12 Northern Stereotypes Game Of Thrones Gets Completely Right
9. We Enjoy Our Food
George R.R. Martin describes two things in the most intricate detail in A Song of Ice and Fire: sex and food. Whilst this author is certainly not prepared to conduct a survey into the differences of Northern vs Southern intercourse, the food thing is easily confirmed. In Westeros, the Southron nibble on fruit, cheese, olives and bread, indulging in roast bird, usually cooked in honey or yet more fruit, washing it all down with some fruity wine. The Northmen eat MEAT and as much as they can get: bacon, boar, blackened beef, goose, mutton you get the idea. The meat seems to come with root vegetables, gravy, bread and a boatload of beer. Sounds fantastic. Far away from the commonplace tofu, quinoa and whatever other unsubstantial dross they eat in London, the North plays host to some of Britains most famous dishes: Yorkshire puddings, Cumberland sausage, stotties, Lancashire hotpot, shepherds pie, Eccles cakes, the Parmo and pease pudding. Its good, honest food simply but skillfully done, made with great produce with recipes passed down generation to generation. Theres something wonderfully wholesome and warming about Northern food that makes you want to share stories and laugh loudly over the dinner table; a feeling translated beautifully in Game of Thrones. Don't be fooled into thinking we're all just simple people eating simple food, though. Yorkshire now boasts the largest number of Michelin starred restaurants than any other county in the UK, such as Ilkley's The Box Tree; Sheffield's The Old Vicarage and Harrogate's Yorke Arms.
