TRADITIONAL BRITISH FOOD AND DRINK

Here you will find grouped together articles and features about traditional British food and drink, a vital part of British culture and what makes the Brits British!

Afternoon Tea - a great British tradition

The Nation's Favourite Take-Away - Fish and Chips

Mother's Ruin
In the mid-eighteenth century the effects of gin-drinking on English society makes the use of drugs today seem almost benign!....  

A wee dram of uisege beatha? 
No visit to Scotland would be complete without sampling a ‘wee dram’ of uisge beatha or ‘the water of life’ …the name given by the ancient Celts to the fiery amber nectar we now call Scotch whisky.... 

Food, Glorious Food!   Roast Beef and Yorkshire Pudding, Trifle, Steak and Kidney Pie, the British Curry...can we link traditional British food  to the history of Britain?

A Taste of Wales  The food and flavours of Wales...

The Cornish Pasty
The famous symbol of Cornwall, the Cornish Pasty was developed as a all-in-one meal for Cornish tin miners....

Yorkshire Pudding
Yorkshire puddings, as the accompaniment to the “British Sunday Roast”, have become such a part of the British institution that they have been nominated their own day of celebration – the first Sunday of February....

The Leek - the National Emblem of the Welsh 
Proudly sported every St. David’s Day on 1st March and at every international rugby match, the leek is now widely recognised as the national symbol of Wales. But why is it that patriotic Welshmen and women across the world attach this strong smelling member of the onion family to their clothing? The true origins are now perhaps lost in myth and legend...

Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday) 
Large numbers of people, often in fancy dress,  racing down streets tossing pancakes...yes, it's  Pancake Day again!

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