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Channel Islands cuisine is the cooking styles, traditions and recipes of the Crown dependencies of the Channel Islands, namely the Bailiwicks of Guernsey and of Jersey. Among the islands' specialities are locally-caught seafood, rich Channel Island milk , Guernsey Bean Jar , and Jersey cabbage loaf.
Bean jar (Guernésiais: moussaettes au four; French: pot de haricots de Guernesey) is a local dish of the Channel Island of Guernsey. The traditional Guernsey bean jar has been around for centuries, and is still popular today. It is a cassoulet-type bean dish.
Guernsey Gâche (gâche ⓘ) is a local dish of the Channel Island of Guernsey. It is a special bread made with raisins , sultanas , cherries , butter and mixed peel . In Guernésiais , gâche means cake .
The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Duchy of Normandy. [18] About the year 1030, the fleet of Robert, Duke of Normandy, which was to support the claim of his cousins Alfred and Edward to the English crown against Canute, was scattered by a storm, and was driven down the Channel to ...
The national animals of the island of Guernsey are the donkey and the Guernsey cow.The traditional explanation for the donkey (âne in French and Guernésiais) is the steepness of St Peter Port streets that necessitated beasts of burden for transport (in contrast to the flat terrain of the rival capital of Saint Helier in Jersey), although it is also used in reference to Guernsey inhabitants ...
The Bailiwick of Guernsey (French: Bailliage de Guernesey; Guernésiais: Bailliage dé Guernési) is a self-governing British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France, comprising several of the Channel Islands. It has a total land area of 78 square kilometres (30 sq mi) and an estimated total population of 67,334.
Jethou (/ ʒ ɛ ˈ t uː / zheh-TOO) is a small island that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is privately leased from the Crown , and not open to the public. Resembling the top of a wooded knoll, it is immediately south of Herm and covers approximately 44 acres (18 ha).
The island of Guernsey and the other island in the Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Duchy of Normandy. [8] In the islands, Elizabeth II's traditional title as head of state was Duke of Normandy. [9] (The masculine nomenclature "Duke" is retained even when the monarch is female.)