Food and Drink in the British Isles

Uk restaurants offer a wide diversity of cuisine from all over the world but why not try some local dishes during your villa holiday. Primary British food commonly involves good plain cooking with fresh local ingredients and is often found in pubs or in restaurants which offer lighter versions of old favourites. Roast beef served with Yorkshire pudding or local specialties such as Lincolnshire or Cumberland pork sausages can be found on most menus. In the North Black Pudding made with offal is favorite and lamb and chicken dishes highlight on many menus along with hearty meat pies and homemade soups. Meals are commonly served with chips, mash, boiled or roast potatoes and a good option of vegetables. Whitbyon the east coast is famed for its crabs and the southeast coast is famed for its mussels, whelks, cockles and jellied eels. In Britain you are never far from a fish and chip shop selling battered cod or haddock with chips sprinkled with salt and vinegar. Primary puddings include fruit crumbles, apple pie or sponge pudding commonly served with custard. Afternoon tea is still favorite and you will find a good option of cakes, scones, jam and cream and sandwiches on a teashop menu. Cheese is a great regional specialty; look out for dissimilar varieties at delicatessens and farmers markets.

There are some excellent award winning white English wines such as those produced by Three Choirs in Gloucestershire and Wickham in Hampshire.While enjoying your British Self Catering holiday you'll find a good option of real ales is served in many pubs; look out for local micro-breweries. Mild such as Banks', Holdens and Highgate is most often found in the Midlands. Pale ales are more favorite and Timothy Taylor, Adnams, Shepherd Neame and Marston's have good examples. Cider is still a favourite particularly in the southwest of England like Thatcher's in Somerset.

Traditional Food

In Scotland look out for Primary foods such as haggis (spiced sheep's innards and seasoning) commonly served with tatties (potatoes) and neeps (mashed turnip). Venison and grouse dishes are favorite as are stovies, a mix of potatoes, onion and beef cooked in dripping. Scotch broth is made from mutton or beef stock, pearl barley, carrots and leeks while Cock-a-leekie soup is made from chicken, rice, leeks and prunes cooked in chicken stock. Smoked fish dishes such as kippers, salmon and Arbroath smokies (smoked haddock) can often be found. Finally, look out for a tasty chowder like dish called Cullen skink made from smoked haddock, mashed potato and milk. Scotland is also famed for its numerous whisky distilleries and a few beers too, like Deuchars and Caledonian.

Traditional dishes in Wales include Welsh lamb hot pot and cawl (meat stew with potatoes and vegetables). Fish is favorite and other dishes such as Welsh rarebit (melted cheese on toast) and laver bread made from oatmeal and seaweed. There are plenty of local cheeses to sample such as Caerphilly and Pencarreg. Try Bara brith, a type of tea loaf and Welsh cakes, flat scones cooked on a griddle. Look out for eating establishments belonging to the Taste of Wales (Blas y Cymru) commonly a sign of good food and finally some beers to try, Brains or Felinfoel.

In Northern Ireland try local cheeses, oysters and Guinness, Irish stew and drisheen (Black pudding). Look out for soda bread, Barm brak (tea loaf) and potato bread and desist the evening with an Old Bushmills whiskey.

If visiting the Channel Islands, self catering in Guernsey and self catering in Jersey, then you will find plenty of fresh fish, local dairy products and fresh seasonal furnish on the menu. Look out for tasty home grown furnish known as hedge veg sold by the roadside throughout the islands. Enjoy!

Food and Drink in the British Isles

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