Isle of Man

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Bushy's Manx Ale

Bushy's Brewery makes Manx ales and lagers including Old Bushy Tail, Manannan's Cloak, and Norseman, brewed with Manx water.

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Chips, Cheese and Gravy

Thick-cut chips made from Manx potatoes, topped with grated Manx cheddar and beef gravy; a modern Manx comfort food and unofficial national dish, celebrated each year on 'Chips, Cheese and Gravy Day'.

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Flummery

Flúmaraí

An Irish soft pudding with fruit, cream, and oats, a traditional and festive classic.

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Manx Bonnag

Bonnag

Traditional Manx soda bread, originally a flat unleavened barley griddle cake, now typically an oven-baked fruit bread made with buttermilk, bicarbonate of soda, flour, butter, and dried fruit (currants or sultanas); a daily teatime and breakfast staple on the Isle of Man.

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Manx Broth

Manx Broit

A hearty traditional soup of shin beef or mutton with pearl barley, turnip, carrot, parsnip, leek, cabbage, thyme, and parsley; historically served at Manx weddings in wooden bowls called 'piggins' with mussel-shell spoons.

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Manx Fatherless Pie

*Claare Dyn Jishig*, a Good Friday potato-and-shortcrust pie from the 1908 Manx Cookery Book.

🇮🇲Peel, Isle of Man

Manx Kippers

Manx kippers are split, brined, and oak-smoked herring from the Isle of Man, especially the Peel tradition.

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Manx Loaghtan Lamb

Meat from the rare native Manx Loaghtan sheep, a multi-horned brown breed that grazes on gorse, bracken, and heather moorland; fine-grained, darker, less fatty, and distinctively gamey. It holds Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status.

🇮🇲Peel, Isle of Man

Manx Potted Herring

Herring preserved by pickling in a water-and-vinegar blend with pickling spices and bay leaves, then left to pickle overnight and eaten cold with buttered bread; a classic Manx way of keeping the herring catch.

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Manx Queenies

Medium-sized queen scallops sustainably caught in Manx waters, with a sweet, delicate flavor and cream-colored meat and roe; often served raw, seared, in garlic butter, or battered. They hold a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status.

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Priddhas and Herring

The traditional national dish of the Isle of Man: boiled potatoes and herring (fresh or salted) served with raw onion slices, butter, and traditionally buttermilk. A simple, historic meal of Manx fishing and farming communities.