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Tottenham Cake

Sweets

Tottenham Cake

This pink cake celebrates a long-ago football victory.

This British treat is named after the original Dutch settlers in Manhattan, called Knickerbockers.

Sweets

Knickerbocker Glory

Not even Harry Potter could resist this whimsical British dessert.

One of the successful couples, sitting in the ceremonial chair (with dog).

Gastro

Dunmow Flitch Trials

Only the happiest married couples can win this huge piece of bacon.

An array of Buckfast.

Drinks

Buckfast

The caffeinated wine is made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.

A celery vase circa 1840, currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Gastro

Celery Vase

Remembering a time when designated celery vases were prized centerpieces.

A boat-shaped salt cellar, replete with sea monsters and dolphins, forged roughly between 1575 and 1600.

Gastro

Salt Cellars

These embellished containers didn’t just sit pretty on the table; they determined social standing.

A jumbo-sized "tu'penny" lick.

Gastro

Penny Lick

This is some deceptive, dirty ice cream ware.

A collector's set of ice cream forks.

Gastro

Ice Cream Fork

A relic from the era of highly specialized cutlery.

A tea-dance circa 1926.

Gastro

Tea Dance

The surprisingly subversive history of dancing over afternoon tea.

Bedfordshire clangers are dinner and dessert in one.

Prepared Foods

Bedfordshire Clanger

A double-ended British pastry that's both main course and dessert.

 A competitor fails to catch a thrown egg without it smashing during an egg throwing discipline of the 2017 World Egg Throwing Championships

Food Festivals

Egg Throwing World Championships

England's annual event features relays, trebuchets, and Russian egg roulette.

"The Corinth," one of many offerings in John Matthews's 1882 soda fountain catalog.

Gastro

Victorian Soda Fountains

Once upon a time, getting your carbonation fix required a visit to a monstrous machine.

Bovril from the Supermarket

Ingredients & Condiments

Bovril

This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.

Clarified milk punch made from Hennessy, plum liqueur, hazelnut liqueur, sherry, orgeat, lemon, orange, poppy, cinnamon, vanilla, and coffee.

Drinks

Clarified Milk Punch

Just so we’re clear, there is actually milk in this old English punch.

A perfect pie, complete with stars and fish heads.

Prepared Foods

Stargazy Pie

A traditional Cornish pie that—ARE THOSE FISH HEADS COMING OUT OF THE TOP?!

She has proper form, but will her haggis survive the fall?

Gastro

Haggis Hurling

One of Scotland’s quirkier sports involves tossing stuffed sheep stomachs.

A red-hot loggerhead is thrust into a mug.

Gastro

Loggerhead

In the Colonial era, a red-hot iron rod warmed drinks, ignited cannons, and cauterized wounds.

A hot ale flip in New York City.

Drinks

Hot Ale Flip

A Colonial cocktail brought to you by ale, rum, and a really hot poker.

The small shelf allowed you to drink tea without damaging your mustache.

Gastro

Mustache Cups

They helped Victorian men drink tea while protecting their precious facial hair.

It's notoriously difficult to balance and connect the tiny top loaf to the bottom.

Prepared Foods

Cottage Loaf

Baking this dual-layered bread is a difficult art.

With the golden grid at his feet, a competitor prepares his next toss.

Food Festivals

Black Pudding Throwing Championship

A medieval food fight supposedly inspired this annual competition.

The King's Ginger

Drinks

The King's Ginger

The liqueur was created “to stimulate and revivify His Majesty” while he was driving.

Pie Birds

Gastro

Pie Birds

To release steam, Victorian bakers placed whimsical ceramics in their pastries.

This dual castor displays the message "Best wishes."

Gastro

Pickle Castors

Wealthy Victorians liked to flaunt their condiments.

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