Food History Jottings
Thursday, 29 November 2012
Tavern Feasting in Bristol, Christmas 1788
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As well as turtle imported into Bristol from the West Indies, 'British Turtle' is listed on this fascinating 1788 Christmas bill ...
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Friday, 7 September 2012
Stephen Hales's Syllabub Machine
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Dr Stephen Hales FRS (1677-1761) Many years ago while working on a paper on the subject of syllabub, I came across a reference to ...
Tuesday, 4 September 2012
A Forked Stick for the Cookold
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'A bean for the kinge, a pease for the queen, a cloave for the knave, a forked stick for the cookold and a ragg for the slutt. ' ...
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Thursday, 30 August 2012
One Family and Empire Christmas Pudding
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The King's Christmas Pudding made from the 1927 recipe published by the Empire Marketing Board Towards the end of our previous post...
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Monday, 20 August 2012
Dining with Empresses, Cardinals (and Vermeer)
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One of two sugar paste pavilions I made for an 'evocation' of Empress Maria Theresa's Feast of the Oath of Allegiance for the ...
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