locale: Cambridge
4 posts in this collection
- Almond Butter
Cream-and-egg custard with Sack, ground almonds and sugar (Wooley 1672, Moxon 1764)
- Audit Ale
A, usually very strong, ale traditionally brewed for the annual 'audit' at colleges of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The ales were formerly produced...
- Burnt Cream, or Cambridge or Trinity Cream
Baked cream-rich custard, usually now flavoured with vanilla, and topped with a sugar crust caramelised under a very high heat, by grilling, by flame or by igni...
- Cambridge Butter
An unusually salty butter, with good keeping quality, formerly manufactured around Downham-Market in Norfolk and distributed via dealers in Cambridge. Mrs Beeto...