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: Delicious Home-made Bread ‘made with Yeast’. Gluten Free. Two Ways
Miss Veronica Cook provided this recipe in 1931. ‘Home-made and made with Yeast’ Florence White is full of wonderful tips for baking breads – both different yeasted breads and soda breads. She tells us that many of the old recipes…
Cook: Orange Jelly and Apricot Jellied Oranges
“Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Orange Jelly”, writes a friend of Florence White’s from Yorkshire. Oranges were introduced to England from Spain as early as 1290, but became a more prominent part of English food after Sir Walter Raleigh re-introduced…
Cook: Honey Brandy Butter – or Florence White’s “American Sauce”
We can’t have a pudding receipt without Brandy Butter to accompany it. No refined sugar please. Every recipe out there seems to have more icing sugar added than it contains butter! It’s just not necessary and such sweetness leaves an…
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 and Travel: Sea Vegetables & Welsh Laverbread
It may seem odd to the British Readers, that I first heard about Laverbread only in February this year. We had travelled to this charming, unpretentious gastropub near Abergavenny for a weekend in Wales – it’s where my son wanted…
Travel: A Ripon Ghost Yarn – in search of lost souls
Here fond climates and sweet singers – but traditional delights? Crimson leaves blowing across cobbled lanes led us north to Yorkshire for October – the only time to find Parkins. After an evening’s…
Travel: Food Alchemy? Inviting you and Florence White to the 21st Century…
Discover food sensations from Ms Florence White’s thus far indomitable collection of GOOD THINGS IN ENGLAND, as I create new, allergy-friendly, preservative-free, 21st Century, positively dishy takes on her fascinating receipts. You’ll have the original recipe including traditional ingredients like…
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