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Food songs to make your mouth water
These songs might whet your appetite they might not, but I am sure for one they will bring back memories or make new ones.
Thinking about a slice of chocolate cake makes you
Sometimes we used to have it for tea and Mum used to say, ‘If there’s any left over you can have it to take to school tomorrow to have at playtime.’
Trifle, a Victorian dessert with a true pedigree
The Trifle is the epitome of a British dessert. The earliest known recipe dates back to the Tudors in 1596. It has travelled the world and been considerably tweeked along the way. Mum´s version is really a simple one, delicious nonetheless.
Good for the world and your tummy – a well packed lunch box
The history of the lunchbox is said to begin about the end of the 19th century. Heavy duty metal containers were the first kind of lunchbox. They were designed to protect the workman’s lunches, as worksites could be quite dangerous places.
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Thinking about a slice of chocolate cake makes you
Sometimes we used to have it for tea and Mum used to say, ‘If there’s any left over you can have it to take to school tomorrow to have at playtime.’
Remember having a bite of Chicken in a Basket?
Chicken in a basket was a thing of the seventies – typical pub food. In the pub my parents ran for a couple of years at the beginning of the seventies, I was seven at the time, it was served, too.
Pancakes a delectable, divine treat in a pan
Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, which means it falls between 3rd February 9th March. This year Shrove Tuesday is on 16th February - today! So go on, fill your home with the aroma of freshly flipped pancakes.
Remember having a bite of Chicken in a Basket?
Chicken in a basket was a thing of the seventies – typical pub food. In the pub my parents ran for a couple of years at the beginning of the seventies, I was seven at the time, it was served, too.
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Easter – have you got all your eggs in one basket?
Do you know where the word Easter comes from? It dates as far back as the Anglo-Saxon goddess named Eostre other names are Astarte or Oster. The festival of Eostre was always held approximately at the time of the Spring Equinox. Early Christian missionaries in Europe adopted the name and merged the timing and the symbolism - New Life - into the Christian celebration of Easter.
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Beef and Dumpling Soup – Come back for more
Soup changes its character from region to region depending on what is on offer and what it needs to do.
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Remember having a bite of Chicken in a Basket?
Chicken in a basket was a thing of the seventies – typical pub food. In the pub my parents ran for a couple of years at the beginning of the seventies, I was seven at the time, it was served, too.
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Waste Not Want Not
Zero Waste The philosophy of Zero Waste was not around when my grandmother or my mother were...
Remember having a bite of Chicken in a Basket?
Chicken in a basket was a thing of the seventies – typical pub food. In the pub my parents ran for a couple of years at the beginning of the seventies, I was seven at the time, it was served, too.
Beef and Dumpling Soup – Come back for more
Soup changes its character from region to region depending on what is on offer and what it needs to do.
Good for the world and your tummy – a well packed lunch box
The history of the lunchbox is said to begin about the end of the 19th century. Heavy duty metal containers were the first kind of lunchbox. They were designed to protect the workman’s lunches, as worksites could be quite dangerous places.
Trifle, a Victorian dessert with a true pedigree
The Trifle is the epitome of a British dessert. The earliest known recipe dates back to the Tudors in 1596. It has travelled the world and been considerably tweeked along the way. Mum´s version is really a simple one, delicious nonetheless.
Easter – have you got all your eggs in one basket?
Do you know where the word Easter comes from? It dates as far back as the Anglo-Saxon goddess named Eostre other names are Astarte or Oster. The festival of Eostre was always held approximately at the time of the Spring Equinox. Early Christian missionaries in Europe adopted the name and merged the timing and the symbolism - New Life - into the Christian celebration of Easter.
