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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · 2d

This is the perfect time of year to settle in front of a cosy fire with tea and a slice or two of Bara Brith meaning speckled bread in Welsh.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #fruitbread #recipe #welsh #cakes

Bara brith fruit loaf on wooden board with 2 slices cut. Two other slices of Bara Brith on decorated plate with butter knife. Small pot of butter and a cup of tea. Embroidered tablecloth.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · 6d

Pigeon pies had been popular from the sixteenth century and the gentry often included a dovecote on their estates. It's a very good pie to serve during the autumn months.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #pies #recipe #pigeon

Pigeon pie on a dark blue background with silver spoon.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · 9d

Syllabubs, a concoction of cream, sugar and alcohol were particularly popular in the seventeenth century. This syllabub uses cider and is very good served with brandy snaps.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #desserts #recipe #cider

Crystal bowl of cider syllabub, silver plate of brandy snaps on white tablecloth.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · 11d

Monday is Michaelmas when the defeat of Lucifer by the Archangel Michael is celebrated. You can find information, recipes and activities at
piespuddingsandpottages.com/festivals/mi...

#britishfood #foodhistory #festivals #recipe #michaelmas

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · 13d

Kent is famous for its cobnuts, a cultivated variety of hazelnuts, which are harvested in the Autumn. This cake is lovely served with an autumn tea by a roaring fire.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #baking #recipe #cakes #cobnuts

Ginger cobnut cake with one slice horizontal on wooden plate surrounded by cobnuts and oak leaves.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · 16d

Oats were cultivated throughout the British Isles from ancient times. With the inclusion of honey oat bread would have been an important food in Anglo-Saxon times.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #baking #recipe #bread #oats

Oat bread with 2 slices next to it on wicker surface with bramble flowers and hawthorn leaves.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · 20d

So delicious, but rather naughty!!!!

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · 20d

Lardy cake, originated in Wiltshire and its ingredients of lard, sugar and dried fruit layered with yeasted dough provided farm labourers with an energy boosting treat.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #baking #recipe #cakes #lard

Lardy cake on tea cloth, slices of lardy cake on wooden plate, large red mug of tea. Wooden surface.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · 23d

In England most apple producing counties have their own version of the cake. The Dorset version is a particularly moist and delicious one.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #baking #recipe #cakes #apples

Dorset apple cake on decorated plate surrounded by apples, autumn leaves and cinnamon sticks. Wooden slatted surface.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · 27d

There are so many dishes prefixed with a county or town! I think most counties have their own pudding, in England anyway. Whether they genuinely originate there is not always clear?

Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · 27d

For the Celts, the killing of a wild boar demonstrated courage and strength. It was therefore regarded as sacred and was a central ingredient to ceremonial feasts.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #stews #recipe #wildboar

Wild boar stew in cast-iron casserole showing meat, carrots, pearl barley and cabbage.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Sep 8

Barm cakes, bread rolls originating in the north west of England, are often filled with chips and known as chip barms rather than butties.

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#britishfood #foodhistory #bread #recipe #barm

Barm cakes on a cooling rack. A barm cake stuffed with chips. Chips on newspaper. Tea cloth. Wooden surface.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Sep 4

Dauce egre – a dish of fish with a sweet and sour sauce served in wealthy dining rooms in medieval England.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #haddock #recipe #sweetandsour #medieval

Haddock with a dark red sauce on pewter plate on a slatted wooden surface.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Sep 1

This simple sponge cake with caraway seeds became a particular favourite in the eighteenth century, served in the afternoon with an increasingly popular drink - tea.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #baking #recipe #cakes

Seed cake on blue Spode plate. Slice of cake on small blue plate with knife. Cup of tea. Silver vase with sedum. Dark blue background.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Aug 28

A manchet was a bread made with twice sifted flour and only eaten by the wealthy in the 16th and 17th centuries.
You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #baking #recipe #breads

Manchets arranged on a wooden surface with one cut in half and spread with butter.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Aug 25

Originating in northern Europe in the 18th century the Pound cake uses lb each of just four ingredients: flour, butter, sugar and eggs.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #baking #recipe #cakes

Pound cake on wooden board on white tablecloth surrounded by plate with sandwich and slice of cake, sandwiches in greaseproof paper, picnic hamper with bottle of ginger beer and glass of ginger beer.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Aug 21

Comyne - porridge made with spelt flour. Although somewhat challenging to modern tastes, it’s an interesting insight into the culinary tastes of the English Renaissance?!

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #pottages #recipe #spelt

Earthenware bowl of Comyne with spoon. Pot of spelt flour and silver pot of spice mix. Pink rose.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Aug 18

As well as providing a beautiful scent in the garden, Lavender can also be eaten. Since Tudor times it has been used to flavour lamb, cakes, biscuits and conserves.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #biscuits #recipe #lavender

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Aug 14

According to English Heritage the British pudding is facing extinction!

See www.theguardian.com/food/2025/au...

To keep the pudding torch alight, here are a few pudding recipes to try.

You can find the recipes at piespuddingsandpottages.com/puddings/

Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Aug 14

This dish of lamb cooked with red wine, dried fruit and spices is based on a recipe in The Forme of Cury, the cookbook of Richard II’s chef.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #stews #recipe #medieval #lamb

Egurduce, a lamb dish, in a blue and white Moroccan dish sprinkled with almonds. Grey linen background.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Aug 11

Cornwall was importing saffron from the Phoenicians as early as 400BC. The Cornish used it particularly to flavour bread and cakes. This tea bread is one example.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #baking #recipe #teabreads #saffron

Slices of saffron bread on pewter plate on dark blue background. Leaves scattered around.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Aug 7

The scone controversy: are they pronounced to rhyme with ‘gone’ or with ‘bone’? And is it jam first followed by clotted cream or the other way round?

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #baking #recipe #scones #creamteas

Green and white plate with two halves of a scone spread with jam and cream. Silver knife. Cup of tea on green and white saucer. Cake stand with scones and sandwiches. Silver teapot. Plate of sandwiches. Pot of cream. White tablecloth

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Aug 4

Very similar to Chelsea Buns but square in shape and topped with a layer of icing, London buns were presumably an invention of a London baker during the nineteenth century.

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #baking #recipe #buns

Iced buns on wooden board with label "London Buns" and loose change. Slatted wooden surface.

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Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Aug 2

They just buttered the mould and hoped for the best I guess?!

Pies, Puddings and Pottages @piespuddings.bsky.social · Aug 2

Bluesky
The Cowes Regatta on The Isle of Wight begins today, a good excuse for making Cowes pudding, a very delicious charlotte dessert!

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #pudding #recipe #charlotte

Cowes pudding on silver plate on white tablecloth. Picture of sailing boats in background.

Cowes pudding with slice taken out showing custard inside on silver plate on white tablecloth. Slice of Cowes pudding on blue and white plate with silver spoon. Picture of sailing boats in background.

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