It’s not too difficult to locate a receipt (recipe) for Yorkshire pudding in historic (1840s or earlier) British cookbooks. There are even a few in early American works, as well. At the same time, I was rather surprised that there weren’t more, and that, in fact, many of the English books that I consulted (those [...]
Archive for October, 2011
another experiment: Yorkshire puddings!
Posted in historic cookbooks, historic receipts (recipes), jolly ol' England, research & experiments, tagged British foods, Hannah Glasse, historic receipts (recipes), The Art of Cookery (1747), Yorkshire pud, Yorkshire Pudding on October 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Yorkshire pudding by any other name is…a popover?
Posted in historic cooking, jolly ol' England, research & experiments, tagged a very British dish, breads, English foods, popovers, roasts, Yorkshire pud, Yorkshire Pudding on October 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
While at my local grocery store recently, I made an interesting discovery. On a shelf of the small bookcase that constitutes the “British” section, I found a boxed mix for…Yorkshire Pudding! It was even made in Yorkshire (says so right on the box) and then shipped all the way here from jolly ol’ England. Imagine [...]
reckon I’ll render some lard
Posted in historic cooking, historic receipts (recipes), tagged fry in lard, historic receipts and lard, lard, my apologies to Miss Piggy & Porky Pig, pig fat, rendering lard on October 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The receipts (recipes) for many of the dishes that I’ve been cooking lately (i.e. apple fritters), specify that they be fried in lard. Now, in the past, I’ve often just bought it at a local supermarket. However, once I began awhile back to read the list of ingredients on various and sundry packages, I soon [...]
apples as dumplings
Posted in historic cooking, Israel Crane House, tagged apple dumplings, apples, hearth cooking, Israel Crane House, seasonal historic cooking on October 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was busy cooking at the hearth of the Israel Crane House this past Sunday. In fact, I’ll be there again the first Sundays of November and December. And don’t forget about my hearth cooking class next Sunday, October 9! The menu I have planned is awesome! HUZZAH! But I digress. Back to my cooking [...]
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