Want to try a Yorkshire Pudding in Yorkshire? Here are 10 other area's with famous foods

Food always tastes better when it comes from its natural home, luckily, if you’re travelling around the UK, you’ll be able to taste the original versions of many of our favourites!

We’ve compiled a list of some of Britain’s best loved foods and where you can get them, from the West End’s jellied eels and pie, mash and liquor to Devon’s Cream Teas, here’s everything you need!

First stop: Glamorgan Sausages
We’re starting with something for the vegetarians as they get left out more often than not! The Glamorgan Sausage is a traditional Welsh vegetarian sausage in which the main ingredients are cheese, leeks and breadcrumbs, which are locally produced in Glamorgan. The earliest published mention of them is from 1850 and they gained popularity in the second world war when meat was harder to come by.

Next up: Kendal Mint Cake
 Something sweet for you, Kendal Mint Cake is a peppermint flavoured sweet that originates from Kendal in Cumbria. It is popular among climbers, as it is glucose based and gives an energy boost.  

While we’re up in the North, Pontefract Cake
These small liquorice cakes began their lives in Pontefract in Yorkshire, how liquorice came to be in the UK we’re not sure, but by the 16^th century there was plenty of it growing in Yorkshire!

Let’s stay where we are for the moment for the Yorkshire Pudding.
A favourite with roast dinners across the world and something that has confused our American cousins because of the word ‘pudding’, it even has its own day, National Yorkshire Pudding day is celebrated on the first Sunday in February. Though, if you have them with your roast on the regular then every Sunday is National Yorkshire Pudding day really isn’t it?

Now onto Wales and Welsh Rarebit, you might think this is just intense cheese on toast, but it is so much more. This is made of savoury sauce made with melted cheese and served hot after being poured over slices of toasted bread. If you’re visiting Wales, be sure to head into one of the more traditional pubs and give it a go!

Just on the subject of cheese, how about Red Leicester? Made in a similar fashion to the West Country’s Cheddar Cheese, this cheese was originally made on farms in Leicestershire with milk that was surplus once all the Stilton had been made. The name Red Leicester came about during the 1940s to distinguish it from the inferior White Leicester cheese which popped up as a cheaper alternative.

That’s enough of savoury for now, let’s go back to something sweet with Eton Mess. Yes, the desert of strawberries, cream and meringue. This desert, associated with Eton College was served in the 1930s at the school’s tuck shop and originally was made with either strawberries or bananas and didn’t have meringue until much later!

More deserts can be had in the South West, take a trip to Bath and try a Bath Bun, a sweet roll made from dough and topped with crushed sugar. References to Bath Buns date back from 1763 and Jane Austen wrote about them in letters, so you know you have her approval.

It isn’t that dissimilar to the Chelsea Bun, which was first created in the 18^th century at the Bun House in Chelsea. You can get them everywhere these days, but still, having one in Chelsea would be a bit more exciting!

And finally, the Cornish Pasty. Cornish Pasties are regarded as the national dish of Cornwall and has protected geographical status, even though there is a long standing debate in the region over whether it originated in Cornwall or over the border in Devon… Either way, the Cornish Pasty is a staple when visiting Cornwall.

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