User:Setanta747/NI cuisine
Northern Irish cuisine overlaps with percieved traditional food from other regions, such as, British, Chinese, Italian and Indian cuisine. It also overlaps with a more generic Irish cuisine, though there are some differences.
As with Irish and, to a lesser extent, British cuisine, Northern Irish cuisine includes many varieties of potato-based dishes. Many dishes were adopted into the Northern Irish menu, such as Fish and chips, different ethnic curries and pizza, all of which are popular meals in Northern Ireland.
Due to the fact that nowhere in Northern Ireland is very far from the coast, crustaceans are a popular addition to the Northern Irish diet. Cod and whiting, usually served under the generic names of plaice or simply fish are common in restaurants and from a chippy.
One of the most popular dishes are Chinese or Indian curries, with Chicken tikka masala possibly topping the list in terms of popularity.
Potato-based dishes
Champ consists of mashed potato into which chopped scallions (spring onions) are mixed.
Food in early Ireland
The first settlers in Ireland were hunter-gatherers, attracted to the coasts (particularly of places like Antrim) due to the abundance of chalk. Understandably, berries were a major staple food, and wild berry bushes grow all over the countryside.
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