gathering it all together
I think maybe a B- for today’s loaf – based on the Malted and Seeded Loaf recipe in the River Cottage Handbook No. 3. I made a half quantity and added Linseeds, Hemp Seeds, Sesame Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower Seeds, Poppy Seeds and some additional Malted Wheat Flakes… using the same mix for coating. I …
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Last night, we finished the first loaf from the sack of Granary-type flour that I had delivered from Bacheldre Watermill on Saturday. (Malted Blend) It was disappointing, but I believe that was my fault – when I took it from the oven I tapped its bottom and it sounded hollow but the crust was soft …
Following my comments in this post and this one on how food was in Fifties’ Britain, I found my synapses buzzing. I thought I’d just jot down a few extra random thoughts. I am confining my memories to when I lived in Sheffield, where I was born in 1953 and stayed until November 1962. Some …
The debate sparked by the post on 50s food, regarding Welfare Foods – in particular, the Orange Juice – sent me scampering off around Google. There is a fair amount of information there, not all of it is readily assimilable and much of it relies on infant memory. However, there are formal papers available that …
Continued from yesterday It isn’t just the food that has changed in the last 60 years. Imagine a time when advertising like this was acceptable? Again, behind the cut, ‘cos it do go on a bit. EATING IN THE UK IN THE FIFTIES (Part 2) Coconuts only appeared when the fair came to town. …and …
1950s Crude Food Poster by Miles_Harrison Browse other Food Posters Somebody sent me a mail circular the other day (she knows who she is) – one of those humorous lists such as turned up with daily regularity back in our Usenet days. This particular one was referencing our eating habits in the 1950s. Much of …