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Tastes Of History
Oct 30
A Brief History of Food: The humble tin can
I wonder how many of us take the humble tin can for granted? Have you ever stopped to think of the origins of this omnipresent object as...
Tastes Of History
Mar 20
A Brief History of Food: Fish ‘n’ Chips
Recently the BBC broadcast an episode of “Rick Stein’s Food Stories” that stated the origin of fish and chips lay with the Portuguese who...
Tastes Of History
Feb 21
A Brief History of Food: Hares
For some time we, at Tastes Of History, believed the hare was a native species in Britain belonging to the genus Lepus [1]. A recent post...
Tastes Of History
Feb 7
A Brief History of Food: Pizza
While working in one of our favourite schools, the book ‘Roman Adventure’ (pictured right) was discovered and was instantly intriguing...
Tastes Of History
Dec 6, 2023
A Brief History of Food: Lobscouse
We will be ‘ Sailing the Pirate Round ’ once again and as before we will be visiting several English Heritage sites across Britain and...
Tastes Of History
Nov 29, 2023
Food History: A Roman soldier’s diet
The diet of a Roman soldier consisted of wheat, rations of smoked bacon or fresh meat (when available, usually pork), vegetables,...
Tastes Of History
Nov 3, 2023
A Brief History of Food: Chicken à la Marengo
Chicken à la Marengo is a French dish, similar to chicken à la Provençale, that consists of a chicken sautéed in oil with garlic and...
Tastes Of History
Oct 26, 2023
Food History: What did ancient Egyptians eat?
The longevity of ancient Egyptian society, some 3,500 years, was largely because they had the good fortune to live in a sunny land,...
Tastes Of History
Sep 20, 2023
A Brief History of Food: Grog
Grog is a term used for a variety of alcoholic beverages. In naval parlance, the word originally referred to rum diluted with water to...
Tastes Of History
Jun 14, 2023
A Brief History of Food: Peacock
Birds have long been revered, feared and assumed to be capable of predicting weather, marriage partners, disaster and death. In ancient...
Tastes Of History
Feb 10, 2023
Dispelling Some Myths: Roman Cheshire Cheese
The BBC’s Bargain Hunt has struck again. On this occasion the claim was made that Cheshire cheese was made by the Romans. That was news...
Tastes Of History
Dec 5, 2022
A Brief History of Food: Titanic Cuisine
The RMS Titanic, operated by the White Star Line, sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15th, 1912 after striking an iceberg during...
Tastes Of History
Dec 2, 2022
Food in the 17th Century
Grain and legumes Peas and beans, which made up a very large part of the diet of the Mediæval poor, were still treated as a staple food,...
Tastes Of History
Nov 30, 2022
Where's all the rum gone?
Over the centuries a seaman's diet, whether they were part of the crews of Sir Francis Drake or Admiral Horatio Nelson, hardly changed....
Tastes Of History
Nov 21, 2022
A Brief History of Food: Victorian Innovation
The Sun never sets When Victoria succeeded to the throne in 1837, Britain was already a global maritime trading power. From the late...
Tastes Of History
Oct 31, 2022
A Brief History of Food: The Mediæval Kitchen
Possibly the most significant year in English history, 1066, saw the end of Anglo-Saxon England and start of the reigns of first the...
Tastes Of History
Sep 15, 2022
A Brief History of Food: Sugar
Sugar is one of the world’s oldest documented commodities, and at one time it was so valuable that people kept it safe under lock and key...
Tastes Of History
Aug 20, 2022
The Forme of Cury
The Forme of Cury (‘The Method of Cooking’ [1]) is an extensive 14th-century collection of medieval English recipes. Although the...
Tastes Of History
Jul 29, 2022
Eliza Acton: cookery writing pioneer
Eliza Acton (April 17th, 1799 - February 13th, 1859) was an English poet and food writer who produced one of Britain's first cookery...
Tastes Of History
Jul 24, 2022
A Brief History of Food: Oranges
Origins The name 'orange' derives from the Sanskrit word for 'orange tree' (नारङ्ग nāraṅga). The Sanskrit word reached European...
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