Geographically indicated foods of the United Kingdom
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There are many geographically indicated foods of the United Kingdom. In British cuisine
British cuisine
English cuisine encompasses the cooking styles, traditions and recipes associated with England. It has distinctive attributes of its own, but also shares much with wider British cuisine, largely due to the importation of ingredients and ideas from places such as North America, China, and India...

, there is a custom of naming foodstuffs with reference to their place of origin. However, there are other reasons for this practice; Scotch egg
Scotch egg
A Scotch egg consists of a hard-boiled egg wrapped in a sausage meat mixture, coated in breadcrumbs or rolled oats, and deep-fried...

, which was invented in London and Dover sole for example.

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  • Aberdeen buttery
    Buttery (bread)
    A buttery, also known as a rowie, rollie,Aberdeen roll or Cookie is a savoury Scottish bread roll ....

  • Abernethy biscuit
    Abernethy biscuit
    The Abernethy biscuit was invented by Dr John Abernethy, a Scottish doctor, as a digestive improver and hence aid to health.Dr Abernethy believed that most diseases were due to disorders in digestion. In creating his biscuit, Dr Abernethy was following in the footsteps of other medical...

  • Allerdale Cheese http://www.churchmousecheeses.com/index.php?mod=product&id_prd=273&id_ctg=26
  • Allerdale smoked http://www.churchmousecheeses.com/index.php?mod=product&id_prd=274&id_ctg=26
  • Angus Burger
    Angus burger
    An Angus burger is a hamburger made using beef from Angus cattle. The name Angus burger is presently used by several fast-food hamburger chains for one or more "premium" burgers; however, it does not belong to any single company...

  • Arbroath smokie
    Arbroath Smokie
    Arbroath Smokies are a type of smoked haddock – a speciality of the town of Arbroath in Angus, Scotland.-History:The Arbroath Smokie originated in the small fishing village of Auchmithie, three miles northeast of Arbroath. Local legend has it a store caught fire one night, destroying barrels...

  • Atholl Brose

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  • Caerphilly cheese
    Caerphilly cheese
    Caerphilly is a hard, white cheese that originates in the area around the town of Caerphilly in Wales, although it is now also made in England, particularly in the South West and on the English border with Wales...

  • Cheddar cheese
    Cheddar cheese
    Cheddar cheese is a relatively hard, yellow to off-white, and sometimes sharp-tasting cheese, produced in several countries around the world. It has its origins in the English village of Cheddar in Somerset....

  • Chelsea bun
    Chelsea bun
    The Chelsea bun is a type of currant bun that was first created in the 18th century at the Bun House in Chelsea, an establishment favoured by Hanoverian royalty and demolished in 1839. The bun is made of a rich yeast dough flavoured with lemon peel, cinnamon or a sweet spice mixture...

  • Cheshire cheese
    Cheshire cheese
    Cheshire cheese is a dense and crumbly cheese produced in the English county of Cheshire, and four neighbouring counties, two in Wales and two in England .-History:...

  • Cheshire soup http://www.soupsong.com/rcheshir.html
  • Coleraine cheddar
    Coleraine cheddar
    Coleraine Cheddar is a cheese made in Northern Ireland and Canada, and was distributed by Castlewood Farm Products Ltd until it ceased trading recently...

  • Colchester Native Oysters
    Oyster Feast
    The Oyster Feast is the centrepiece of the annual civic calendar in the ancient borough of Colchester located in Essex in the East of England.- The Colchester Natives :The Colne oyster fishery dates to the Roman era. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book....

  • Chorley cake
    Chorley cake
    Chorley cakes are flattened, fruit-filled pastry cakes, traditionally associated with the town of Chorley in Lancashire, England. They are a close relative of the more widely known Eccles cake, but have some significant differences...

  • Cornish clotted cream
    Clotted cream
    Clotted cream is a thick cream made by indirectly heating full-cream cow's milk using steam or a water bath and then leaving it in shallow pans to cool slowly. During this time, the cream content rises to the surface and forms 'clots' or 'clouts'...

  • Cornish fairings
    Cornish fairings
    A Cornish fairing is a type of traditional ginger biscuit commonly found in Cornwall, United Kingdom. "Fairing" was originally a term for an edible treat sold at fairs around the country, though over time the name has become associated with ginger biscuits or gingerbread, which were given as a...

  • Cornish Gilliflower
    Cornish Gilliflower
    The Cornish Gilliflower is a cultivar of apple.The cultivar was found in a cottage garden in Truro, Cornwall and in 1813 was brought to the attention of the Royal Horticultural Society by Sir Christopher Hawkins, who was awarded a silver medal "for his exertions"...

  • Cornish pasty
  • Cornish yarg
    Yarg
    Yarg is a semi-hard cow's milk cheese made in Cornwall, United Kingdom from the milk of Friesian cows. Before being left to mature, this cheese is carefully wrapped in nettle leaves to form an edible, though mouldy, rind. The texture varies from creamy and soft immediately under the nettle coating...

