Tag: Ireland

The U.K.’s Favorite Irish Recipes

Ireland serves up some very unique dishes. Many of them are cakes and breads made out of local grains and potatoes. A famous bread of this nature is known as Barm Brack. This bread is made using a yeasty dough that is laden with sultanas, currants and chopped candied peel and spiced with ginger, nutmeg and sugar. It’s a light sweet bread that is […]

Britain

The British Public House

A public house, informally known as a pub is a drinking establishment and they are called that in Britain. Pubs also exist in Ireland, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. The history of the public house is traced back to Roman taverns where they were commonly called ale houses. They were actually people’s homes that also served booze. The Anglo Saxons had a character in […]