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 …
Some more odd memories
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 …
Forty Years On
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 …
When Food Was Crude, Part 2
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 …
When Food Was Crude
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 …
Vanilla-Rooibos Fig Newtons | My New Roots
Vanilla-Rooibos Fig Newtons | My New Roots. No yeast involved, but what looks to be a lovely baked treat. We both love Fig Rolls and we also enjoyed those Kellogg bars we used to pack up for walking trips... they are very reminiscent of fig rolls, but oaty and not at all fig-ish. No, I …
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