locale: Norfolk

Whole herring, soaked in brine before being very lightly smoked. Known by this name since the 1830's (OED)

A breakfast dish. See: Bloaters

An unusually salty butter, with good keeping quality, formerly manufactured around Downham-Market in Norfolk and distributed via dealers in Cambridge. Mrs Beeto...

Spiced bread very known from advertisements from the 1820's to 70's, associated (like Fair Buttons) with the annual Tombland Fair at Norwich.

A Ox tripe wrapped around stuffing of breadcrumbs, egg, minced onion, parsley and lemon, the edges sewn up and the whole baked covered with fatty bacon.

An enriched, spiced, bread bun.

A small, spherical bread roll, baked very crisp. Known at least since advertisements of the 1830's, now very rare, presumed to be similar to Dorset Knobs

A nickname for rum, and, more recently, a brand of spiced rum provided by the 'Lord Nelson' Inn in Horatio Nelson's home village of Burnham Thorpe in Norfolk.

Suet pastry covered in diced beef and onions, rolled-up Swiss fashion, sealed at the ends and steamed.

Large, late season multi-purpose apple with tough red-greed striped skin. Previously prized for keeping its flavour when dried as 'Norfolk Dried Biffins', it is...

Plain white wheatflour dumplings, boiled with stew or in gravy (Acton 1845, etc).

Pastry of white flour, brown sugar, lard, soda and syrup, flavoured with ginger or lemon, rolled and cut into c2ins rounds, baked.

A type of bread pudding, similar to bread-and-butter pudding, with dates and spices.

Water boiled with butter and shaken until emulsified. A simplified version of English Butter Sauce.

Individual square cakes with currants. Known from advertismets of 1788 and widely advertised in the 19th Century.

Infusion of the seed-pods of the garden poppy, Papaver Somniferum, in water. Drunk hot.

Plain, semi-raised white wheatflour pastry with egg and butter, baked in c1in thick, 2½ins diameter rounds. Served with sweet or savoury toppings (Hartley 1954,...

Suggared saffron buns associated with Lowestoft. Known only from news reports of 2017 explaining their origin in the 1950s. See Tea-Treat Buns, saffron...

A highly distinctive spring-like helix of formed minced turkey (or with pork) meat, rusk, binders and flavourings of tomato and smoke. c5ins long, 1ins diameter...

Cubed venison stewed with whole, cooked, peeled sweet chestnuts, root vegetables, onion, bay and juniper.

Thick butter-and-egg rich shortbread biscuits with caraway seeds. Known from 'The Complete Biscuit and Gingerbread Baker's Assistant' of 1854 as a variation of ...

Fresh, salted herrings, neither smoked nor dried. See Bloaters

Cheese pastry sheets sandwiching kipper slices with cayenne, cut into strips, twisted, brushed with egg, sprinkled with cheese, baked. Known at least since Lili...