History of Saint Patrick’s Day

Born in Cumbria, England. Captured as a slave in Wales and embraced in Ireland. St Patrick’s Day has now evolved to a global celebration from Ireland to USA, Australia, New Zealand Uruguay and even Glasgow, Scotland. Even with history between irish and english people, the english still use this day as a good excuse to drink Guinness and get drunk on what english people call ‘Paddy’s Day’.

British Phrases – Letters G to J

Have you ever visited Britain and wondered what Brits are talking about. Maybe you need to brush up on British language for your future visit. Or maybe you just want to impress people with your knowledge of the British language, how hard can it be, after all it’s only English right?

This week we are covering British phrases beginning from G to J:

British Sausage Rolls Recipe

A sausage roll is a type of convenience food commonly served at parties and available from bakeries and milk bars as a takeaway food item.

The basic formula for a sausage roll is generally a sheet of puff pastry sliced into two and wrapped into tubes around a filling based on sausage meat, blended with softer ingredients such as soaked bread, onion and egg, before being cooked. They can be served either hot or cold.

Whether it’s a party for kids or a soiree for grown-ups, everyone loves a home made sausage roll and these ones are particularly more-ish.

Kings and Queens of the UK

Hundreds of years ago, Britain didn’t have just one king, it had several. Celtic kings and princes ruled Scotland, Ireland and Wales, and everything else was divided up between tribes of Anglo-Saxons.

Crunchie Bars

During manufacturing of the Crunchie bar, the sponge toffee is produced in large slabs, and is cut up using a highly focused jet of oil. The use of a blade would lead to fragmentation, while the use of water would result in the sponge toffee melting. Oil prevents both of these scenarios and results in uniform sharp-edged portions. The sponge toffee is then covered with chocolate, cooled, and packaged.

Heinz Baked Beans

British cuisine claims beans on toast as a teatime favourite, and baked beans may form part of a Full English breakfast. The Heinz company markets their product in the UK under the name “Baked Beanz”, in reference to a 1960s advertisement campaign which used the slogan “Beanz Meanz Heinz”.

HP Sauce

Garton called the sauce HP because he had heard that a restaurant in the Houses of Parliament had begun serving it. For many years the bottle labels have carried a picture of the Palace of Westminster. Garton sold the recipe and HP brand for the sum of £150 and the settlement of some unpaid bills to Edwin Samson Moore. Moore, the founder of the Midlands Vinegar Company (the forerunner of HP Foods) subsequently launched HP Sauce in 1903.

Colemans English Mustard

It was in the year that Jeremiah Colman, a flour miller of ten years experience took over a mustard manufacturing business based on the river Tas, four miles south of Norwich. In 1823 Jeremiah took his adopted nephew, James, into partnership in the new firm J & J Colman. The partnership prospered and in 1836, a London branch was established.

Cadburys Flake Chocolate Bar

Cadbury’s Flake is a bar of thinly folded milk chocolate produced in the United Kingdom and Australia by Cadbury-Schweppes.The product was first developed in 1920 and was founded by an employee of Cadburys. When the excess from the moulds was drained off, it fell off in a stream and created folded chocolate with flaking properties.

Branston Pickle

Branston Pickle is sweet and spicy with a chutney-like consistency, containing small chunks of vegetables in a thick brown sticky sauce. It is commonly served as part of a ploughman’s lunch, a common menu item in British pubs.

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