The Sun Never Sets on English Cuisine

The Sun Never Sets on English Cuisine

~Blog Post #2~

April 12, 2015

By: Dillon Kane

England is very much a modern country, so the everyday food is pretty much just like our everyday food. From McDonald’s to Gordon Ramsey and everything in between the modern English person has a large choice in cuisine and isn’t necessarily tied to any one food type. However, like us, England does have traditional foods for holidays, and being so similar to us culturally, England is also very similar in the holidays it celebrates. England’s largest holidays are Christmas, Easter, and New Year’s, just like us, but England does have another major holiday that is distinctly theirs, Boxing Day. Boxing Day is celebrated the day after Christmas, December 26th. It is traditionally celebrated as a day of rest to eat leftovers from Christmas, see family you didn’t see on Christmas, and to open presents. Boxing Day is a much more relaxed holiday than Christmas or Easter, that being said, there usually isn’t a formal dinner or feast planned out. Families will usually eat leftover Turkey or Ham from Christmas. However, even with its informality it is still one of the most celebrated holidays in England because it is the one holiday where you can truly focus on your family and enjoy their company.

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