A celebration of great English Food
 St George?s Day, on April 23, has been largely ignored for many years. While the Irish take to the streets and party hard in celebration of their patron saint, the English have been much slower to make the most of the opportunity to celebrate.
Now all that is changing. Bedford-based brewer Charles Wells has been campaigning for England to celebrate St George?s Day properly.
According to Charles Wells, the English are more than willing to celebrate St George?s Day ? if pubs provide some top entertainment and, of course, some great English grub.
Try out some of the great recipes listed in this section inlcuding Bombardier Beef Cobbler made with Wells Bombardier - England's Patron Pint. Wells Bombardier?s malt balance and savoury, hoppy finish make it an ideal accompaniment to some of our classic English dishes, from roast beef and all the trimmings to bangers and mash.
Use it to braise a joint of gammon that you can either serve hot with pease pudding or cold with English pickles and mustards.
Create a cheese table with a wide range of English cheeses and offer a
sharing platter plus a jug of Bombardier.
Put the beer into the Yorkshire pudding batter for toad-in-the-hole (the
beer helps the pud rise to dizzy heights), and into the accompanying onion gravy, or into a batter flecked with fresh chopped parsley for really crisp cod ?n? chips.
Don't forget our other native tipple - Cider. Use in a lovely West country dish such as pork with scrumpy, apples and cream or perhaps make jogs of cider fruit punch.
With the huge growth of Mediterranean, Indian, Thai and other exotic cuisines in recent years, it is easy to forget that there are some fabulous foods to be had right on our doorstep.
(Source:The Publican.com)
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