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Cawl has a good claim to be considered the national dish of Wales, and there are a large number of regional variations. It usually contains meat, normally cut into small pieces, and this may be lamb, mutton, beef, pork or bacon, the bacon sometimes being added to another meat. The vegetables used also vary, though leeks are usually included, as are potatoes and carrots. "Cawl cennin" or Leek cawl, can be made without meat but using meat stock. The dish was traditionally cooked in an iron pot or cauldron over the fire. Mutton may refer to either: The meat of a sheep In parts of Asia, the meat of a goat Category: ... For other uses, see Beef (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Pork (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Bacon (disambiguation). ...

Normally cawl is eaten in a bowl as a one-course meal. In some parts of Wales however the broth from the cawl was eaten as a first course and the meat and vegetables eaten separately as a second course.

History

The word cawl in Welsh is first recorded in the 14th century, and is thought to come from the Latin caulis, meaning the stalk of a plant, a cabbage stalk or a cabbage. It rhymes with 'foul', rather than with 'shawl'. Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ...

Cawl may once have played an important part in Welsh history. A story is related concerning the Welsh king Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. Gruffydd's father Llywelyn ap Seisyll had been king of a considerable part of Wales in the early 11th century, but on his death the throne was taken over by another dynasty. His son Gruffydd was said to be an idle youth, and one New Year's Day was driven out of the house by his exasperated sister. Leaning against the wall of another house he heard the comments of a cook who was cooking a dish which appears to be cawl. The cook complained that one piece of meat kept rising to the surface however often it was pushed down. Gruffydd took that to refer to himself and from that day on changed his outlook on life, to such effect that by 1055 he was king of all Wales. In the period before the Norman Conquest of Wales, several native princes had the name Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (Griffith son of Llywelyn). Two of these were of major importance in the history of Wales. ... Llywelyn ap Seisyll (died 1023) was a King of Gwynedd and of Deheubarth in north-west and south-west Wales. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 11th century was that century which lasted from 1001 to 1100. ... Events January 11 - Theodora becomes Reigning Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire. ...

In Wales to make a cawl of something is to mess it up.

Recipes

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