reference: radcliffe-1822
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- Barley Wine
Now a very strong (c10% ABV), sweet ale prepared with little hops, but formerly also known with other flavours added.
- Bath Buns
Rounded yeast-raised white wheatflour buns, about 4ins diameter and 2ins high, made with sugar, egg, butter and a little lemon and sweet spices. Light baked, gl...
- Champ
Chopped onion (white, salad, spring or shallots, often stewed in milk) mashed into potato.
- Colcannon
Potatoes and green vegetables (usually cabbage, but sometimes kale or broccoli) creamed together.
- Dartmouth Pie
Pie with spiced mutton and fruit in hot-water paste. As late as Radcliffe 1822 it was described as; "This curious pie, formerly of great fame."
- Duke of Buckingham's Pudding
Boiled suet pudding with raisins, nutmeg and ginger, served with a wine sauce.
- English Potato Balls
Small mashed potato balls coated in crumb and fried (Acton 1845)
- Fruit Turnover
A fruit pasty. Rectangular or semi-circular pasty, usually of puff paste, well-filled with fruit (apple, cherry, etc) puree Edges knife-sealed, not crimped, wel...
- Harslet
Pig's pluck, liver, sweetbreads etc, chopped with sage, onions, seasonings, wrapped together and roasted (Cury 1390, Eaton 1822, etc).
- Haslet
Meat loaf made of spiced pork, pork offal and breadcrumbs. Baked and served cold. Most traditionally wrapped in caul.
- Liver and Bacon
Strips of liver sauteed with a bacon pieces and coarsely chopped onion, gravied and served with mashed potato.
- Seakale
A cabbage-like plant, native to sea coasts but easily grown inland. The leaves are used like cabbage and the young shoots like asparagus.