Foods of Western & Northern Europe Food For Today Ch. 50
Great Britain
England Standard Dinner Meat & two Vegetables Bangers & Mash Sausage & mashed Potatoes served with peas
England Yorkshire Pudding Popover baked in the hot drippings of roast beef
England Fool Pureed fruit folded into whipped cream
Wales Typical Breakfast Bacon, eggs and crempogs (pancakes) – simple cooking for miners and farmers
Wales Cawl Lamb stew made with assorted root vegetables
Wales Laver bread Bara lawr This distinctively Welsh product is processed seaweed Bara lawr Griddlecakes of laver bread and oatmeal are a traditional breakfast food
Wales
Scotland Typical Ingredients Seafood provided by the North Sea & Atlantic Ocean Swordfish, mackerel, cod & salmon Angus Beef cattle and Black face sheep
Scotland Haggis Blood Pudding/Blood Sausage Ancient recipe in which a sheep stomach is stuffed with a mixture of oats, organ meats, onions and beef or lamb suet and then boiled. Blood Pudding/Blood Sausage
Scotland
Ireland Typical Dishes and Ingredients Irish Stew and cod; scallops and oysters Irish Stew made of lamb (or mutton), potatoes, onions
Ireland Colcannon Irish dish made of mashed potatoes and cabbage.
Ireland
Western Europe
France Classic French Cuisine Haute cuisine Nouvelle cuisine Classic French cuisine is known for high-quality ingredients, expertly prepared and artistically presented Nouvelle cuisine 1970’s – emphasizes the food’s natural flavor and uses smaller servings of fresh foods, lighter cooking, and less butter and cream
France Baguette A long, crusty bread
France
Paris – Arc de Triumph
Paris – Arc de Triumph
Nice
Germany Meats – Robust Cooking Wursts (sausages) Schnitzels (cutlets) Bratens (roasts)
Germany Sauerbraten A beef roast marinated in vinegar with cloves, bay leaves and peppercorns
Germany Stollen A cardamom-spiced fruitcake
Germany Himmel und erde “Heaven & Earth” Potatoes & applesauce topped with fried onions and bacon
Belgium Pommes frites French fried potatoes dipped in béarnaise sauce
Belgium
The Netherlands Typical Ingredients Stamppot Mashed potatoes or leeks with cabbage or kale
Switzerland Typical Cheeses Raclette Known for their dairy cows Cheese melted over individual potatoes served with gherkin pickles
Switzerland Cheese Fondue traditionally made my melting Emmentaler and Gruyere and eaten by dipping chunks of bread into the melted mixture
Switzerland
Switzerland
Luxembourg Typical Ingredients Fruit pastries with plums and pears
Austria Torte A rich cake made with a small amount of flour and often with ground nuts or breadcrumbs
Austria Tafelspitz Beef brisket boiled with carrots and onions
Northern Europe Denmark Sweden Finland Norway Iceland
Northern Europe Smorgasbord A buffet laden with cured fish, cold meats, cheeses, salads and vegetables
Denmark One Typical Meal a Day Smorrebrod Open faced sandwich, uses all resources of the Danes. Anchovy paste topped with slices of hard cooked eggs or a sweet pickle fan with bacon, Danish blue cheese and spinach arranged in strips
Denmark Blommeboller Plum filled potato dumpling
Sweden Jannson’s frestelse Casserole of potatoes, onions, anchovies and cream
Norway Lutefisk Dried cod soaked in culinary ash and water
Norway Lefse Potato flatbread