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Brigitte Webster

@tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social

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Tudor food historian & author. Living the life of an accomplished Tudor housewife from a small Tudor Manor. Book: Eating with the Tudors. Early Modern History MA @UEA.

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 8d

Got my first article for BBC History Magazine published! Proud moment

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 16h

Modern minstrels filling the great hall with the sound of classic rock music

Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 18h

Rocking those candles under the moonlight at Helmingham Hall tonight.

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely!

Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone up for a tasty #seasonal #Tudor #apple treat?

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 2d

Blades. Mace blades are the natural skin of nutmegs. Their taste is slightly different to nutmeg.

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! I totally agree that with historical recipes, a picture of the final dish helps to visualise the process of recreating the dish.

Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 2d

Try it! Really works. Magic. 😜

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 2d

A ‘pick-me-up’ remedy/drink

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 2d

… and season it with Sugar, and the infusion of Musk in Rosewater”

From the 'Compleat English and French Cook' (1690 edition)

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 2d

“Take milk and make a clear Posset thereof with white wine, then take some sliced Pearmains, and boil them in your Posset; being boiled enough, strain them as long as the Apple will run, then set it on the fire again with blades of large Mace, then thicken it with the yolks of Eggs, and ….

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 2d

Pearmain (apple) cawdle from the 'Compleat English and French Cook' (1690 edition) Recipe in comments. Best remedy for a ‘down’ day 😜😋 Welcome to the Stuarts’ kitchen!

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 3d

Daria Novo “Fantastic Cello”. Found it in royalty free music. Lovely isn’ t it?

Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 3d

When the material description 'and later' is nothing short of extraordinary: Framlingham Castle’s surviving cylindrical stone chimneys date to circa 1150 making them the earliest in the country. Their 'later' brick tops are from the early C16th & are a fine piece of Tudor architectural art.

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 3d

Book talk with Andrew Ziminski at Wymondham Abbey tonight 😊

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 4d

Sadly not but I will when grandchildren start coming!

Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 4d

OTD 36 years ago I said yes to the same man who delivered my coffee with a rose this morning. A match based on same interests, values and respect for one another. A bond that weathers the stormiest conditions and blooms when things go well. The secret to a lifetime of togetherness.

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 5d

Living with the #Normans. An 850+ year old, continuously inhabited home in Hemingford Grey (Cambridgeshire). Just absolutely wonderous, the house and its owner.

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 6d

Leathercoat Russet apple is mentioned in 1598 by Shakespeare in his play Henry IV when Davy tells Bardolph in Shallow’s Orchard that “There’s a dish of leather-coats for you” #HeritageOrchard #heirloomFruit

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 6d

We finally bagged ourselves tickets to the largest suite of C14th undercrofts at the Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell. Those over 600 years old brick built vaults are just amazing! 50 uses of undercrofts from medieval posh shop to Victorian job centre, the Bridewell has offered it all.

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Orchard Notes @orchardnotes.com · 9d

'The Story of the Herefordshire Pomona' by Bill Laws, published by Logaston Press on October 21st, is a delightfully readable tale of the creation of one of the great highlights of Victorian pomology, and the people who created it.

My review: orchardnotes.com/2025/10/01/b...

Book cover: the Story of the Herefordshire Pomona by Bill Laws

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 7d

Ordered! Thanks for the link!

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 7d

You could be right! I must admit I was only aware of medlars’s need of bletting. I shall definitely go with this next year.

Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 7d

This #pear variety harks back to an old tree from the deserted medieval village of #Caldecott in Buckinghamshire.
Almost every single pear rots from the inside out. Year after year. I found only one that was unaffected. To be honest, not a great tasting pear. Quite crumbly flesh

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