Food

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Bedfordshire clanger

Suet-crust dumpling consisting of a meat and vegetable filling at one end and a sweet filling at the other.

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Penny lick

Glass container in which ice cream was sold by 19th-century street vendors.

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Woolton pie

Vegetable pie introduced during the meat rationing in Britain during the Second World War.

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Alban Bun

14th-century precursor to the hot cross bun, produced at St Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire.

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Eton Mess

Traditional English dessert consisting of a mixture of strawberries or other berries, broken meringue and whipped cream.

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Red Windsor (cheese)

Pale cream English cheddar-style cheese made from pasteurised cow’s milk marbled with a blend of port and brandy.

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Manchester Tart

Variation on a Victorian recipe for Manchester pudding, first recorded by Mrs Beeton.

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Rag pudding

Savoury dish once popular in the mill towns of northwest England.

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