Recipes, history and other things
Source: The Stork Wartime Cookery Book by Susan Croft (1940) This book was a lovely present from my cast after we finished a production of Lilies on the Land in August, a show about Land Girls. It is full of useful wartime cooking advice including a section on ‘how to save your dinner if air-raids... Continue Reading →
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: Mrs Beeton’s Hors d’Oeuvres & Savouries (1925) I finally found the time and money to get my awful 1980s bathroom overhauled and whilst I was stuck in the flat with a sulking dog and two faintly chaotic workies, I thought I would take the chance to make some historic recipes. Recipe: Procure 5 oz.... 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: Christiana Awdry’s Household Book, edited by Margaret Jensen (1995) Although this little book was published in 1995, it comprises of extracts from a privately-owned household book from the eighteenth century, containing both recipes and various cures for ailments. Interestingly, it is written in four different hands, suggesting it was passed down between family members... Continue Reading →
Source: The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy by Hannah Glasse (1774) Available free through Google Books here It’s been a really long time since I last posted and for that I’m sorry – life has been a bit all over the place this year, but things have settled down in the last couple... Continue Reading →
Cabbages and Kings. And Kate 