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An 18th-century Curry
What to do with leftover lamb from Sunday's roast? Obviously, make an 18th-century curry. The version below is a variation of one by...
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Tastes Of History
Jun 21, 2020
Recipe: The Spring Oven Ciabatta Bread
Tastes Of History recently purchased a new toy: The Spring Oven (pictured right) which, according to the website, 'is a unique [slip...
Tastes Of History
Jun 21, 2020
A Brief History of Food: Roman Pasta?
We keep hearing mention of pasta's ancient Roman roots, but as far as we can ascertain pasta in the form familiar to us today simply did...
Tastes Of History
Jun 21, 2020
Roman Placenta Cake
Placenta cake is not what you might at first think. To the ancient Romans, placenta, like its erstwhile fellow, libum, were cakes made...
Tastes Of History
Jun 21, 2020
Roman "Burgers"
Spotted in the May 2020 edition of BBC History magazine (pg 66) was a recipe for 'Ancient Roman Burgers' which prominently features...
Tastes Of History
Jun 20, 2020
A Brief History of Food: Blood Sausage
Introduction As the name implies, blood sausages [1] are sausages filled with blood that is cooked or dried and mixed with a filler...
Tastes Of History
Jun 20, 2020
A Brief History of Food: Spice
The spice trade has a long and lucrative ancestry.As early as 2,000 BC cinnamon and cassia (or Chinese cinnamon) were being imported into...
Tastes Of History
Jun 20, 2020
A Brief History of Food: Chilli Peppers
The chilli pepper (from Nahuatl chīlli/ˈt͡ʃiːli/) is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family,...
Tastes Of History
Jun 20, 2020
A Very Victorian Christmas
In another first for Tastes Of History, we travelled to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight to support English Heritage's 'Victorian...
Tastes Of History
Jun 20, 2020
A Brief History of Food: Turkey at Christmas
There was great excitement during Easter 2019 with the announcement of the first secure dating of a rabbit bone, found in Britain, to the...
Tastes Of History
Jun 20, 2020
Anglo-Saxon Fare Fit for a Battle
A pivotal battle took place 953 years ago on October 14th, 1066. It changed the course of Anglo-Saxon England's history when William of...
Tastes Of History
Jun 20, 2020
Bosworth: Food Fit For A King
Tastes Of History was delighted to be part of the Bosworth Medieval Festival in 2019 at the brilliant Bosworth Battlefield Heritage...
Tastes Of History
Jun 19, 2020
Last Supper in Pompeii
Located in sunny southern Italy, the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was perfectly positioned between lush vineyards and fertile plains to...
Tastes Of History
Jun 19, 2020
Collop Monday
In an earlier post (Daily Meals in Tudor England) mention was made of 'Collop Monday', the day before Shrove Tuesday, in connection with...
Tastes Of History
Jun 18, 2020
An Elizabethan Pageant
In 1563, Elizabeth I (r.1558–1603) granted Kenilworth to her childhood friend and favourite, Robert Dudley, the soon to be Earl of...
Tastes Of History
Jun 18, 2020
Daily Bread: Meals in Tudor England
Most people are familiar with the idea of eating breakfast, lunch and dinner (or breakfast, dinner and tea, if you prefer [1]). In Tudor...
Tastes Of History
Jun 18, 2020
Britain's Most Historic Towns: Chester
The first episode of Britain's Most Historic Towns aired on April 8th, 2018 on Channel 4. We had the pleasure of working alongside the...
Tastes Of History
Jun 18, 2020
Tudor Etiquette at Table
Tastes of History ran a workshop for the volunteers at Plas Mawr, an Elizabethan townhouse in Conwy, North Wales to teach something of...
Tastes Of History
Jun 18, 2020
Who is Apicius?
Connoisseurs of Roman cuisine may be familiar with the recipes of 'Apicius'. Indeed, 'Apicius' was the inspiration for the Roman recipes...
Tastes Of History
Jun 18, 2020
Home Front Rations
Although World War II began in September 1939, it was not until January 8th, 1940 that rationing in Britain began. It was not new idea...
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