Please note: As our students live in England, many of he foods we have mention in our food pages refer mainly to traditional foods in England. England does not mean the same as Britain.

Scotland

Scotland is famous for its game and salmon, the national dish is haggis and neeps (innards and offal chopped up with spices and cooked in a sheep's stomach, served with mashed turnip).

What is haggis?

Haggis is made from lamb’s offal (lungs, liver and heart) mixed with suet, onions, herbs and spices, all packed into a skin bag traditionally, but not usually now, made of a sheep’s stomach. Haggis is often served with mashed potatoes and mashed swede or turnips. It is traditionally served on Burns’ Night.

Other Scottish foods include:

Bannocks (or Oatcakes)
Bannock is a a form of flat cake baked on a griddle. Generally made of oatmeal, it takes the form of a large oatcake biscuit. Some Scots use the term Bannock to refer to a wheat flour cake similar to a large thin scone.

Stovies
Similar to the French Pot au Feu,the dish usually consists of tatties (potatoes) and onions and some form of cold meat (especially sausages or leftover roast.)

Scottish Beef
The Aberdeen-Angus breed of beef cattle are famous for their rich and tasty meat, which makes excellent steaks.

Scotch Broth or Hotch-Potch
A rich stock traditionally made by boiling mutton , beef, marrow-bone or chicken with diced vegetables.
The final consistency should be thick and served piping hot.

Black Bun
A very rich fruit cake, made with raisins, currants, finely-chopped peel, chopped almonds and brown sugar with the addition of cinnamon and ginger.

Colcannon
Made from boiled cabbage, carrots, turnip and potatoes.

Scottish Salmon
The Rivers Tay and Tweed are major salmon fisheries.

Wales

Traditional Welsh foods include:

Laverbread - It's basically boiled seaweed (Laver is a kind of edible seaweed).
Laverbread is often served rolled with fine Welsh oatmeal into little cakes and fried into crisp patties with eggs, bacon and cockles for a traditional Welsh breakfast.

Bara Brith - A rich cake

Welsh Rarebit - melted cheese on toast.

Cawl - a rich stew made with bacon, scraps of Welsh lamb and vegetables.

Welsh Cakes, also known as Griddle Scones

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