A Taste of the Forest of Dean

Jenny Care is a Kentish Maid who moved to Whitecroft four years ago, after nearly forty years in the East Midlands. She has a degree in Politics and a Master of Arts degree in History, her favourite subject. Jenny has written articles on social history for magazines including Best of British, This England and Evergreen. She has written a tour guide for The Dean Forest Railway entitled Through The Dean Forest Window, and a children's quiz book The Dean Forest Railway Detective. She is a popular speaker on Forest of Dean subjects and is currently researching her next local history book.

A NOURISHING BOWL; White Foam Soup; Brussel Sprout Soup; Chestnut Soup; Potato Soup; CATCH OF THE DAY; Baked Lamprey; Elvers Gloucestershire-style; Elvers Cheese; Salmon; Shad Fishcakes; DINNER IS SERVED; Rook Pie; Squab Pie; Cottage Pie; Lazarus Bone Pie; Forester's Faggots; Pig's Fry Pasty; Headcheese; Westbury Pie; Ag Pag Dump; Venison; Rabbit; Chicken; SAY CHEESE!; Foresters Cheese & Ale Pie; Potted Cheese; Forester's Cheese and Onion Pot; Cheese Stew; Cheese Pudding; SWEET TOOTH!; Forest Pancakes; Forester's Tart; Speech House Pudding; Pear Puff; Crushed Apples; Apple Omelette; Bachelor's Pudding; Heg Peg Dump; Vegetable Plum Pudding; Potato Pudding; TIME FOR TEA!; Blakeney Fritters; Cheltenham Cakes; Lardy Cakes; Dripping Cakes; Dumb Cakes; CHEERS!; Cider; Perry; Beer; Mineral Water & Other Soft Drinks; Forest Ellum Blo' Champagne; Hawthorn Wine; Wine; Bill Please, Waiter; Conversion Tables; Acknowledgements;