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English Food
John Cadbury
John Cadbury The start of the Cadbury dynasty The Cadbury family dynasty was started in 1824 by John Cadbury (12 August 1801 – 11 May 1889), and strengthened by his sons George and Richard. A devout Quaker, John saw cocoa and chocolate as healthy alternatives to alcohol. He also led a campaign to prohibit the employment of…
Katy’s White Lavender Cheese
Katy’s White Lavender Cheese is a feta-style cheese made from sheep’s milk. It has lavender flowers in it to flavour it.
Kingston Black Apples
Kingston Black Apples are 2 inches (5 cm) tall by 2 ½ inches (6 cm) wide. They have yellowish-orange skin covered in dark reddish-brown. The flavour has a bitter, sharp taste that is both sweet and astringent at the same time. The tree is small. It blooms late, and produces a late harvest. Cooking Tips…
Lardy Cake
A Lardy Cake is a bread into which spices, fruit and pieces of lard are mixed. The lard and sugar on the layers inside melt together and get gooey; the sugar on top gets crunchy. What makes the cake is the lard. There is really no point in making this cake without it. It’s really…
Laxton Superb Apples
Laxton Superbs are sweet, juicy apples with white flesh that is slightly soft. They are harvested September or November through to April. The trees can develop the issue of only producing fruit every other year. Cooking Tips Best eaten fresh. History Notes Developed by Thomas Laxton (born 1830) and his brother in 1897 in Bedfordshire,…
Lincolnshire Plum Bread
Lincolnshire Plum Bread is a dark, rich loaf of yeast-risen bread intended as a tea bread. It is moist, dense, rich and sweet with lots of fruit. There are not actually any plums in it — instead the fruit is raisins, sultanas and / or currants, and mixed dried fruit. Spices used include cinnamon and…
Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese
Lincolnshire Poacher is a long-aged cheddar cheese whose taste combines sweetness with a touch of bitterness. It is pale yellow inside, with a brownish rind.
Lincolnshire Sausage
Lincolnshire Sausages are made of coarsely-chopped pork, seasoned liberally with sage. Cooking Tips These are fresh sausages, and need cooking.
Lincolnshire Stuffed Chine
Lincolnshire Stuffed Chine is a pork dish made in England. The centre of popularity is Boston in Lincolnshire, where it is served with a dash of vinegar on it. It is made with pork chine (backbone.) You turn the cut of meat bone-side down, fat and meat side up, and make 5 deep slashes (not…
Liquorice Allsorts
Bassetts Allsorts © Denzil Green Liquorice Allsorts is a candy mixture. On average, there are about 10 different types of candies in an all-sorts mixture, depending on which brand you buy. Some of the candies in the mix are pure liquorice, others are constructed from both liquorice and paste (fondant) candy. Some are circular with…
Lord of The Hundreds Cheese
Lord of The Hundreds is a hard, dry, crumbly cheese made from raw milk from sheep. It has a smooth, mild taste.
Macaroni Pudding
Macaroni Pudding can be described as a take on rice pudding. It is a a custardy pudding with cooked macaroni as the base, instead of rice, tapioca, etc. Basic ingredients, besides macaroni, are milk, butter, and a bit of nutmeg for flavour. Some recipes add egg, sugar, and sultanas. You bake the mixture in a…
Mackintosh’s Toffee
Mackintosh’s is a British golden Toffee with caramel flavour, made by Rowntree-Mackintosh. It is soft enough to be chewy, but hard enough to still be breakable. In New Zealand, it is sold by Allen’s. It is also popular in Canada, so much so that many Canadians are surprised to find out it’s not Canadian. It’s…
Manchester Pudding
The term “Manchester Pudding” is sometimes used as an alternative name for Queen of Puddings; other times, it is used to mean the same thing as Manchester Tart. In its own right, though, it is a sweet bread pudding baked in a pastry-lined dish. The pudding part is made from breadcrumbs mixed with milk, egg,…
Manchester Tart
Manchester Tart is a custard pie consisting of a pie shell, with a layer of jam on the bottom, with custard poured in and baked. Some variations used puff pastry for the shell instead of short-crust. The jam can be strawberry, raspberry or blackberry. Some call for the top to be sprinkled with desiccated coconut,…
Margaret Costa
Life and Times Margaret Costa lived from 1917 to 1999. Though a relatively well-known British food personality, she wrote only one cookbook on her own (though she assisted with a few others.) She also wrote, though, for magazines such as the “Sunday Pictorial”, the “Farmer and Stockbreeder”, and Gourmet magazine (a regular column called “London…
Marmite Spread
Marmite is a thick, brown paste with a strong, salty flavour. It is the original yeast spread, made from yeast extract, salt, vegetable extract, and spices. It is sold in distinctive, bulb-shaped glasses with yellow lids. A French stock pot called a “marmite” is pictured on the label. It now comes in squeezable plastic jars…
Marsh York Cure
Marsh York Cure hams are made from the breed of pig called the “Large White.” The hams are hung to air-cure for 2 to 3 months. They are often lightly smoked with oak smoke, though you can easily get unsmoked versions. The taste is salty, and can be mild or sharp, depending on who made…
Melrow Tomatoes
Melrow are large cherry tomatoes with a good aroma and taste that some describe as “green-stem.” They are raised by Geest Melrow Ltd for Marks & Spencer in England.
Melton Hunt Cake
Melton Hunt Cake is a moist fruit cake made in the town of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, where Stilton cheese and Melton Mowbray pies are also made. It contains dried fruit, almonds, butter, eggs, and rum, and is decorated on top with whole almonds and glazed fruit. Melton Hunt Cake has been made by Dickinson…
Melton Mowbray Pork Pies
A Melton Mowbray Pork Pie is a raised, cylinder-shaped pork pie. They are available in sizes from a few inches (5 cm) to several inches (several dm) tall. They are made in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, in what is called the “pork pie belt” of England. The pie filling is diced pork flavoured with sage, and…
Mrs Bells Blue Cheese
Mrs Bells is a creamy, smooth cheese with blue veins dotted through it. It is less salty than many other blue cheeses. Sheep’s milk from local flocks of sheep, curdled with vegetarian rennet, is used to make the cheese. The cheese is aged 10 to 12 weeks. The cheese is made by Shepherd’s Purse Cheeses…
Mushy Peas
Mushy Peas © Denzil Green Mushy Peas is a very thick paste of peas made from dried Marrowfat peas. It is particularly popular in northern England and in Ireland. Mushy Peas are good as a side for pork pies, or fish and chips. At Fish and Chip shops, they are often formed into a small…