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On This Day: “Heart and stomach…”
August 19th, 1588: On this day Queen Elizabeth I of England delivered her famous speech to her assembled land forces at Tilbury, Essex.
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Tastes Of History
- Jul 29
On This Day: The Spanish Armada is sighted
July 29th, 1588: On this day in 1588, the fearsome Spanish Armada is sighted off England’s southern coast.
Tastes Of History
- Jul 24
About History: Press-ganging
Impressment, colloquially known as ‘the press’ or the ‘press gang’, was a means by which European navies could forcibly compel men into...
Tastes Of History
- May 29
Dispelling Some Myths: Wreckers and smugglers
Wrecking Wrecking is the practice of taking valuables from a shipwreck which has foundered or run aground close to shore. Wrecks were...
Tastes Of History
- May 1
Maasai “Lion” Spear
Pictured below is a spear recovered from an outbuilding at a former family residence, at the time called “Parthia”, in Beckhampton,...
Tastes Of History
- Apr 23
Dispelling Some Myths: Upside down Union Flags
The Union Flag pictured hangs in an upper hall of a London school recently visited by Tastes Of History to deliver a “Knight and Castles”...
Tastes Of History
- Mar 31
Dispelling Some Myths: Crucifixion
Crucifixion?...Good. Out of the door. Line on the left. One cross each. Next... Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which...
Tastes Of History
- Mar 29
The Recipes: a Mediæval Joust
After several years of wishing we could be involved a chance encounter while “pirating” in Scarborough has led to Tastes Of History’s...
Tastes Of History
- Mar 20
A Brief History of Food: Fish ‘n’ Chips
Recently the BBC broadcast an episode of “Rick Stein’s Food Stories” that stated the origin of fish and chips lay with the Portuguese who...
Tastes Of History
- Mar 1
About History: Named after a Battle
In an earlier article we explored the origin of the French dish Chicken à la Marengo which was named, according to a popular myth, after...
Tastes Of History
- Feb 21
A Brief History of Food: Hares
For some time we, at Tastes Of History, believed the hare was a native species in Britain belonging to the genus Lepus [1]. A recent post...
Tastes Of History
- Feb 12
On This Day: The Forgotten Queen
February 12th, 1554: England's forgotten queen, Lady Jane Grey, is executed for treason. In most popular histories, and as taught in...
Tastes Of History
- Feb 7
A Brief History of Food: Pizza
While working in one of our favourite schools, the book ‘Roman Adventure’ (pictured right) was discovered and was instantly intriguing...
Tastes Of History
- Jan 10
About History: Grenade!
In warfare, throwing weapons at your enemies has a very long history indeed. In its simplest form, rocks could be hand-thrown by early...
Tastes Of History
- Jan 4
The Recipes: a Stuart Christmas Mince Pie
As the New Year slowly unfolds, we look back to the festive season and the recipe for a mince pie that rather fortuitously was published...
Tastes Of History
- Dec 17, 2023
On This Day: Io Saturnalia!
On This Day, December 17th, the ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia began. Held in honour of the deity Saturnus, as its name implies,...
Tastes Of History
- Dec 6, 2023
A Brief History of Food: Lobscouse
We will be ‘ Sailing the Pirate Round ’ once again and as before we will be visiting several English Heritage sites across Britain and...
Tastes Of History
- Nov 29, 2023
Food History: A Roman soldier’s diet
The diet of a Roman soldier consisted of wheat, rations of smoked bacon or fresh meat (when available, usually pork), vegetables,...
Tastes Of History
- Nov 22, 2023
Dispelling Some Myths: Was yellow the colour of prostitution?
Over the years we have periodically encountered claims that prostitutes in the Roman Iron Age and then later in the Mediæval period wore...
Tastes Of History
- Nov 3, 2023
A Brief History of Food: Chicken à la Marengo
Chicken à la Marengo is a French dish, similar to chicken à la Provençale, that consists of a chicken sautéed in oil with garlic and...
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