Category: Britain

U.K. Crumpets

There are few foods more British than the crumpet. It is a bread that some might find a bit odd in appearance. It looks like an English muffin, but technically it is not.  It is sold as bread is but technically it is a griddle cake made from flour and yeast.   The crumpet is small and circular like a Muffin but it has a […]

British Cagoules

In the United Kingdom rain is inevitability.   For this reason people there own a fold-up raincoat known as a cagoule. They bring the cagoules with them everywhere …to the beach, to the market and to the pub. That is because you never know when it is going to really pour.   Cagoule is spelled many ways including cagoul, kagoule or kagool. Ironically this popular and […]