Worthington, Leicestershire of the former railway to Melbourne, Derbyshire. In the parish the cycle route is called the Cloud Trail. The parish is in the hunting country of the Quorn Hunt. Worthington, Leicestershire Worthington is a village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire, England, about north of the town of Coalville and a similar distance north-east of the market town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The population of the civil parish (including Gelsmoor , Griffydam and Newbold) at the 2011 census was 1,461. The village is about from East Midlands Airport and junction 23a of the M1 motorway where it meets the A42 road.
Whale meat of Food introduced food rationing but allowed whale meat to be distributed 'off ration'. It was not popular because of the smell whilst cooking was deemed 'unpleasant', and the taste was considered 'bland' even when spiced. During the post-World War II period in the United Kingdom, corned whale meat was available as an unrationed alternative to other meats. Sold under the name "whacon", the meat was described as "corned whalemeat with its fishy flavour removed", and was almost identical to corned beef, except "brownish instead of red". The Food Ministry emphasised its high nutritional value. Tests have revealed that in