Bradenham Ham originated in Wiltshire, England. The ham is first dry-cured in salt, then placed in a liquid cure of molasses, coriander, juniper berries, and other ingredients. After curing, it is aged for 6 months, then smoked. The outside skin of the ham becomes black and shiny. The meat inside is sweet and mild. Several…
Wiltshire Food
Bustards
Bustards are very large birds. They have longer bodies than turkeys, weigh up to 30 pounds (13 ½ kilos) and have a wing span up to 7 feet (2 metres.) Despite the impressive wing span, they are not great flyers and can only fly for short periods. To compensate, they evolved into good runners and…
Devizes Pie
Devizes Pie was a pie made in Wiltshire, England. It has has long since fallen out of fashion. The pie’s filling is made from: cold trimmed calves’ head slices calve’s brain pickled tongue sweetbreads meat from the calf meat from a lamb slices of bacon hard-boiled eggs This mixture is put in an oven-proof dish,…
Wiltshire Bacon
Wiltshire Bacon © Denzil Green Wiltshire Bacon is a wet-cured bacon made from pork loin. This bacon cut has a large round oval of lean meat from the loin, making up most of the piece of bacon. At the end of the piece, there is a small, narrow streaky portion from the pork belly; and…