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13 shownSticky Toffee Pudding
Moist date sponge drenched in warm toffee sauce.
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Fish and Chips
Britain's seaside classic - flaky white fish in crisp golden batter with thick-cut chips, lemon and mushy peas.
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Bonchester Cheese
Bonchester Cheese is a hard, cloth-bound cow's milk cheese from the Scottish Borders, aged 8–12 months with a deep, savoury flavour.
Crowdie
Crowdie is Scotland's soft, crumbly fresh cheese, a mild, slightly sour curd cheese drained in muslin and served on oatcakes with honey or berries.
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Jam Pennies
Small round buttered-bread sandwiches spread with jam and cut into coin shapes - a nostalgic British party food and teatime staple from the mid-twentieth century.
Jellied Eels
Jellied eels are a Cockney classic of chopped eels cooked in a spiced, vinegary stock that sets to a savoury jelly, served cold.
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Montgomery's Cheddar
Traditional clothbound farmhouse cheddar from Somerset, made by the Montgomery family at Castle Cary and aged at least a year on wooden shelves - savoury, dense, and slightly crystalline.
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Fruit Scone
A fruit scone is a tender British and Irish baking-powder bread studded with dried currants or sultanas, split and served with jam and cream.
Cornish Blue
Cornish Blue is a mellow blue cheese made in Cornwall from cow's milk, known for being mild, creamy and less salty than many blues.
Cabbie Claw
Cabbie Claw is an east-England fried fish specialty - thick-cut cod or haddock in a heavyweight flour batter, pioneered by Grimsby cab drivers.
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Crumpets
Crumpets are soft, round British griddle cakes with a spongy, holey surface, toasted and served with butter that melts into the pockets.
Haggis
Savoury Scottish pudding of oats, offal and spice.
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Faggots
Traditional British pork-liver and heart faggots wrapped in caul fat, slow-cooked and served with gravy and mushy peas - a nose-to-tail comfort food from Wales and the Midlands.
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