutch, the Portuguese, the Spanish, and of course the British--a multi-racial community emerged, which created the fusion food of Anglo-Indian delights. It wasn't just Indian and British, but also a mish-mash or various influences present in India at the time. |
Vindaloo--a vinegar and garlic based stew made with pork or other meat, sparked with various spices and chillies after entering India, as well as the new ingredient of potatoes which the Indians couldn't live without
Indianised version of mango crumble Salted beef tongue British-style roasted beef with Indian cumin and chillies Mulligatawny--an Indian soup with a typical tumeric like color and chicken meat, beef, or lamb meat. Thickened with lentil and rice. Kedgeree-- a mix-rice dish consisting of cooked, flaked fish, adopted from smoked haddock, along with boiled rice, parsley, hard-boiled eggs, curry powder, butter or cream. The option of adding extra sultanas. |