Wales brith (fruit bread); cawl (a lamb stew); cawl cennin (leek soup); Welsh cakes; and Welsh lamb. Cockles are sometimes served as a traditional breakfast with bacon and laverbread. Although Wales has its own traditional food and has absorbed much of the cuisine of England, Welsh diets now owe more to the countries of India, China and the United States. Chicken tikka masala is the country's favourite dish while hamburgers and Chinese food outsell fish and chips as a takeaway. Wales is often referred to as "the land of song", and is notable for its harpists, male choirs, and solo artists.
Carrot and stick to strategies against the fascism of Nazi Germany, Stalin had effectively replaced the "stick" of aggression he'd been using against the Socialists with the "carrot" of a better deal for them: membership in a more sweeping system of Popular Fronts against the Axis. Stalin's use of reward and punishment, as described above, has not been unique in the world arena. A casual survey of international news confirms that the tactic is still in common use today, by people in power up to and including the presidents of the USA and NATO. Carrot and stick The phrase "carrot and stick" is