Category Archives: Regency Life

Regency Traditions Video:1824 English Gingerbread

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This video on making traditional gingerbread really reveals my inner food geek.   Ok, talking about this history of chemical leavening might not be your thing, but it’s really fascinating. Even it you’re not into kitchen physics the way I am–hey I live with a bunch of engineers and it has changed me. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking with it, but the way–anyway, watching period baking methods is still pretty fascinating. Given my family’s … Continue reading →

Regency Traditions Video:Delicious Whipped Syllabub

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  Sweetened heavy cream, half curdled, half whipped, floated on sweetened wine or juice. Watch a syllabub made the old fashioned way.   Delicious Whipped Syllabub Read more about syllabub and other holiday foods here.   If you enjoyed this post you might also enjoy:  

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Regency Christmas Traditions: The Christmas Feast

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Though the Christmas feast was a high point in the festivities, other balls and parties, especially on Twelfth Night placed many demands on the Regency kitchen. So many guests could require a tremendous amount of food to be kept on hand. All this celebrating could leave a hostess utterly overwhelmed and exasperated by the end of the season. A wide variety of dishes would be prepared, but a few were particularly favored and iconic. Boar’s … Continue reading →

Regency Christmas Traditions: Special Days of the Holiday Season

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Each year it seems we complain that the holiday season begins earlier and earlier with some shops bringing out holiday goods even in the last months of summer. The holiday calendar during the Regency era was a little more clearly defined, with a very predictable set of dates and events for celebration. Holiday celebrations and traditions extended from a week before Advent all the way through to Twelfth Night in January. During the entire season … Continue reading →

Regency Traditions Video: Make a Plum Pudding

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  Though today’s video depicts 18th century methods, little changed about making plum pudding during the Regency Era.      18th Century Cooking with Jas Townsend and Son: Plum Pudding   Read more about plum pudding here. Read about the Bennet family’s Stir it Up Sunday here.  Read more about syllabub and other holiday foods here.   If you enjoyed this post you might also enjoy:  

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