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Category Archives: Food & drink

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Martha Bradley

May 1, 2021Eric CorbettFood & drinkFacebook post

18th-century English cook, author of The British Housewife.

Mary Eales

Nov 3, 2020Eric CorbettFood & drink

18th-century writer on cookery and confectionery, author of Mrs Mary Eales’s Receipts (1718)

Florence Petty

Jul 25, 2020Eric CorbettFood & drink

Florence Petty (1 December 1870 – 18 November 1948) was a Scottish cookery writer and broadcaster.

Gin Craze

Jul 25, 2020Eric CorbettFood & drink

The Gin Craze in the first half of 18th-century Great Britain was a period when the consumption of gin increased rapidly, leading to an epidemic of extreme drunkenness.

Rag pudding

Dec 8, 2019Eric CorbettFood & drink

Savoury dish once popular in the mill towns of northwest England.

A Little Bit of Cucumber

Nov 29, 2019Eric CorbettFood & drink, Music hall

Comedic music hall-song first performed by Harry Champion in 1915, about the types of food preferred by the cockney working classes.

Salade niçoise

Sep 1, 2019Eric CorbettFood & drink

Salad that originated in the French city of Nice, traditionally made of tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, Niçoise olives and anchovies, dressed with olive oil.

Eccles cake

Feb 12, 2019Eric CorbettFood & drink

Named after the town in Lancashire where it was first made, the Eccles cake is a confection made of flaky pastry filled with currants.

Gruel

Nov 16, 2018Eric CorbettFood & drinkBetter than Wikipedia

Any kind of roasted and crushed cereal moistened by being mixed with water or milk.

Rhubarb Triangle

Jul 21, 2018Daisy GraceFood & drink, Yorkshire

Forced rhubarb growing area in West Yorkshire, England between Wakefield, Morley and Rothwell.

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