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Only just seen this thread. Thank you so much Joy and everyone else, it is much appreciated.

Hope that you have all had a good day.


Love, Sallie. xx <3 <3 <3

Dear All

Hello

Hope you have enjoyed St Davids Day. <3


Take gentle care
With best wishes
Love from Elizabeth,
xx

it took us 14 hours to get there but well worth it xx :-D :-D

Hi Joy,
Glad to read that you had a fab time in Pembrokeshire:-)
Thought you would like to see the link below.
http://www.stdavidscathedral.org.uk/index.php?id=760

Shaun

we went to Pembroke last year had a fab time

the castle is lovely and Jax gave us a guided tour :-D :-D

Just a quickie my friends :-)

bbc 1 at 7.00 tonight, countryfile team are in Pembrokeshire to mark St. Davids Day.

shaun

Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus

Hiya Gwyn :-)

I am Welsh but with Kent connections! :-D :-D

My Maternal Grandmother's line of the tree are all Kent and a huge family!

Happy St David's Day everyone.

Just had a cup of coffee and Welsh cakes and have a vase of daffodils in the living room.
I grew up in England, but am proud of my Welsh connections.

Gwyn

I can smell those welsh cakes from here

MMMMMMmmmm

SOUPER CELEBRATION FOR SAINT DAVID

Otherwise known as Cawl this rich stew is the traditional meal celebrating the life and works of the Patron Saint of Wales.
These days the Cawl is eaten as single serving with crusty bread. In the old days, though, it would be a two-course meal with the broth being served first and then the meat and vegetable.
This is old-fashioned slow cooking at its best and will take you about two and a half hours.

Ingredients:
1 tbsp Lard
2 Onions, roughly chopped
4 Large Carrots, thickly sliced
1 small Swede, cubed
1lb Braising Beef or Neck of Lamb
1lb Smoked Bacon Joint, cut into pieces
12 Black Peppercorns
1 Clove
2 Bay Leaves
4 Sprigs Fresh Thyme
Water or stock to cover
1lb Potatoes, cut into large cubes
4 Small Leeks, very thinly sliced for garnish

1. Heat the lard in a large saucepan or flame-proof casserole. Add the onions, carrots and swede and brown on all sides. Remove from the heat and set aside.
2. Cut meat into equal pieces, and add to the pan and brown on all sides.
3. Return the vegetables to the pan with the meat and add the bacon and herbs. Cover with water or stock and bring to the boil.
4. Skim the surface then reduce the heat, partially cover and simmer for 2 hours, stirring from time to time and keeping the liquid level topped up.
5. Add the potatoes to the pan and continue to simmer for a further 20-30 minutes until the potatoes are tender.
6. To serve - Garnish with lots of finely chopped raw leeks. Serve hot.

Welsh cakes ingredients

225g/8oz plain flour
100g/4oz butter
75g/3oz caster sugar
50g/2oz currants
½tsp baking powder
¼tsp mixed spice
1 egg
A pinch salt
A little milk to bind

How to make Welsh cakes
Sift the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, mixed spice) together into a mixing bowl. Cut up the butter and rub into the flour. Stir in the sugar and fruit, pour in the egg and mix to form a dough, use a little milk if the mixture is a little dry. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to about the thickness of a biscuit. Use a pastry cutter to cut out rounds. Cook the cakes on a greased bake stone or griddle until golden. The heat should not be too high, as the cakes will cook on the outside too quickly, and not in the middle. Once cooked sprinkle with caster sugar and serve with butter.


Traditional Welsh recipe for Bara Brith

Bara Brith translates to ‘speckled bread’ and is a rich fruit loaf made with tea. Produced all over Wales the spiced fruit loaf is delicious when spread with salted Welsh butter.


Bara Brith ingredients

450G/1lb self-raising flour
1tsp mixed spice
175g/6oz Muscavado sugar
1 medium size free-range egg
1tbsp orange zest
2tbsp orange juice
1tbsp honey
300ml/½pt cold tea
450g/1lb mixed, dried fruit
Extra honey for glazing

How To Make It.

Put the mixed dried fruit into a mixing bowl; pour over the tea, cover and leave to soak overnight. The next day mix together the sugar, egg, orange juice, zest and honey, add to the fruit. Sift in the flour and spice, and mix well. Pour the mixture into a buttered loaf tin, 1.2L/2pt. Bake in a preheated oven at gas3/160c/325f for about 1¾ hours. The loaf should be golden in colour and firm to the touch in the middle. Baste with honey whilst still warm. Allow to cool thoroughly before storing in a cake tin.

The recipe for Bara Brith can be altered slightly by adding a few flavours. When soaking the fruit, substitute ¼ of the fluid with a whisky liqueur. Replace the honey and fruit juice with 2 tablespoons of marmalade. Alternatively, replace two tablespoons of fruit with chopped stem ginger, and replace the juice and honey with lemon marmalade, and the orange zest with lemon.


Thank you again Joy, a few recipes for you all, enjoy.


Shaun

St David’s Day
A land of rugged mountains
A land of finest slate
The sound of rushing rivers
Gives us cause to celebrate.
A land of ancient forests
Green valleys, grazing sheep
Gives the people of St David
A land they wish to keep.
Follow the red dragon flag
In parades led by Welsh bands
Raise voices in the choirs
To salute this lovely land.
For here in Wales

Thank you Joy <3

Only luck I saw it, clicked on general cat instead of going to my threads.

Happy St.Davids Day to you all <3

Back in a bit .

shaun

Lets hope everybody is having a super day xx <3 <3

***************HAPPY ST DAVIDS DAY*********** THROWS DAFFODILS EVERYWHERE :-D :-D :-D <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

That did go through my mind Jem <3 :-D

I know a song about them Emms <3

Dai-di-dai-di-dai ;-):-D :-D

Happy St David's Day to all my Welsh friends <3

My son is a David as is my son in law and my grand daughters
boyfriend...can't get away from them :-)

Happy St David's Day :-D

Thanks GL :-) :-) :-)

You will have to start calling your daughter's boyfriend DAI !

All David's in my part of Wales are called Dai (pronounced Dye) :-D :-D