Iconic Welsh Food

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A look at iconic Welsh food - toasted cheese or Caws Pobi. Also called Welsh rarebit.

It isn't just leeks that have become iconic Welsh food. There's another dish we've been associated with for centuries. And if 'we are what we eat' as a nation, we might be cheap, easy and cheerful,....but we're also very tasty! Check out Eddie Butler's recipe in this clip and learn how to cook your very own Welsh Icon
From: Welsh Icons
First broadcast : 1 March 2011

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 9-11,11-14

Subject : History

Topic : Medieval Wales, Tudors and Stuarts

Keywords : Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship, Food technology,national emblems of Wales, Welsh icons, traditional Welsh food, caws pobi, Welsh rarebit

Notes : History topics - history of food, traditional Welsh food, history of the Tudors. ESDGC - study of national identity.


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