  • Cullen skink
    Cullen Skink
    Cullen Skink is a thick Scottish soup made of smoked Finnan haddie, potatoes and onions. Lacking the traditional ingredient, any other undyed smoked haddock will suffice....

  • Cumberland currant and apple pasties http://www.allbritishfood.com/cumberland%20currant%20and%20apple%20pasties.php
  • Cumberland pie
  • Cumberland sand cake http://www.greenchronicle.com/regional_recipes/cumberland_sand_cake.htm
  • Cumberland spare rib pie http://www.allbritishfood.com/cumberland%20spare%20rib%20pie.php
  • Cumberland sweet lamb pie http://www.allbritishfood.com/cumberland%20sweet%20lamb%20pie.php
  • Cumberland sausage
    Cumberland sausage
    Cumberland sausage is a form of sausage that originated in the ancient county of Cumberland, England, now part of Cumbria. They are traditionally very long , and sold rolled in a flat, circular coil but within western Cumbria they are more often served in long curved lengths...

  • Cumberland sauce
    Cumberland Sauce
    Cumberland sauce is a fruit-based sauce, usually used on non-white meats such as venison, ham, and lamb. Created sometime in the late 19th century, the sauce was named after the Duke of Cumberland who had ties in Hanover, Germany, where the sauce was invented....

  • Dover sole
    Common sole
    The common sole, Dover sole, or black sole, Solea solea, is a species of flatfish in the Soleidae family.It has a preference for relatively shallow water with sand or mud covering the bottom....


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  • Eccles cake
    Eccles cake
    An Eccles cake is a small, round cake filled with currants and made from flaky pastry with butter and can sometimes be topped with demerara sugar.-Name and origin:Eccles cakes are named after the English town of Eccles...

  • Essex meat layer pudding http://recipes.chef2chef.net/recipe-archive/30/164006.shtml
  • Essex Pippin
    Ribston Pippin
    Ribston Pippin is a triploid cultivar of apple.-Synonyms:Essex Pippin, Beautiful Pippin, Formosa, Glory of York, Ribstone, Rockhill's Russet and Travers.-Origin:...

  • Eton mess
    Eton mess
    Eton mess is a traditional English dessert consisting of a mixture of strawberries, pieces of meringue and cream, which is traditionally served at Eton College's annual cricket game against the students of Winchester College. The dish has been known by this name since the 19th century...


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  • Fine Fettle Yorkshire Cheese
    Fine Fettle Yorkshire Cheese
    Fine Fettle Yorkshire is a British cheese made from the milk of sheep produced in North Yorkshire by Shepherds Purse Cheeses. The owner, Judy Bell, was forced to change the cheese's name after an EU ruling meant that all Feta cheese must be produced in Greece, its country of origin.-External...

  • Five Counties cheese
    Five Counties cheese
    Five Counties is a combination of five English cheeses: Cheddar, Cheshire, Derby, Double Gloucester and Red Leicester. The five types of cheese are combined in alternating layers alternated in layers of yellow/orange and white....

  • Flower of Kent
    Flower of Kent
    The Flower of Kent is a green variety of cooking apple. According to the story, this is the apple Isaac Newton saw falling to ground from its tree, inspiring his laws of universal gravitation. It is pear-shaped, mealy, and sub-acid, and of generally poor quality by today's standards...

  • Forfar bridie

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  • Kendal mint cake
    Kendal mint cake
    Kendal Mint Cake is a glucose-based confectionery flavoured with peppermint. It originates from Kendal in Cumbria, England. Kendal Mint Cake is said to be popular among climbers and mountaineers, especially those from the United Kingdom, as a source of energy....

  • Kentish cheese and apple pie http://www.ifood.tv/network/kentish_apple_cheese_pie/recipes

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  • Lanark Blue
    Lanark Blue
    Lanark Blue is a sheep milk cheese produced in Lanarkshire, Scotland.Produced at Ogcastle near to the village of Carnwath by Humphrey Errington since 1985, it is a rich blue-veined artisan cheese...

  • Lancashire cheese
    Lancashire cheese
    Lancashire is an English cow's-milk cheese from the county of Lancashire. There are three distinct varieties of Lancashire cheese. Young Creamy Lancashire and mature Tasty Lancashire are produced by a traditional method, whereas Crumbly Lancashire is a more recent creation suitable for mass...

  • (Lancashire) Hindle Wakes
    Hindle Wakes (dish)
    Hindle Wakes is a poultry dish associated mainly with the Bolton area of England. Its origins point to Flemish weavers in 16th century Lancashire. The dish consists of a long-steamed capon or boiling fowl, enhanced with black, green and yellow colouring provided by a stuffing of pig's blood or...

