Hard to believe now, but English food was once glorious, and famous even in France! It was hundreds of years ago of course - in the time of the Plantagenets. Henry VIII gave us our first setback. Wanting to throw out everything Catholic, he banned 'Catholic', 'frenchified' food, and so under the new Protestantism, food became plainer. Cooking the great dishes of yore could cost you your neck, and they were eventually forgotten. However, many people still ate pretty well, using their...