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Bia - Food

Bia - Food. In Celtic times …. Corn (oats, barley, wheat, and rye) and milk were the staple diet Dinner was centred around roasting spits and was characterized by an abundance of roasted and boiled meat, which were eaten with bare hands

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Bia - Food

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  1. Bia - Food

  2. In Celtic times … • Corn (oats, barley, wheat, and rye) and milk were the staple diet • Dinner was centred around roasting spits and was characterized by an abundance of roasted and boiled meat, which were eaten with bare hands • The diners sat on the ground on straw or hides and used tables which were raised slightly off the ground

  3. 17th Century on… • The Irish embraced the potato • As a result the Irish became reliant on the potato and forgot other traditional foods and methods of preparation.

  4. The Great Hunger • Death (1 million) – extinction of lowest class of agricultural tenant • Emigration (1 million) – mainly to America. Birth of Irish Americans! • Represented 25% of the total population. • The potato crop failed which was the staple diet of many of the lower classes. • Other food stuffs were available but only to the middle class in Ireland and much was exported. • No help for the Irish. • Many landlords evicted their poor Irish tenants. The Irish were forced into the poor house were many died of disease and hunger. • Sharp decline in amount of people who spoke Irish.

  5. Food today • A wide range of traditional and non-traditional foods e.g. pasta, rice, peppers, pineapple, melon, kiwi, chorizo, feta, brie, chile, pizza, lasange,

  6. Meals • People normally eat: Breakfast: cereal, toast, fry, tea / coffee Lunch: sandwich, fruit, tea / coffee Dinner: potatoes, meat and vegetables Supper: cereal, toast, tea / coffee

  7. Prátaí – Potatoes • the potato is the most popular of all vegetables • a staple • excellent source of starch and contain no fat if eaten boiled or baked. • an important source of vitamin C providing more than one third of our daily requirement

  8. Other fruit / vegetables that are commonly grown Parsnip Sprouts Lettuce Peas Scallions Mushrooms Rhubarb Carrots Broccoli Cauliflower Cabbage Onion Turnip

  9. Apples Pears Strawberries Tomatoes Plums Blackberries Gooseberries

  10. Meat • Ireland is very green and it rains a lot. Therefore there is a lot of grazing for animals. This natural diet for the animals improves the standard of the meat they produce. • Beef • Pork • Chicken • Lamb

  11. Fish • Traditionally was very common • Quite common now • The clean, unpolluted waters around Ireland’s 7,500km coastline are rich in aquatic life and form an exceptional environment for seafood. • Chowder

  12. Salmon • Trout • Herring • Muscles • Oysters • Lobster • Prawns • Cockles

  13. Traditional dishes • Colcannon: Potatoes, cabbage and either onion, scallion or leek • Irish stew: Potato, onion, carrots and either pork or beef • Champ • Bacon and cabbage • Boxty • Soda bread • Potato bread • Barmbrack

  14. Drinks • Milk • Tea • Spring Water • Football Special • Whisky • Guinness

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