Post on 23-Feb-2016
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EnglandBy James Mackay 4B
CelebrationsJanuary: New Years Day, New Years, Twelfth Night, Plough Monday and the Bank HolidayFebruary: Guy Fawkes Night (Bonfire Night), St Valentines Day, Candlemas DayMarch: Commonwealth Day, Mothers Day / Mothering Sunday, Simnel SundayApril: April Fool’s Day, Queen’s Birthday, Easter Sunday, Easter MondayMay: May Day, Well Dressing, Rochester Sweeps Festival, Oak Apple Day
June: Coronation Day, Well Dressing, The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, The Queen’s Official Birthday, Trooping the ColourJuly: Well Dressing, Tynwald Day, Swan Upping August: Yorkshire Day, Lammas Day, Well Dressing, Notting Hill CarnivalSeptember: The Great River Race, Autumnal EquinoxOctober: Halloween, Punky NightNovember: All Saints Day, All Souls DayDecember: Great Christmas Pudding Race, Winter Solstice
Maps of England
English FoodThere is a lot of good food in England e.g. Scones with Jam & Cream, Hot Cross Buns, Shepherds Pie, Bangers & Mash and Treacle Tart. There is a big variety of English cuisine.
Bangers & Mash
Hot Cross Buns
Toad in a Hole Scones with Jam & Cream
Shepherds Pie Treacle Tart
Treacle Tart Ingredients 1 1/2 cups (225g) plain flour 1/3 cup (50g) icing sugar 125g unsalted butter cut into small
cubes 1 egg 400ml golden syrup 100g fresh white breadcrumbs Grated zest and juice of 3 lemons Cream, to serve
Treacle Tart MethodPlace flour and icing sugar in a food processor, whiz to combine, then add butter and process until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add egg and process until pastry forms a smooth ball. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 160°C.
Roll out pastry on a floured board and use to line a greased, 23cm loose-bottomed tart pan. Roll out excess pastry into a long piece and cut into strips with a crinkle pastry cutter to make the lattice-effect on top.
Place golden syrup in a pan over low heat to warm through, add remaining ingredients, then stir to combine. Pour into tart shell and decorate with pastry lattice. Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour until set. Serve with cream.
Traditional and Casual ClothingThere is a lot of celebrations in England and there is also a lot of costumes. There is the royal family’s clothing the English / British soldiers clothing and just formal clothing you would wear to celebrations. There is also casual clothing.
England is Famous For
What?England is famous for a lot of different things e.g. Fish and Chips, Big Ben, black cabs,
Oasis, Blur, the Royal Family and the London Eye. England
is also very famous for its castles and giant landmarks
and buildings. England’s oldest royal castle still in use
is Windsor Castle.
EnglandEngland has a lot of cool places to go and is a very
good holiday place. If you go to Big Ben get yourself lined up with it so it looks like your
as big as Big Ben and your leaning on it and take a
picture!!! When you go on the London Eye look down and
around you. You can basically see across the whole of
England!!!