“…there was about fish-and-chips a sound democratic touch that no other food possessed; the poorest person could shop alongside the poshest…You were all one in the kingdom of fish-and-chips.” Bill Naughton, Saintly Billy: a Catholic Boyhood “It was the smell of their childhood: the smell of fish and chips. Every… Read More »Fish and Chips
“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
“While Queen Victoria sat on the throne, her armed forces were on the march, painting the map of the world pink. For good or ill, they carried with them the values of colonialism—and some big boxes of brown trout eggs.” Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall & Nick Fisher, The River Cottage Fish Book… Read More »Baked Trout
“It reminds me of winter days in my youth, when I would come home late completely soaked through and Mum would give me a rollicking about catching pneumonia, then she’d give me a big bowl of stew. ” Jamie Oliver Is there anything more satisfying on a cold day than… Read More »Lamb Stew with Dumplings
“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