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England

Jackie Farrall

+Geographical Location

In Europe

Part of United Kingdom

Next to Wales and Scotland

+Climate Conditions

Temperate maritime This means that it is mild with temperatures not much

lower than 0ºC in winter and not much higher than 32ºC in summer

Influenced by Atlantic Ocean

+Festivities and Celebrations

Twelfth Night Celebrations

Plough Monday

Imbolc Fire Festival Huddersfield.

Blessing the Throats

Shrove Tuesday

Christmas Day

Tar Barrels

St. Swithin's Day is 15 July

+Unusual Customs

+Cost of Living

Central London Outer London

Rooms, bedsits, sharers £118.89 £ 84.79Studios £187.50 £123.801 bedroom house/flat £265.12 £160.362 bedroom house/flat £375.70 £212.26

+Cost of Living

Price of an average house £230,000 (£398,476 in London)

Average annual earnings £23,486 (NSO 2007)

England uses the pound

+Good Luck

Lucky to meet a black cat. Black Cats are featured on many good luck greetings cards and birthday cards in England

Lucky to touch wood. We touch; knock on wood, to make something come true.

Lucky to find a clover plant with four leaves.

White heather is lucky.

A horseshoe over the door brings good luck. But the horseshoe needs to be the right way up. The luck runs out of the horseshoe if it is upside down. Horseshoes are generally a sign of good luck and feature on many good luck cards.

On the first day of the month it is lucky to say "white rabbits, white rabbits white rabbits," before uttering your first word of the day.

Catch a falling leaf in Autumn and you will have good luck. Every leaf means a lucky month next year.

Cut your hair when moon is waxing and you will have good luck

Putting money in the pocket of new clothes brings good luck.

+Bad Luck

Unlucky to walk underneath a ladde r

Seven years bad luck to break a mirror. The superstition is supposed to have originated in ancient times, when mirrors were considered to be tools of the gods

Unlucky to see one magpie, lucky to see two, etc.

Unlucky to spill salt. If you do, you must throw it over your shoulder to counteract the bad luck

Unlucky to open an umbrella in doors

The number thirteen is unlucky. Friday the thirteenth is a very unlucky day.

Friday is considered to be an unlucky day because Jesus was crucified on a Friday.

Unlucky to put new shoes on the table.Unlucky to pass someone on the stairs.

+Diversity

If you walk down a street in Britain you will usually see people with different hair, skin and eye colors.

white, brown or black skin

blonde, brown, black, or red hair, with blue, black, brown or green eyes.

Many of the people you will see will be British people but they all look different because the people of Britain are a mixed race

+When will you eat?

Breakfast between 7:00 and 9:00

Lunch (sometimes called Dinner) between 12:00 and 1:30 p.m

Dinner (sometimes called Supper) The main meal. Eaten anytime between 6:30 and 8:00 p.m.

Tea anywhere from 5:30 at night to 6:30 p.m.

+Main Meal Dishes in England

Roast Beef

Roast Meats

Cottage Pie

Lancashire Hotpot

Bangers and Mash

Cumberland Sausage

Yorkshire Pudding

Fish and Chips

Shepherds Pie

Black Pudding

Pie and Mash with Parsley Liquor

Toad-in-the-hole

Ploughman’s Lunch

Gammon Steak with Egg

English Breakfast

Bacon Roly-Poly

Bubble and Squeek

+Typical Meals

Breakfast Traditional: eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread,

mushrooms and baked beans all washed down with a cup of coffee, sometimes porridge

Now: bowl of cereals, a slice of toast, orange juice and a cup of coffee.

Lunch sandwich, a packet of crisps (chips), a piece of fruit and a

drink Most working people and kids pack their lunch

In plastic containers

+Typical Meals

Dinner Varies Sunday dinners (lunch time in America) are the traditional

meal that still is around roast meat, (cooked in the oven for about two hours), two

different kinds of vegetables and potatoes with a Yorkshire pudding. The most common joints are beef, lamb or pork; chicken is also popular.

Beef is eaten with hot white horseradish sauce, pork with sweet apple sauce and lamb with green mint sauce. Gravy is poured over the meat.

+What food to expect for Tea?

Freshly Baked Scones Served with cream or jam (known as Cream Tea)

Afternoon Sandwiches Cucumber sandwiches

High Tea (served at 6 pm)

+Staples in British Food

Pudding

Pies

Cheeses

Pork Roast

Stews

Lamb

Mint or jams

Curry new tradition

+How does British Cuisine fit into the Culture?

4 meals Breakfast, Lunch (Dinner), Tea Time, Supper

Sunday Dinner is still the same throughout time and with family

Diversity influenced by different cultures Spices Fast food

+Food for Special Occasions

Hot Cross Buns are eaten on Good Friday

Simnel Cake is for Mothering Sunday

Plum Pudding for Christmas

Twelfth Night Cake for Epiphany

Local delicacies include Bath Buns, Chelsea Buns, Eccles Cakes, and Banbury Cakes

Cheeses are choice regional specialties, including Stilton, farm-house cheddars and Cheshire Cheese

+Food Etiquette

When finished eating, and to let others know that you have, place your knife and folk together, with the prongs on the fork facing upwards, on your plate

just how much food you should leave on your plate.

When being entertained at someone's home it is nice to take a gift for the host and hostess. A bottle of wine, bunch of flowers or chocolates are all acceptable.

The host needs to say when to start eating or, once they start you can start

+Formal Dining Etiquette

Take some butter from the butter dish with your bread knife and put it on your side plate (for the roll) Then butter pieces of the roll using this butter. This

prevents the butter in the dish getting full of bread crumbs as it is passed around.

In a restaurant, it is normal to pay for your food by putting your money on the plate the bill comes on

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+The Eatwell Plate

Four Groups Fruit and vegetables Starchy foods, such as rice, pasta, bread and potatoes.

Choose wholegrain varieties whenever you can. Meat, fish, eggs and beans Milk and dairy foods Foods containing fat and sugar

+Concerns with British Health

Eat too much saturated fat Fried foods, sausage, cheese, butters, cakes and etc

Too much sugar Pastries, pies, sugar puddings

Obesity in children 25%

+Food provided in School Systems

Jamie Oliver’s School Dinners

Free fruit and veggies

Milk

High-quality meat, poultry or oily fish regularly available

At least two portions of fruit and vegetables with every meal

Bread, other cereals and potatoes regularly available

Additionally, there are controls on the following foods: deep-fried food limited to no more than two portions per

week

+Government Organizations

FSA Food Standards Agency set up by an Act of Parliament in 2000 to protect the

public's health and consumer interests in relation to food

ECDC European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control

NFU National Farmers Union

+Why did I choose this country?

I make a lot of the same foods that my ancestors used to make in England still to this day

Follow same traditions for holidays

Was interested in what else the country does that I do not do in America