National food

National food is a food that is associated with a country as a whole. [1]Even the food is part of the country's tradition. A food can be considered a national food for several reasons:

• It will be a staple food that will be made with locally available ingredients and in a certain way. For example, Fruit de Mar is eaten as a staple food throughout the west coast of France.

• It uses locally grown foreign ingredients. Such as the European territory of the paprika native of South America.

• It is made or eaten at various festivals and is considered part of the tradition. Such as summer camp barbecue or dinner party funds or various religious food such as iftar etc. are considered as national food.

National food highlights individual identity and national identity. Since the development of the European empire, each nation or country has focused on developing its own national food in order to differentiate them from rival nations. [2]