About Wales

There are some of the facts about Wales that I would like to share with you such as:

• Wales is one of the countries in United Kingdom; UK consists of four constituent countries that are Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Wales and England. Wales is far more closely integrated with England politically even though it was from around the 16th century until the middle of 19th century.
• Geographically Wales is situated in the south-west of the island of Great Britain and is bordered by England to the East, the Bristol Channel to the south and the Irish Sea to the west and north and also by a water body a section of the river dee in the north-east. It shares political and legal structures to varying degrees with England, Scotland and Northern England.

• Welsh cultural heritage is denoted by elements such as the Welsh language, ancient Welsh festivals and traditions, simple somberness a highly resolved legal system of the Wales. Such is the culture and traditions of the Wales.The literary tradition and culture which emerged after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century.

The people of Wales are quite laborious and hard working therefore the choice of food they take is also very rich in calories. Mostly food rich in calories is eaten up by hard working farm laborers, coal miners, quarrymen and fishermen. Starting from the mining valleys of the south to the strong upland farm of the north, the Welsh landscape produces food of freshness, quality and variety and in turn the Welsh people cooked dishes that are energetic and appetizing.

The Welsh food actually signifies the culture and traditional values of the country.The traditional Welsh include bacon, cheese, crempog such as pancakes spread with salty Welsh butter,crawal which is a rich stew made with bacon, scraps of Welsh lamb and vegetables inclusive of Wales emblem the leek and tea bread.

The welsh lamb is super specialty of Wales and it is Wales’s best export, it is famously taken up by Welsh black beef. And among the coast of Wales fishing remain an important industry.Great shoals of herring and mackerel are caught off the west coast ideal for frying in bacon fat for a simple supper.
Not to exclude Laverbread is also a Welsh speciality it is a sea weed which is often eaten rolled with fine Welsh oatmeal into tiny little cakes and fried into crisp patties with eggs, bacon and cockles for a traditional Welsh breakfast.

Welsh tea is another delicacy as it is often accompanied by Welsh cakes served with hot spread with butter. The cakes are prepared tastefully every week by Welsh households. Bara brith is a rich tea loaf and sometimes known as a speckled bread.Once a week the bread is cooked in Welsh households.Welsh cakes are generally flat scone, baked on a sear and have a very distinctive flavor and aura.

These are the Welsh traditional food you can have them ore not it is definitely up to you but you still cannot ignore it.