As befits the meticulous and strict Brit that she is, Queen Elizabeth consumes very certain foods, without deviating left or right. Whether she enjoys dark chocolate or a cup of Earl Gray tea, there is a list of dishes that she enjoys regularly and to be specific, one that she sticks to every day, since her youth.
According to the former personal chef of the royal household, Darren McGrady, she loves to eat her “penny jam” (penny = a type of coin) every day, for many years. It is a simple sandwich consisting of three ingredients: bread, jam and butter. And if you really want to feel ‘flashy’, go for strawberry jam, he explains. (It’s the Queen’s favorite flavor.)
“We would make the jam at Balmoral Castle with amazing Scottish strawberries from the gardens,” he told the “List” website.
McGrady also revealed the meaning behind the name “Penny” in the name of the sandwich. He noted that the word penny refers to “the size of the old English coin” and probably also to the amount of jam it spreads on its slices.
Yes, the Queen likes to indulge in simple and ordinary meals. In a previous interview with Cafe Friend, McGrady revealed: “The only thing that can be said about the Queen is that she is very frugal,” he shared. “This was one of the things that really surprised me, when I moved from Savoy (a region in France, TA) to Buckingham Palace, I thought that every day would be smoked salmon, foie gras, caviar, but no. The Queen is very, very thrifty and these are simple and ordinary foods. This comes from her teenage years The first during the war.”
Wow, who would have believed that we would learn about modesty precisely from the woman who rules with a high hand over all of England?