Poutine is already on the list, having been discovered some years ago in a police thriller by Fred Vargas (a lady despite her name). Chips flavoured with curd and goo.
Yesterday I discovered, or at least was told about in an about to be open wine bar in Mitcham Road, not far from Amen Corner, something called Montreal Meat, which seems to be a form of spicy salt beef which is air dried and smoked rather than salt cured. In Wikipedia it looks a lot more crumbly than the salt beef which used to be sold in Great Windmill Street (see, for example, June 29th 2012 in the other place). Interesting, nonetheless.
The bar did not seem to be proposing to offer the stuff itself, rather some fancy ham from semi-wild pigs with black hooves from Portugal. Should you ever have any doubts about such ham, the idea is to scratch the hooves to make sure they are black all the way through, not just the black paint used by some unscrupulous suppliers.
PS: I misspelled the 'Great' in the above 'Grate' first time around. Presumably evidence of subconscious rumblings following the early morning visit of the chimney sweep (Mr. Toast of Tadworth).
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