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Yes, she's right and I have amended and replied. I am going to be adding quite a few 'historic' recipes because for the past few months I have been thinking about working my way through references to food in Agatha Christie's crime stories and the equivalent films / TV episodes and looking for possible matching recipes in old cookery books etc. The two I have put up so far are in the middle of being made to make sure they taste reasonable as some old recipes can be very bland and of course some of the stories were written during the Depression, WWII etc thus rationing and availability of ingredients have to be considered. I have removed all the old stuff from my much neglected blog and will be putting the recipes on that too, in addition to notes on the stories. It's certainly made me realise just how lucky we are to have the range and quantities of ingredients that we do nowadays! And also how tastes have changed so much - not a clove of garlic in sight in old British cookery books :-( JB xx | Yes, she's right and I have amended and replied. I am going to be adding quite a few 'historic' recipes because for the past few months I have been thinking about working my way through references to food in Agatha Christie's crime stories and the equivalent films / TV episodes and looking for possible matching recipes in old cookery books etc. The two I have put up so far are in the middle of being made to make sure they taste reasonable as some old recipes can be very bland and of course some of the stories were written during the Depression, WWII etc thus rationing and availability of ingredients have to be considered. I have removed all the old stuff from my much neglected blog and will be putting the recipes on that too, in addition to notes on the stories. It's certainly made me realise just how lucky we are to have the range and quantities of ingredients that we do nowadays! And also how tastes have changed so much - not a clove of garlic in sight in old British cookery books :-( JB xx | ||
JP> That sounds a great idea. I have a couple of wartime cookbooks and notes, much of it never sounds very nice due to the basic lack of ingredients in those days - like my mum's [[Mock bananas]]! 1 clove of garlic was very brave back then! Having said that, most recipes haven't changed that much since long before those days. | |||
PS Annoyingly the discos are a fact of life at this time of year, but living in a residential area near the beach and with several hotels, it is only to be expected I suppose :-( | PS Annoyingly the discos are a fact of life at this time of year, but living in a residential area near the beach and with several hotels, it is only to be expected I suppose :-( | ||
JP> Yes - I'm surprised it's not more often that it is. I know when we used to book the big one on the front, with obligatory disco, they wre fully booked most of the year at weekends. | |||
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