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Welsh Recipes

A great way to understand a culture is to understand their food:

Welsh cuisine is base on the simple preparation of fresh ingredients and is historically prepared with simple ingredients. Mainstays include pork, oats, cabbage, and of course leeks. Near the coast seafood is predominant, as are sheep in the mountain valleys.

Some very Welsh dishes are:
Leek Soup
Cawl
A tradional soup-like stew
Laver Bread, fritters made with mild sea vegetable and oats, often served for breakfast with cockles (small sweet clams) simmered in butter or pork fat.
Tea Bread, made with raisins or other dried fruits, sliced thin and served with butter.
Welsh Griddle Cakes, like shortbread, only better. Our favourite recipe.
A Welsh take on Scalloped Potatos
More recipes can be found in many books, and on the web:
http://www.red4.co.uk/recipes.htm
http://www.grossi.co.uk/wales/recipe.htm
http://www.welshfoodie.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_cuisine