+ 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 LondonOuter London Rooms, bedsits, sharers£118.89£ Studios£187.50£ bedroom house/flat£265.12£ 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 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 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. 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