Yorkshire pudding, a baked eggy batter incorporating meat drippings, was a way to fill up during meals. Toad in the Hole, or bangers baked in batter, was once made with leftover meat. Shepherd's Pie, ground beef and vegetables under a mashed potato crust, was once made with minced leftover roast. Christmas plum pudding is similar, filled with dried fruit and served flaming with brandy. And then there's afternoon tea, which Americans often misunderstand.
Afternoon tea is tea with finger sandwiches, scones and cakes.
But high tea, which Americans think is an afternoon tea, is a 6 o'clock meal that really comes from the farm. Because they get up at 5 in the morning and go to bed at 8, they don't have dinner, they have high tea, maybe with a pie and a jug of beer or a cup of tea and a sweet. A main meal but not too heavy. I don't know if it's entirely correct, but I think part of the reason it's got a bad rep with Americans is from the war. When Americans came over during World War II, we were all on rations and there wasn't any bananas or sugar or flour, and they thought we always ate that way.