Kent Food Heroes
Canterbury Pudding, Canterbury: The county of Kent , perhaps because of the rich produce available to it, has a wonderful range of puddings, with variations on apple pie among the best known. It also claims some really stodgy, filler-upper things that we may surmise were fuel for the agricultural labourers,... More
Folkestone Pudding Pies, Folkestone: This is a traditional sweet dish to be eaten at Lent, most closely associated with the Channel port town Folkestone , but well-loved enough in the rest of Kent that it is sometimes cal... More
Geo Watkins Mushroom Ketchup, Aylesford: First made in 1830, the mushroom ketchup still supplied in suitably 19th-century style bottles (now 170ml rather than some imperial equivalent) with pinky-brown labels has added a touch of flavouring to our stews, sauces and gravies for nearly two centuries. Geo Watkins’ mushroom ketchup is carrying on a tradition in British kitchens, where once ke... More
Kentish Beer, Faversham: Ales have been drunk in Britain for many centuries. Refreshing and intoxicating, they were also far healthier than the water in many places as they had been boiled in the production process. Kent has always been known for the quality of its beers, although what distinguishes ... More
Kentish Cobnuts: The cobnut, cultivated varieties of the wild hazelnut, has been part of the Kent countryside for centuries. The nut in its wild form has been part of the human diet for millennia, an excellent source of protein, calcium, and fibre. But more than that, they have a special milk... More
Kentish Huffkin, Canterbury: The Huffkin is a proud survivor of Britain's local baking tradition, from the days when every region or even town had its own specialities instead of aping continental breads and pastries. A wide flat bread roll, about six inches across and a little under an inch thick, the huffkin is not the sort of product likely to interest our industrial baker... More
Whitstable Oysters, Whitstable: Oysters. You either love them or loathe them. The ostrea edulis of Whitstable in north east Kent has been exploited since the Romans ruled the land, and probably long before that, the trade and tradi... More
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