Welsh cuisine

Welsh cuisine is the specific set of cooking traditions and practices associated with the country of Wales. It has influenced, and been influenced by, other British cuisine. Beef and dairy cattle are raised widely. Sheep farming is extensive in the country and lamb is the meat traditionally associated with Welsh cooking, particularly in dishes such as roast lamb with fresh mint sauce. Welsh cooking often includes seafood, especially close to the coast, where fishing culture is strong and fisheries are common. This is exemplified by the use of cockles and laverbread in Welsh cuisine. The vegetable leek, because of its role as the country s national vegetable, is also used fre!uently in Welsh cuisine. Tatws "um #unud $%nglish& five minute potatoes', a traditional Welsh stew, made with potatoes, vegetables and bacon, and cooked on top of the stove. Tatws "opty $%nglish& oven potatoes', a traditional Welsh stew, made with potatoes, vegetables and a (oint of meat, and cooked in an oven. Teisennau Tatws $%nglish& "otato )akes', is a potato dish, served as an accompaniment * not a main dish in its own right. Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbit, although now synonymous with Wales, the origins of this dish are unclear and the name may actually be an ironic %nglish reference to Welsh cuisine. The Welsh term for this dish is caws pobi, meaning baked cheese. Bara brith, +speckled bread+, is a sweet bread which originated in Wales. It is traditionally made with raisins, ,ante currant, and candied peel. )awl is a Welsh stew with lamb and leeks. -oast lamb with laver sauce or with plum sauce. Shepherd s pie, a type of lamb meat pie made with mashed potatoes, is often associated with Wales. )ockles are very popular in Wales and served in a variety of ways although usually steamed. )rempogau are Welsh buttermilk pancakes. .aggots are Welsh meatballs made from lamb or pig s liver, onions and a cereal binder. /lamorgan sausage $Welsh& Selsig #organnwg' is cheese, eggs and breadcrumbs in the shape of a sausage. 0averbread, or Bara 0awr in Welsh, is a Welsh seaweed delicacy. The laver is mixed with oatmeal, which is formed into patties and usually fried in bacon fat. Welsh cakes also known as bakestones $Welsh& picau ar y maen, picau bach, cacenni cri or teisennau gradell' are small cakes cooked on a bakestone. 0eek soup $Welsh& )awl )ennin or )awl #amgu $+/ranny s stew+''. 0obscows is a popular stew in 1olyhead and 2nglesey. #onkfish, often served with laver, common on the coast. )heese )heese has long been a traditional food of Wales, with Welsh -arebit being a popular national dish by Tudor times, though known then as caws pobi.345 The best known Welsh cheese is )aerphilly, though many other types exist, including 6 .enni, Tintern and

"antysgawn. "opular brands include Black Bomber made by the Snowdonia )heese )ompany and )ollier s "owerful Welsh )heddar. Beverages Beer is the national drink of Wales.375 There are a number of Welsh beers and more than 78 vineyards in the country. #ost of the vineyards have been started since the 49:8s. By contrast, S 2 Brain and .elinfoel breweries have existed since the late 49th century, based on breweries which were yet older. Bragawd, or Braggot, made by blending mead with ale, or brewing ale using honey is an old tradition in Wales. Beer #ain article& Beer in Wales -eferences to intoxicating preparations of grain and herbs appear in several works by the ;th century Welsh poet Taliesin, particularly the 1anes Taliesin. This preparation, /w<n a Bragawd, is said to have brought +science, inspiration and immortality+.3=5 While >ing Ine of Wessex, who ruled during the late :th century, declared that food rent for ten hides of land should include +twelve ambers of Welsh ale+ $bragawd'.375 Bragawd, also called braggot, is somewhat between mead and what we today think of as ale. The 2nglo?Saxon )hronicle for @A7 records a distinction between +fine ale+ and Welsh ale.3B5 Welsh beer is noted as a distinct style as late as 4@AB, with a recipe made solely from pale malt and hops described in a recipe book of the time.3A5 Wrexham was one of the first places in the C> to brew lager.3;5 1omesick /erman immigrant brothers from Saxony started the process in 4@@7. While Welsh local historian Deiniol ap Dafydd claims 2rthur /uinness used a Welsh recipe, from 0lanfairfechan, near Bangor for his stout3:5 Whisky3edit5 #ain article& Welsh whisky Cnlike Ireland and Scotland, Wales does not have a long tradition of distilling, with only small cottage industries appearing over the last two centuries. Whisky manufacture ceased in Wales in 4948.3@5 In 499@ the Welsh Whisky )ompany, now known as "enderyn, was formed and whisky production began at "enderyn, -hondda )ynon Taf in 7888. "enderyn single malt whisky was the first whisky commercially produced in Wales for a century and went on sale in 788B. water 0ist of brands of Welsh bottled water $spring and mineral' Brecon )arreg * 0landeilo, )armarthenshire. )erist Eatural #ineral Water * Dinas #awddwy, "owys. 0lanllyr Source * 0ampeter, )eredigion. "rinces /ate Spring Water * Earberth, "embrokeshire. =W * 0landrindod Wells, "owys. TF Eant * 0lanon, )eredigion. Tea Typhoo produce a tea called /lengettie, which is specifically aimed at the Welsh market. The packaging is printed in both Welsh and %nglish.

#urroughs Welsh Brew $"aned /ymreig' tea, also sold in bilingual packaging, is packed and blended for Wales by 2dwell .oods, of 0angland, on the /ower "eninsula.3485 /aiman, in "atagonia, 2rgentina, is famous for its Welsh tea houses, run by the descendants of Welsh immigrants. 0ist of Welsh vineyards Bryn )elynnog Gineyard * "enarth, South /lamorgan )eltic )ountry Wines * 0landysul, )eredigion )wm Deri Gineyard * Earberth, "embrokeshire .fynnon 0as Gineyard * 2beraeron, )eredigion /elynis Gineyard * #organstown, )ardiff /lyndHr Gineyard * )owbridge, Gale of /lamorgan 0lanerch Gineyard * "endoylan, Gale of /lamorgan "arva .arm Gineyard * Tintern, #onmouthshire Sugarloaf Gineyard * 2bergavenny, #onmouthshire Wernddu Irganics * "en?y?clawdd, #onmouth3475 Worthenbury Wines * Worthenbury, Wrexham Soft drinks )orona was a carbonated soft drink manufacturer set up in 4@9: in the -hondda, and ac!uired by Britvic in the 49@8s. The company has since been dissolved. 0urvills Delight was a carbonated soft drink popular in Wales between 4@9; and 4948. Tovali was established in 49=:, the name deriving from the Towy Galley in rural West Wales, where the town of )armarthen is situated. In addition to its own brand of soft drinks and fruit drinks, it also manufactures and bottles Iwn 0abel carbonated and dilutable drinks for a number of ma(or national companies. #iscellaneous foods Breakfast is traditionally an important meal in Wales. 2 hearty breakfast of eggs and cockles fried with bacon and sausage, served with laverbread, is known as a +traditional+ Welsh breakfast.