Plum pudding

Many households have their own recipe for Christmas pudding, some handed down through families for generations. Essentially the recipe brings together what traditionally were expensive or luxurious ingredients - notably the sweet spices that are so important in developing its distinctive rich aroma.

Christmas pudding is a streamed pudding, heavy with fruit and nuts and usually made with suset. It is very dark in appearance - effectively black - as a result of the dark sugars andblack treacle most recipes, and its long cooking time. The mixture can be moistened with the juice of citrus fruits , brandi and other alcohol (some recipes call for dark beers such as mild, and stout potter In Peru, some families use pisco.

Blarney Castle

Blarney Castle was built nearly six hundred years ago by one of Ireland’s greatest chieftains, Cormac MacCarthy, and has been attracting attention beyond Munster ever since. Over the last few hundred years, millions have flocked to Blarney, making it a world landmark and one of Ireland’s greatest treasures.

Now that might have something to do with the Blarney Stone, the legendary Stone of Eloquence, found at the top of our Tower. Kiss it and you’ll never again be lost for words. But don’t take our word for it – everyone from Sir Walter Scott to a host of American presidents, world leaders, and international entertainers has been eager to take advantage.

U2

U2 is a rock band from Dublin. The group consists of Bono (vocals and guitar)the Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam (bass guitar), and Larry (drums and percussion).

The band formed at Mount Temple secondary school in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency. Within four years, they signed to island records and released their debut album boy. By the mid-1980s, they had become a top international act. They were more successful as a live act than they were at selling records, until their 1987 album The Joshua tree which, according to Rollyng stone elevated the band's stature "from heroes to superstars.

The Wales flag has two equal horizontal stripes, white above green, and a large red dragon passant. The dragon standard was perhaps first seen in Britain in the shape of the "draco" a standard carried by the cohorts of the Roman legion. The Romans appear to have been inspired by the dragon standard carried by their Dacian and Parthian enemies and had adopted this device by the third century. Carl Lofmar argues that the dragon of the cohort was more familiar to the British than was the eagle standard of the legions. As Roman legions withdrew at the end of the fourth century and the British were left alone to face Saxon attacks, the dragon would have been a natural symbol for those who wished to preserve their Romanised way of life against the barbarian invader.

Faggot(food

A faggot is a kind of meatball. Faggots are a traditional dish in the UK, especiallythe midlands
of england. It is made from meat off-cunts and offal, especially pork. A faggot is traditionally made from pig's heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together, with herbs added for flavouring and ssometimes bedcrumbs. The mixture is shaped in the hand into balls, wrapped round with foul fat and baked. A similar dish, almôndega, is traditional in Portugal. Another variation of Faggot is Pig's fry wrapped in pig's caul: the pig's fry and boiled onions are minced(ground) together then mixed with breadcrumbs or cold boiled potatoes, seasoned with sage, mixed herbs and pepper. All beaten together and then wrapped in small pieces of caul to form a ball. These are then baked in the oven. Usually served cold. This is from British Cookery edited by Lizzie Boyd.

Mount Snowdon

Snowdon is not the highest mountain in Britain, it can claim to be the most spectacular. There are lots of walks up to the summit of Snowdon from villages all round the mountain, ranging from brisk walks to full climbing routes with crampons. Mind you for the less energetic, there is always the train from Llanberis to Snowdon's summit. It is a rack and pinoin railway that mounts gradients as steep as 1 in 5, as it wends its way 5 miles up to the top of Snowdon As for walks, the easiest route up Snowdon follows a track alongside the rack and pinion railway from Llanberis. Then from the top of Llanberis Pass, three other routes fan out, the easiest is the miners track ( the name dating from Snowdon,s miners needing to get to work) which climbs from the shore of Llyn Llydaw. The Pig Track from there is harder and the third route, over Crib Goch, is not for the inexperienced - Snowdon is not just a big pussy cat:)

Crash test dummies

The crash test dummies are a canadian folk rockband form winnigbag best known for their 1993 single mmmm,mmmm,mmm,. Since 2001, the only consistent members of the band have been lead singer Brad Roberts andvocalist Ellen Rid, since the rest of the band members have been busy with other projects and live far from Roberts home in New York city.