Brits' favourite family dinner confirmed and it gives fish and chips a battering
Spag Bol is the nation’s favourite family dinner, according to new research.
The classic Italian dish came top of the poll with 49% of those quizzed. It was followed by roast chicken, omelette and baked potato with cheese and beans.
While fish and chips took a battering with families forced into a healthier lifestyle because of the cost of living crisis. A massive 86% who took part in the survey told of ditching takeaways to save cash, with 59% admitting the increasing cost of food has helped them make healthier, home cooked choices.
As many as seven in 10 (72%) parents are being thriftier with their cooking with 74% now cooking more meals from scratch. While one in four (26%) have even reduced portion sizes to cut costs.
Families are cooking simple suppers such as scrambled eggs on toast, mac and cheese, and toad in the hole. Also in the top 20 are cottage pie, chilli, ham, egg and chips, pasta carbonara, and sausage casserole.
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Brits voted Spaghetti Bolognese as their star meal is sure to infuriate the former mayor of Bologna. Spaghetti bolognese is often thought to have originated as a ragu sauce in Bologna, but historians claim it was actually the city of Imola, a bit further west.
Spaghetti Bolognese was named the favourite (Getty Images)Fed-up Italian politician, Virginio Merola, branded Spag Bol “fake news” four years ago during a trip to the UK. The Italian politician slammed the Brits for using spaghetti in the dish, as it doesn’t hold ragù as well as wider tagliatelle, fettuccine and pappardelle.
He insisted: “Spaghetti bolognese doesn't actually exist, yet it's famous the world over. Of course we are happy that it draws attention to our city, but we would prefer to be known for the quality food that is part of our culinary tradition. What we'd prefer the world to know is that Bologna invented tagliatelle, tortellini and lasagne. It is strange to be famous all over the world for a dish that isn’t ours.”
The research from British Lion eggs quizzed 2,000 people. Gary Ford, from British Lion eggs, says: “It’s clear from the research that the way families are cooking has changed over the last few years, with three quarters of us cooking more meals from scratch in a bid to save money.”
The research also revealed that four in ten (42%) are cooking with more frozen ingredients, while a third (36 percent) say they are buying less pre-prepared food (36%). Seven in 10 (72%) families in the UK say they have a go-to range of cost-saving meals that they regularly cook, with the average family having four in their own personal arsenal.
But seven in 10 (79%) were at a loss, saying they regularly struggle to decide what to cook for dinner. The average family debated for 39 minutes a day about what to eat for their evening meal. Two-thirds (68%) admit that they are sitting down and eating together as a family more in a bid to save money with 71% regularly eating leftovers for lunch the next day.
Top 20 fail-safe family dinners, according to Brit mums and dads
- Spaghetti Bolognese – 49%
- Roast chicken – 45%
- Omelette – 43%
- Baked potato with cheese and beans – 41%
- Scrambled eggs on toast – 40%
- Cottage pie – 35%
- Chilli – 29%
- Ham, egg and chips – 29%
- Pasta carbonara – 28%
- Sausage casserole – 26%
- Homemade vegetable soup – 23%
- Mac and cheese – 21%
- Homemade pizza – 21%
- Stew and dumplings – 21%
- Toad in the hole – 19%
- Egg fried rice – 18%
- Pork chops – 17%
- Roast pork – 16%
- Bubble and squeak – 16%
- Dippy eggs and soldiers – 15%
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