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"This extremely easy recipe is almost as good as it's more time consuming orginal version. It was found in The Really Useful Vegetarian Student Cook Book. If you top each slice with a poached egg you'll have a Buck Rarebit."

Ingredients: eggs, English mustard...

"I cannot believe there is no "recipe" for marmite on toast here! Okay, maybe calling it a recipe is stretching it a bit far, but it is a British breakfast classic, and if you LOVE marmite, you will love marmite on hot buttered toast! Use a nice nutty, granary bread and a cheeky little butter for the prefect Marmite in Toast extravaganza!..."

Ingredients: marmite, unsalted butter...

"During Victorian times, children used to take watercress sandwiches to school in place of meat ones. I love them, especially when cut into small trianges and served with a cuppa (cup of tea!). Use the freshest bread - I like to use wholemeal, and a fresh salted farmhouse butter. I have included a soup idea at the end of the recipe, to be made with..."

Ingredients: salt and black pepper, watercress...

"There doesn't seem to be any clear answer as to just why this dish has been so-named, and there are actually many different regional variations 'Irish Rarebit', 'Scottish Rarebit' etc... But Welsh Rarebit is certainly the best-known of the rarebits. This particular version uses multigrain bread rolls. Not traditional but it reflects..."

Ingredients: Dijon mustard, dried chives...

"A classic British No-Cook pickle for your sandwiches and cheese board! Remember Pan Yan pickle? It was a firm favourite in our home and my dad loved it slathered on top of cheese on toast! Now sadly discontinued, this fabulous British pickle with the catchy name is easy to make! I have fiddled around and recreated this recipe, and I am delighted with..."

Ingredients: dates, Madras curry powder...

"Whitby and Scarborough on the North Yorkshire coast of England were the places of inspiration for me with this recipe, they specialise in locally caught fish, perfect for this iconic English dish. Whereas fish and chips are usually only accompanied by salt and vinegar (Malt vinegar please!) when eaten out of newspaper, when eaten in a Fish and Chip..."

Ingredients: chives, cornichons...

"I grew up with this, as well as the meat version which is called Panackelty, (Panackelty - My Grandma's Baked Corned Beef and Potatoes). It is a cheap and cheerful supper dish, that would satisfy the hungriest of workers and families. Layers of potatoes are fried with onions and cheese for a delectable supper dish, and one of my all time favourites. Historical note: This is a traditional..."

Ingredients: cheshire cheese, onions...

"From "A Fireside Supper", Good Food Magazine, January 1988. Serve with Whole-Wheat Biscuit Triangles."

Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, cornstarch...

"I don't know where this one came from, sorry. Time will vary according to your machine."

Ingredients: dry mustard, milk, oil...

"Even my one year old will eat this. It is delicious served in a sourdough bread bowl and is particularly good on an autumn day. It comes together easily, too."

Ingredients: dried dill, fresh dill...

"Make your own brandy butter to smother over delicious, homemade Christmas Figgy or Plum pudding, and in only 5 minutes with this easy recipe,..........no Christmas table would be without this "naughty but nice" accompaniment! This is also wonderful when served with hot mince pies......prise open the pastry lids and dollop some brandy butter..."

Ingredients: sugar, brandy, butter...

"From Iris Price Jones book, Celtic Cookery."

Ingredients: ground rosemary, leeks, lemons...

"From Celtic Cookery by Iris Price Jones.
"Welsh Rabbit is probably a joke name that has become refined to Welsh Rarebit. Lady Llanover's Welsh rabbit consisted simply of toasted cheese on toast. It was the one recipe in her book, Good Cookery, which was written in Welsh."


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Ingredients: mustard, beer, butter...

"This is from Nigella's recipes, you must have a very good strong cheddar for this to get the full flavour. Very nice warm or cold but at there best with some good sausages and scramble eggs first thing in the morning. Yummy."

Ingredients: bicarbonate of soda, eggs...