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South Wales Valleys
Miners' food: faggots, peas, rarebit and Welsh cakes
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Valley cooking was built for shift work: cheap cuts, mushy peas, bakestone cakes and cheese on toast done properly.
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Valleys Home CookingEveryday cooking from the Rhondda, Merthyr, Aberdare and the mining valleys.9 recipes
Mining & Workers' Food HeritagePortable, filling food documented in the coal communities of south Wales.3 recipes
Valleys Bakery TraditionsWelsh cakes, teisen lap, fruit loaves and corner-bakery baking.4 recipes
Pies & Meat TraditionsFaggots, pasties, pies and the meat cooking of the valleys.4 recipes
Valleys Soups & BrothsCawl, pea and ham soup and other pots that fed a full house.1 recipe
Valleys Heritage RecipesDocumented dishes from valley kitchens and bakeries.1 recipeSub-regions
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