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Rank, money and manners, and who is permitted to move between them.

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10:50

Full breakfast

The full breakfast isn’t tradition—it’s a Victorian compromise that outlived its purpose.
1:19

Hot dog

A grilled, steamed, or boiled sausage—typically a wiener or frankfurter—served in a slit bun.
1:12

Kottu

A Sri Lankan street dish of chopped roti pounded with meat curry, egg, onions, and chilies.
1:08

Kushikatsu

Deep-fried skewered ingredients—meat, seafood, or vegetables—served with shared dipping sauce in Osaka’s Shinsekai district.
9:11

Polenta

Polenta is not Italian heritage—it’s maize replacing famine food, then migrating with the poor.
1:05

Yorkshire pudding

A baked batter pudding from Yorkshire, traditionally made with roast meat drippings, eggs, flour, and milk or water.
8:02

Fine dining

Fine dining isn’t about taste—it’s about who gets to sit at the table, and who polishes the silver.
8:44

Fish and chips

Fish and chips wasn’t invented — it was assembled by railways, trawlers, and government non-rationing.