  • Lancashire hotpot
    Lancashire Hotpot
    Lancashire hotpot is a dish made traditionally from lamb or mutton and onion, topped with sliced potatoes, left to bake in the oven all day in a heavy pot and on a low heat. Originating in the days of heavy industrialisation in Lancashire in the North West of England, it requires a minimum of...

  • Leicester pudding http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/recipe2.php?opt=rec&subopt=rec31
  • Lincoln biscuit
    Lincoln biscuit
    The Lincoln is a short dough biscuit, a member of the genus, shortcake biscuits. It has a pattern of dots on the top in concentric circles . The McVitie's version had the word 'Lincoln' embossed on to the biscuit at the centre...

  • Lincolnshire Poacher
    Lincolnshire Poacher (cheese)
    Lincolnshire Poacher is a hard unpasteurised cow's milk cheese that is generally of a cylindrical shape with its rind resembling granite in appearance. It is made in Lincolnshire, England. The cheese is matured between 14 and 24 months, depending on when the milk was collected...

  • Lincolnshire sausage
    Lincolnshire sausage
    Lincolnshire sausages are a distinctive variety of pork sausage developed in and associated with the English county of Lincolnshire.A widely available variety at most UK butchers and supermarkets, the sausage is commonly dominated by the herb sage, rather than the more peppery flavour balance found...

  • Little Derby
    Little Derby
    Little Derby is a Derby-style cheese made outside Derbyshire, similar in flavour and texture to Cheddar, but without the anatto colouring used in Derby cheese....

  • London bun
    London bun
    A London bun, also known as a candlegrease bun or a finger bun in Australia, is a finger-shaped or elongated bun made of rich yeast dough flavored with either currants or caraway seeds and topped with white sugar icing....


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  • Maidstone biscuit http://www.cookitsimply.com/recipe-0010-0122p70.html
  • Malvern pudding
    Malvern pudding
    Malvern pudding is a traditional pudding from the English town of Malvern in Worcestershire. It is a baked dish made with apples or other seasonal fruit and custard although variations exist....

  • Manchester tart
    Manchester tart
    The Manchester tart is a traditional English baked tart, which consists of a shortcrust pastry shell, spread with raspberry jam, covered with a custard filling and topped with flakes of coconut and a Maraschino cherry...

  • Marauding Scot
    Marauding Scot
    Marauding Scot is an old English delicacy, with origins in the North East of England. It is made by soaking fruit in Scotch and then heating it to absorb the liquor.-History:...

  • Melton Mowbray pork pie
  • Merseyside meat pie http://www.recipezaar.com/117326

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  • Tewkesbury mustard
    Tewkesbury Mustard
    Tewkesbury mustard is a blend of mustard flour and grated Horseradish root.The mustard was developed in the English town of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire and gained certain notoriety in the 17th Century becoming a staple condiment of the kitchens of the time....

  • Tintern
    Tintern (cheese)
    Tintern is a blended mature creamy Cheddar cheese flavoured with fresh chives and shallots, made by Abergavenny Fine Foods. Typically produced in wheels of 2.25kg, it is sold in a distinctive lime green wax covering....

  • Tottenham cake
    Tottenham cake
    Tottenham cake is a sponge cake baked in large metal trays, covered either in pink icing or jam , and then cut and sold in squares...

  • Tymsboro' (Timsbury) http://www.gourmetbritain.com/encyclo_entry.php?item=5569

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  • Welsh cake
    Welsh cake
    Welsh cakes are traditional Welsh snacks.The cakes are also known as bakestones within Wales because they are traditionally cooked on a bakestone , a cast iron griddle about 1.5 cm or more thick which is placed on the fire or cooker; on rare occasions, people may refer to them as griddle...

  • Welsh dragon pork sausage http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/entrepreneur/article640266.ece
  • Welsh rarebit
  • Wensleydale cheese
    Wensleydale (cheese)
    Wensleydale cheese is a cheese produced in the town of Hawes in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England.-Varieties:There are five main types:...

  • Worcester pearmains http://archive.thisisworcestershire.co.uk/2003/9/9/171371.html
  • Worcestershire sauce
    Worcestershire sauce
    Worcestershire sauce , or Worcester sauce is a fermented liquid condiment; primarily used to flavour meat or fish dishes.First made at 60 Broad Street, Worcester, England, by two dispensing chemists, John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins, the Lea & Perrins brand was commercialised in 1837 and...


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  • Y Fenni
    Y Fenni (cheese)
    Y Fenni is a variety of Welsh cheese, consisting of Cheddar cheese blended with mustard seed and ale. It takes its name from the Welsh language name of Abergavenny, a market town in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. Y Fenni, when coated in red wax, is also known as 'Red Dragon', a name derived from...

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  • Yorkshire blue http://www.shepherdspurse.co.uk/ourch01.htm
  • Yorkshire pudding
    Yorkshire pudding
    Yorkshire Pudding is a dish that originated in Yorkshire, England. It is made from batter and usually served with roast meat and gravy.-History:...

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