Getting To Know Queen Elizabeth II's Favorite Food Since Childhood, Strawberry Jam Sandwiches

Illustration of a sandwich the size of an ancient English coin containing strawberry jams (Freepik/Azerbaijan_stockers)

YOGYAKARTA – Queen Elizabeth II passed away on Thursday, September 8 at Baltimore Castle, UK. The 96-year-old Queen whose full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born on April 21, 1926. A former Buckingham Palace chef, Darren McGrady, uploaded a video containing Queen Elizabeth II's favorite food since childhood.

According to McGrady, Queen Elizabeth tried jam pennies or sandwiches filled with jam and loved it since she was a child. This is the queen's afternoon tea menu. Quite simply, two slices of soft white bread spread with strawberry jam and then cupped together and cut into rounds the size of an old English coin. This ancient coin is 1.2 inches or 3 centimeters in diameter.

Uniquely, this is a traditional British snack since around 1840. Starting from Anna Maria Russell, Duchess of Bedford, who popularized the tradition of drinking tea in the afternoon. Tea needs to be accompanied by a simple dish, with cake, bread and butter delivered to her room at 5pm. This custom eventually spread among the upper class. Nearly two centuries later, the trend is spreading to hotels and shops around the world.

Illustration of Queen Elizabeth drinking tea (Anwar Hussein/Getty Images via Town&Country Magz)

According to MacGrady, everyone at Buckingham Palace is looking forward to a traditional fish and chips lunch on Friday, according to the Reader's Digest. Fish and chips for Queen Elizabeth II, more refined. The queen liked the fish baked with breadcrumbs on the outside.

Queen Elizabeth II's favorite dessert is chocolate pie. A chocolate pie topped with dark chocolate and chocolate shavings, says McGrady.

Queen Elizabeth II's favorite afternoon tea turned out to be a produce that was only harvested during the season. English tea scones with heated frozen cream. This tea is always served with jam pennies, the queen's favorite jam sandwich from childhood.

In addition to tea, sandwiches and fish and chips, Queen Elizabeth II likes to eat fish and seafood. One of his favorite dishes is fresh salmon caught from the River Dee. The water of this river flows through the plantations around Balmoral. For seafood, the queen favors potted shrimp from Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, northwest England.

Shrimp mixed with spicy butter with a secret recipe. Accompanied by warm toast with melted butter on top. The Morecambe Bay pot shrimp, is also a delicacy that the show family eats at Christmas.