My Culture
"Welsh food"
by Samantha a (10)

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My culture and traditions roeso i Gymru- Welcome to Wales. In Wales, we have our own traditional foods. Leeks, lamb and laverbread are some. Two thousand years ago, the people of Wales were Celts and their cooking methods were boiling in a cauldron over a fire and baking on a griddle. They had a simple diet and this has carried on until recent times. In those times, Welsh people cared for one another and shared food. Everyone kept a pig, and between November and March, they killed the pig and shared it with their friends. Most of the meals of the day were cooked in a cauldron over a fire. One of the main meals cooked in the cauldron was 'cawl', a mixture of meat and vegetables. The 'bakestone' was another vital cooking device and is still kept proudly in many Welsh households today. Originally, this was a thin stone, later made of iron and called a griddle, maen or plank. As well as scones, pancakes and Welsh cakes, 'flatbreads' were cooked on it. 'Cawl' and Welsh cakes aren't cooked very often these days. We have 'cawl' and Welsh cakes on Saint David's day, March 1st. These are some Welsh traditional foods: Bara brith - Currant bread, Cockle cakes, Bara lawr - Laverbread, Sewin, Caws wedi'i pabi - Welsh rarebit, Selsig Morgannwg - Glamorgan sausages.