Recipes, history and other things
Source: The New Home Encyclopaedia, Edited by John Wheeler (1932) My father bought me this book for Christmas last year and it is amazing. Want to know how to make a lily pond? Check. What about entertaining unexpected visitors? It’s got you. The rules of whist? How to keep geese? How to be presented at... Continue Reading →
Source: Good Eating: A Second Book of War-Time Recipes (1944) I’ve dipped into this book before when I made the surprisingly good Corned Beef and Beetroot Hot, but in summary, it’s a reprint of a rationing-focused collection of recipes compiled by the Daily Telegraph. We have Mrs W. S. Fletcher from Wellow Cottage, Nr. Newark... Continue Reading →
Source: A Complete System of Cookery by William Verral (1759) All I want is comfort food at the moment and these seemed to fit the bill. Plus, apart from the anchovies (which took me a little bit to find – Lidl is your friend here), everything else was already in my kitchen. Recipe: Fry some bits... Continue Reading →
Source: Summer Cookery by Aunt Kate, presented by the People’s Journal (1938) Another from Aunt Kate - I find her peppy tone and terrible recipe ideas strangely comforting in this time of chaos. Also, I can’t make anything actually nice, like a cake, because I’d have to eat the whole thing on my own. Recipe: Take... Continue Reading →
Source: The Complete Confectioner; or, the Whole Art of Confectionary Made Easy by Frederick Nutt (1819) I actually made this a few weeks ago, but I’m only getting around to writing it up now...One of the things I want to do at work this year is make some period-appropriate food in the historic house. Unfortunately,... Continue Reading →
Source: Chinese Cookery; A Hundred Practical Recipes by M.P. Lee (first published 1943, this edition 1947) This is a very strange little tome that I found in a charity shop in London last year – it’s a bizarre combination of Chinese cookery that’s been adapted for the British market and Chinese cookery that’s been adapted... Continue Reading →
Cabbages and Kings. And Kate 