reference: garrett-1891

Enriched individual cakes with a sugary topping. Known from receipts and advertisements throughout the 19th Century, the connection with Africa (if any) is uncl...

Now a name for individual sponge cakes in general, most commonly if round and decorated, but formerly a term for little cakes cooked in a cup, most especially w...

Medlars

Medlar pulp set and moulded.

Medlars boiled with sugar, strained and and set. Known until the late 19th Century.

Squirrel has rarely served as a food, though it did achieve some fame in the 1990's when systematic efforts to eradicate the grey squirrel from English woodland...