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:
Continue reading →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 →
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:
Continue reading →Continuing on the theme of Regency Era Christmas traditions, the quintessential Christmas food, the plum pudding!
Continue reading →I love old cookbooks, the older the better. With as much time as I spend in the kitchen trying to feed three teen-aged sons, old fashioned cookery fascinated me. When I found these videos, I just had to share them. There are several, but, in true chocoholic fashion, I have to share dessert first! I give you a Georgian chocolate tart. I may just have to try this one!
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