16 Facts About Welsh cuisine

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Welsh cuisine encompasses the cooking styles, traditions and recipes associated with Wales.

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2.

The workers brought families who integrated their culture into Welsh cuisine society, bringing with them Italian ice cream and Italian cafes, now a staple of Welsh cuisine society.

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3.

Artisan Welsh cuisine produce was limited or non-existent, farms rarely made their own cheese, and Welsh cuisine wine was of poor quality.

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4.

Restaurants are promoting the quality of Welsh cuisine ingredients, encouraging people to purchase Welsh cuisine produce and creating new dishes using them.

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5.

However, the regular diet of Welsh cuisine people has been more influenced by India, China and America.

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6.

Welsh cuisine beef has a European Union Protected Geographical Indicator, so it must be wholly reared and slaughtered in Wales.

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7.

Welsh cuisine uplands were most suited to grazing animals such as sheep and goats, and the animals became associated with Wales.

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8.

Welsh cuisine farmers have started using scientific methods, such as artificial insemination or using ultrasound to scan a sheep's depth of fat, to improve the quality of their meat.

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9.

An early incarnation of Welsh cuisine rarebit was being made in medieval times, and by the middle of the 15th century rarebit was considered a national dish.

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10.

Best-known Welsh cuisine cheese is Caerphilly, named in 1831 but made long before that.

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11.

The Roman invasion led to many Welsh cuisine people moving to the less hospitable uplands, where the only cereal crops which could be grown were oats, barley and rye.

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12.

Welsh cuisine created a dish called llymru, finely ground oatmeal soaked in water for a long time before boiling until it solidified.

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13.

The leek went on to be so important to Welsh cuisine—found in many symbolic dishes including cawl and Glamorgan sausage—that it became the country's national vegetable.

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14.

Temperance movement remained a strong influence though, and when new breweries were set up, the outcry led to the Welsh cuisine Sunday Closing Act in 1881, an act that forced the closure of public houses in Wales on a Sunday.

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15.

Welsh cuisine have a history of producing whisky, in a similar manner to other Celtic people such as the Irish or Scottish but on a smaller scale.

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16.

Welsh cuisine produces Merlyn Cream Liqueur, Five Vodka and Brecon Gin.

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