Edible England

Take a journey around England and sample some local produce as you go. From Bakewell Puddings to Yorkshire Christmas Pies and from Branston Pickle to Colchester Native Oysters. Read on and find out where to go for the best tastes around.

Colchester Natives

Colchester oysters

In the oyster world the Colchester Native rules supreme. Flatter and rounder than the more common "rock" or "gigas" oyster, they are also sweeter, creamier and much more delicate.

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Bakewell Pudding

Bakewell

As the only market town in the Peak District National Park, Bakewell is full of bustle and pretty historical monuments, none more so than the 13th Century packhorse bridge which spans the River Wye.

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The Bath Bun

Bath Buns

The Bath Bun was invented by the eminent 18th Century physician Dr William Oliver, who founded the Bath General Hospital and variously treated many London notables who’d been drawn by the curative properties of the spa.

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Branston (Pickle)

Branston Pickle should now be called Bury St Edmonds Pickle, as following Premier Foods’ buy out of Crosse and Blackwell, that’s where it’s currently produced

What, you may ask, does a pickle so sweet and tangy with lots of crunchy chunks, have in common with a quiet, handsome, East Staffordshire village on the banks of the Trent and Mersey Canal?

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Lancashire Hotpot

Lancashire Hotpot

Somewhere in that vast block of the once industrial north, between Manchester and Burnley, Liverpool and Preston, a sustaining stew slowly evolved. It incorporated best end and middle neck of lamb, sometimes lambs kidneys as well, onions, stock, a dash of Worcestershire sauce - though that might have come latter - and potatoes, which were laid on the top of the large pot to seal in the flavours and eventually crisp beautifully.

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Yorkshire Christmas Pies

Yorkshire Christmas Pies

The trail of the Yorkshire Christmas Pie is almost as long and daunting and near mythical as the dish itself. What is it, or was it?

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