“Frothy, fruity versions of the posset without its custardy eggs, syllabubs had been all the rage since Charles II was reputed to have sent his milkmaid into the fields with a dish of warmed spiced wine or fruit syrup into which she was to milk the cow.” Kate Colquhoun, Taste:… Read More »Lemon Syllabub with Brandy Snaps
“It was a time for bottling and drying vegetables for the winter table, and for rich summer pudding filled with berries to be set in a cold larder, the juices to mingle.” An Incomplete Revenge by Jacqueline Winspear “One of the loveliest fruit puddings of the world is English Summer… Read More »Summer Pudding
“Queen Victoria, who presumably visited nobody, preferred bone marrow on toast, and is unlikely to have ever tasted the sponge cake sandwiched with jam that was named after her—a nursery luxury.” Kate Colquhoun, Taste: The Story of Britain through its Cooking Traditional British desserts, like we British people, tend to… Read More »Victoria Sponge Cake
“In Britain, a cup of tea is the answer to every problem. Fallen off your bicycle? Nice cup of tea. Your house has been destroyed by a meteorite? Nice cup of tea and a biscuit. Your entire family has been eaten by a Tyrannosaurus Rex that has travelled through a… Read More »Bakewell Tart
In Britain, public schools are called state schools and, just to be confusing, the top private schools such as Eton and Harrow are called public schools. I attended a minor public school which means it is a jolly good private school, but has yet to produce a Prime Minister. The… Read More »Treacle Pudding with Custard