[beaversmom]

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye.
Four and twenty blackbirds,
Baked in a pie.

When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing;
Wasn’t that a dainty dish,
To set before the king?

[grey_whiskers]

Like, *PING*, sunken.

Here is a link to a classic Dave Barry article on British cuisine:

Dave Barry in London

Cheers!

[paulycy]

King Richard II Fried Chicken?

[wildbill]

Some other dishes were Anne, Bess, and Josephine.

It’s good to be the King.

[eleni121]

Hardly the world’s oldest recipe book...

Ancient Greeks - Athenaeus’s from the the Deipnosophists.
Ancient Roman food, second-century cookbook of Apicius.

The Byzantines: plenty of recipes from the writings of Theodore Prodromus

[mass55th]

The BBC did two different series titled Supersizers Go and Supersizers Eat, which featured the history of food in various historical periods. I downloaded them from a UK torrent website. They are very entertaining, and although I had to turn my head at times because I couldn't deal with the preparation of some of the food, I really enjoyed these programs.

Here's the Wikipedia page which discusses both series:

Supersizers

Here's a link to a short YouTube video featuring the cook preparing eels for a meal from the Restoration Period:

Making an Eel Pie