English Foodways

Where in the world

• England territory

What is recorded

• English foodways are recorded as a first-class system with its own regions, languages and history, placed under British foodways because England is a constituent country of the United Kingdom. That placement is a statement about states and is not a claim that English food is a subset of a single British cuisine. documented
• English foodways is recorded separately from British foodways. A dish may hold documented relationships to several regions and communities at once. documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

• part of British Foodways documented

  ⚠ England is a constituent country of the United Kingdom. This is a statement about states, not a claim that English food is a subset of a British cuisine.

• part of United Kingdom Food Culture documented
• related to French documented

  The Norman Conquest put a French-speaking aristocracy over an English-speaking peasantry, which is why English has Germanic animals and Romance meats.

• related to Irish Community Foodways in Britain documented

  Irish migration, particularly after the Famine, reshaped the food of Liverpool, Manchester, London and Glasgow.

• related to North Sea and Wadden Foodways documented
• related to Scottish Foodways documented

  Neighbours on one island with a shared state since 1707, a long shared border and repertoire, and two distinct traditions.

• related to Welsh Foodways documented

Recorded as relating to this foodway

• related to Haggis disputed

  Offal puddings of this family are recorded in England and in Scandinavia, and the earliest known recipes in English are in an English source. The origin is contested; the national symbolism is Scottish and undisputed.

• related to Welsh Foodways documented

  A long shared border, a shared state since 1536-43, and a great deal of shared repertoire — which is a relationship, not an identity.

Regional cuisines

Dishes

Recipes

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