WHILE the festive season might have come to an end, the country's obsession with pork pies and stilton cheese shows no sign of wavering. Located in Leicestershire , the market town of Melton Mowbray is often promoted as the country's Rural Capital of Food thanks to its ties to Pork Pies and Stilton Cheese. The world-famous Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe started life as a bakery.
It was opened by John Dickinson in the mid-19th century who was following in the his family's footsteps. John's grandmother, Mary Dickinson, is credited with creating the very first Melton Mowbray Pork Pie . Mary used a wooden dolly to raise the pastry before adding jelly to protect the meat inside, with the town making the 'picky bit' ever since.
Read More on English Towns Following a revamp last year, Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe has a section dedicated to educating visitors on the history of pork pies. The display includes historic artefacts and archive photography . Another pork pie display also exists in Melton Carnegie Museum .
Housed inside Melton's former Carnegie Library , the museum opened in the 1970s and depicts the history of the town. Most read in News Travel Melton Mowbray is also the centre of the production of Stilton cheese in the UK. While the origins of the creamy, blue-speckled, cheese are disputed, it is thought it was made in the area around Melton Mowbray in the 18th century.
Melton Mowbray also hosts a farmer's market on the third Friday of the month, so there's plenty of keep foodies occ.
