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A history of pickling

Posted by Katherine on October 5, 2014October 5, 2014 in 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Food

And now to turn to something I love and explore the wonderful history of pickling. Pickled onions, pickled cucumbers, pickled eggs – you name it, I love it. And like many British favourites, it derives from the need to preserve…

Top documentaries on YouTube #1

Posted by Katherine on May 7, 2013 in 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Medieval, Television

The Supersizers… This is one of my favourite documentary series of all time and I have been quite happy to watch episodes over and over again! Each episode sees restaurant critic Giles Coren and comedian Sue Perkins spend a week…

Robert May – The Accomplisht Cook

Posted by Katherine on May 5, 2013 in 16th Century, 17th Century, Books

Robert May was born in Wing in Buckinghamshire around 1588. He worked with his father who served as cook for the Dormer family of Ascott Park and was eventually sent to France to learn the secrets of cookery. He served…

Corned Beef

Posted by Katherine on September 2, 2012February 22, 2018 in 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Food

Methods of curing meat have been developing all over the world for many hundreds of years, in order to preserve food for longer. Many delicious products were created through traditions of smoking, drying, salting, pickling. Efforts to preserve meat accelerated…

1970s sweets

Food of the 1970s at its best

Posted by Katherine on June 13, 2008February 22, 2018 in 20th Century, Food, Television

‘The Supersizers go…1970s’ was great fun and made a big change from the previous programmes which have mostly dealt with pretty tasteless, meaty, unhealthy food. Quite the opposite was the problem this week as Giles and Sue conclude that the…

The British curry: a Victorian invention

Posted by Katherine on June 9, 2008May 30, 2014 in 19th Century, Television

Here’s another post sparked by the brilliance of last Tuesday’s ‘The Supersizers go… Victorian’, where Giles and Sue were transformed into a wealthy middle class couple, with Giles’ thriving manufacturing business, to test the diet of the time. Again it…

John Evelyn and the Restoration diet

Posted by Katherine on June 3, 2008May 30, 2014 in 17th Century, Television

I thought I’d write something about a great programme I saw last week on BBC 2, ‘The Supersizers go…Restoration’, where Giles Coren and Sue Perkins go back to the 17th century to experience the typical diet of the time. They…

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