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Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Gravlaks Cured Salmon with Mustard Sauce

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Thor News Gravlaks served with red onion, lemon, rye bread, crackle bread, potato tortillas, mustard sauce and a small glass of aquavit...
Sunday, April 8, 2018

Kleppmelk – A Viking Recipe

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Thor News Traditional dinner: Kleppmelk served with sugar and cinnamon. (Photo: renmat.no) Kleppmelk (klepp milk) is a soup commonly u...
Saturday, March 10, 2018

Exploring the world of colourful medieval cuisine

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MedievalistsNet BY NATALIE ANDERSON Colour often has a great influence on how we perceive the food we eat. It can make food appear mo...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Wartime Christmas: 5 First World War recipes

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History Extra Christmas was a challenge for the wartime chef on the home front, with food shortages and high prices, even for basic i...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Q&A: How did pasta come to Europe and when did it first become established in Italy?

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History Extra That the food crops up in so many cultures isn’t surprising: pasta is basically unleavened bread that has been boiled ...
Monday, October 16, 2017

Top 5 Dickensian recipes

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History Extra Oxtail stew. (© CICO Books 2017)  The many scenes of eating in the novels of Charles Dickens (1812-1870) are useful in...
Saturday, October 14, 2017

Revealed: how the Georgians taught us to diet 300 years ago

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History Extra It’s that time of year again, when we vow to ditch the sugar, take out a gym membership, and follow religiously the lat...
Sunday, October 8, 2017

9 strange facts about the history of apples

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History Extra 1) The apple originated in the so called 'fruit forest' of Eastern Europe The fruit would have been smaller and ...
Monday, October 2, 2017

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Custard tart

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History Extra Custard tarts really are the food of and queens. They were served at Henry IV’s coronation in 1399 and more recently at ...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

17th-century 'Great British Bake Off' recipes

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History Extra All images are © Wellcome Images  Hannah Bisaker’s puff pastry, 1692 To make puff paist  "Take halfe a quort...
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Thursday, September 21, 2017

A history of baking in 6 objects

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History Extra Bread tins Though once considered the food of the poor, by the end of the 18th century, brown bread and course-grained f...
Monday, September 4, 2017

What did people in the Tudor period eat?

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History Extra What did people in the Tudor period eat?  Rank, station, and even religious customs affected what you ate throughout t...
Thursday, August 31, 2017

Even in Viking Times Norway was Famous for its ‘White Gold’… a ‘Gold’ You can Eat!

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Ancient Origins New research using DNA from the fish bone remains of Viking-era meals reveals that north Norwegians have been transpor...
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Sunday, August 27, 2017

Fit for a queen: 3 medieval recipes enjoyed at English and Scottish royal courts

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History Extra Rys Lumbard Stondyne Period: England, 14th century Description: Sweet Rice and Egg Pudding  Original recipe And for ...
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Easter treats: what are Biddenden cakes?

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History Extra Every Easter Monday, in the village of Biddenden in Kent, a charity doles out tea, cheese and loaves of bread to local pe...