Cook: Celery Fritters – gluten free (and FAILSAFE); a recipe from 1744
Florence White’s recipe for frying celery is taken from a Kitchen Garden book from 1744, called Adam’s Luxury and Eve’s Cookery. I found the book at the British Library and was eager to see why Florence had picked this recipe…
Cook: To Fry Sprats. Omega 3 breakfast richness.
These omega 3 rich, fatty fish are, according to a dear Mrs. Loftus from Southwold, a delicious and naturally nutritious breakfast. Start your day with a boost for your brain, with oils from real, sustainably caught fish, rather than a…
Cook: To Roast Goose in the English Fashion
The Roast Meat of Old England I was tempted to cook Moor Fowl, Jugged Pigeon, Ortolan or Roast Cygnet with you. But of course, and probably for the best, I’m not able to source any of these birds. The Cygnet…
Cook: Roast Duck with Gluten-Free Stuffing for a smaller Christmas setting
A duck serves fewer people than a chicken and certainly less than a turkey! Unlike a chook, it has the novelty value that a turkey does – making it a perfect festive option for a small family, a Christmas ‘en…
Cook: Pudding in a Hurry? Sir Charles Rowley’s 1857 Plum Pudding gets the Gluten Free treatment
My grandma’s Plum Pudding was always the highlight of our Christmas. When I was just a girl who didn’t even like Christmas Pudding, seeing the Christmas pudding bowl come out, accompanied by its Brandy Butter, epitomised the yuletide spirit and…
Cook: Sourdough, Gluten Free. A far cry from Bath and Sally Lunn’s Buns
Sourdough. Bread. This is a book in itself. We went to Bath on the weekend. Sally Lunn’s is a Bath institution and her buns do not escape Florence White’s attention. They are eggy, creamy, and contain small beer yeast as…
Cook: Scottish Fare Part II; Two and a Half Shellfish Receipts: ‘Potted Shrimp for an Australian Yuletide Table’ & ‘A Pot of Warm Langoustines’
Potted Shrimps, writes Florence White in Good Things In England, are delicious as an appetiser with wholemeal bread and butter. The Shrimps recipe is “From a Cookery Book belonging to Miss Hope, dated 1797”. Her brief ingredients list requires a…
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