International Cuisine
INTERNATIONAL CUISINE (HOS 116)
CULINARY RESEARCH PAPER
CUSINES OF THE BRITISH ISLES * SCOTLAND * ENGLAND * IRELAND * WALES
Mandy Borrow, a former teacher at Woodlands Junior School in the United Kingdom mentioned in her School blog that the British Isles is comprised of Great Britain, Ireland and other small islands with Great Britain being the largest island (Barrow). In other information, the British Isles are occupied by two nations; United Kingdom which is the union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland (Barrow). A website called Food by Country wrote in their webpage title “United Kingdom”, the British Isles is made up of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and each region has its own special cuisine. The English have ruled over the entire region, including all of Ireland (North and South) (Danaher,K). The colonization of the British Empire to different parts of the world introduced many new techniques and food. Beans, turkey, potatoes, and tomatoes were introduced to the British from the colonization of the Americas, and spices, rice and curry were introduced from the Indian colony. Such colonization of the different parts of the world was important in influencing the development of the British cuisine. Britain’s new techniques and food influences also spread to the other nations of the British Isles as well which were made possible by the close proximity and interaction. (MacVeigh 146-147).
According to Jeremy MacVeigh, the author of ‘ International Cuisine’, the cuisines of the British Isles are distinctive and unique among the world’s cuisines because of the cooking methods used for cooking. These historic methods of cooking are boiling, griddling, and hearth baking, and traditionally they all are done over a fire burning in hearths. Therefore, MacVeigh added, “ This tradition is the basis for many of
the techniques and recipes that make up the backbone of the
CULINARY RESEARCH PAPER
CUSINES OF THE BRITISH ISLES * SCOTLAND * ENGLAND * IRELAND * WALES
Mandy Borrow, a former teacher at Woodlands Junior School in the United Kingdom mentioned in her School blog that the British Isles is comprised of Great Britain, Ireland and other small islands with Great Britain being the largest island (Barrow). In other information, the British Isles are occupied by two nations; United Kingdom which is the union of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland (Barrow). A website called Food by Country wrote in their webpage title “United Kingdom”, the British Isles is made up of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and each region has its own special cuisine. The English have ruled over the entire region, including all of Ireland (North and South) (Danaher,K). The colonization of the British Empire to different parts of the world introduced many new techniques and food. Beans, turkey, potatoes, and tomatoes were introduced to the British from the colonization of the Americas, and spices, rice and curry were introduced from the Indian colony. Such colonization of the different parts of the world was important in influencing the development of the British cuisine. Britain’s new techniques and food influences also spread to the other nations of the British Isles as well which were made possible by the close proximity and interaction. (MacVeigh 146-147).
According to Jeremy MacVeigh, the author of ‘ International Cuisine’, the cuisines of the British Isles are distinctive and unique among the world’s cuisines because of the cooking methods used for cooking. These historic methods of cooking are boiling, griddling, and hearth baking, and traditionally they all are done over a fire burning in hearths. Therefore, MacVeigh added, “ This tradition is the basis for many of
the techniques and recipes that make up the backbone of the
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