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== Culture ==

== Culture ==

=== Cuisine ===

=== Cuisine ===

Impressions of Northern English cuisine are still shaped by the working-class diet of the early twentieth century, which included high calorie foods and alcoholic beverages such as [[Ale|ales]], and is often considered somewhat unhealthy.  

Impressions of Northern English cuisine are still shaped by the working-class diet of the early twentieth century, which included high calorie foods and alcoholic beverages such as [[Ale|ales]], and is often considered somewhat unhealthy. Foods such as sausage rolls and meat pies have long been considered characteristic of northern cuisine. The bakery chain [[Greggs]], which was founded in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] in 1951 and has since expanded around the UK from the 1970s onwards, is regarded by some to be integral to northern identity. Other bakery chains in the north include Poundbakery, which operate in Lancashire, Yorkshire, the North Midlands and North Wales.

A variety of alcoholic beverages, in particular beers, are made across the north of England. The first ever record of brewing in Great Britain is from the Roman fort at Vindolanda in the present-day county of Northumberland, where an inscription from c. 100 AD records an ''Atrectus Cervesarius'' (Atrectus the Brewer). Ales have long been associated with the north, with classic examples including Newcastle Brown Ale, John Smith's, Black Sheep and Boddingtons.  

A variety of alcoholic beverages, in particular beers, are made across the north of England. The first ever record of brewing in Great Britain is from the Roman fort at Vindolanda in the present-day county of Northumberland, where an inscription from c. 100 AD records an ''Atrectus Cervesarius'' (Atrectus the Brewer). Ales have long been associated with the north, with classic examples including Newcastle Brown Ale, John Smith's, Black Sheep and Boddingtons.  

[[Category:English regions]]

[[Category:English regions]]