locale: Wiltshire

Bacon joint boiled with cabbage or other greens, sometimes cooked with a net of potatoes suspended in the water.

Goat or cow's milk cheese in rounds or small truckles, a modern version of the old Wiltshire Cheese.

A rectangular form of cheese.

Dished pie of sliced offals and meat, most traditionally calf's head with sliced brains, tongue and sweetbreads, with bacon, vegetables and sliced hard-boiled e...

A Springtime celebration cake, made in a star shape.

Cake containing apple and spices with mead. Known only since J.Salmon

Sweetened leavened bread made with butter and caraway seeds, traditionally washed down with Hot Pot or 'Cattern Bowl' - a hot spiced drink.

and the Cheltenham Dripper

A simple onion soup, of variable composition. Repeatedly mentioned throughout the 19th Century as a food of the poor.

Dried Hams for sale in Shrewsbury c1888

A complete trimmed side, virtually a whole half-pig, soaked in brine for 4 to 5 days, then dried for up to 14 days. Sometimes smoked. Said to have been develope...

Frequently mentioned in the 18th and 19th centuries, and in passing in Jane Austen's Emma, Wiltshire cheese disappeared in the 1950's. It was said to be similar...

Stew of pork chops and kidneys layered with onion, apple and potatoes (J.Salmon)

Very large roll of sausage meat with chopped fruit (apricots etc) rolled in paste and scored on top to give a lattice effect.

Pie filled with pork, apple and onion. Most traditionally set in a trotter jelly.

Deep-fried pork sausage meat balls, often served with apple sauce or fried apple slices and parsley.

Wiltshire sausages are generally very finely minced pork sausages with breadcrumbs, ginger, mace and other flavourings, bound with egg if needed. They are suppl...

Baked potato filled with chicken, butter and lemon mixture with nutmeg (J.Salmon)

A cheese fair was held in Winchester, which became highly significant during the early to mid 19th Century, and was a centre for the distribution of Dutch chees...