SC - Wales

[Stefan li Rous]

Elysant commented: 
> I see that some of the sources for your recipes are from North Wales, as well
> as some from the South - where I'm from.  It is extremely fascinating to me
> to see the variations in the traditional recipes from region to region and
> how they either have different ingredients, or are much the same in the
> different parts of the country.
> Hearing the customs that go along with them is interesting also, especially
> when it's a new "tidbit" of information. :-)

I found the comments about regional variations in Wales interesting too, when
skimming through "Traditional Food From Wales" (First published as "First
Catch Your Peacock").

To me, Wales seems like a real small place to have much in the way of
regional variations? Perhaps this comes from growing up in Texas where
things are spread out more. Just how big is Wales geographically? Or
how long does it take to cross it at modern highway speeds (50 to 70
miles per hour)?

Or is Wales broken up by the terrain so much, like the US Appalachian
mountain areas, that folks tended to be restricted to various regions or
valleys without much intermingling?

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