Buttered Crumbs
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Comfort eater. Occasional food blogger. Loves cooking, baking, chocolate, Korean food. Hates meal planning and making dinner.
Compulsive collector of vintage recipe books. One day, I will write a lovely little cookbook of my own
Compulsive collector of vintage recipe books. One day, I will write a lovely little cookbook of my own
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or Christmas comes
A fifties housewife turning out her Christmas pudding
Good Housekeeping Cookery Compendium, 1954. Learn how to cook with the help of step-by-step pictures
A fifties housewife turning out her Christmas pudding
Good Housekeeping Cookery Compendium, 1954. Learn how to cook with the help of step-by-step pictures
December 23, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or Christmas comes
A fifties housewife turning out her Christmas pudding
Good Housekeeping Cookery Compendium, 1954. Learn how to cook with the help of step-by-step pictures
A fifties housewife turning out her Christmas pudding
Good Housekeeping Cookery Compendium, 1954. Learn how to cook with the help of step-by-step pictures
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or Christmas comes
Biscuits for hanging on the tree. I've never really understood this, don't they go really stale?
German Cooking. Robin Howe, 1953
Plus an inscription: C M Dochaly (?) Bahrain, Persian Gulf, 1957
Biscuits for hanging on the tree. I've never really understood this, don't they go really stale?
German Cooking. Robin Howe, 1953
Plus an inscription: C M Dochaly (?) Bahrain, Persian Gulf, 1957
December 21, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or Christmas comes
Biscuits for hanging on the tree. I've never really understood this, don't they go really stale?
German Cooking. Robin Howe, 1953
Plus an inscription: C M Dochaly (?) Bahrain, Persian Gulf, 1957
Biscuits for hanging on the tree. I've never really understood this, don't they go really stale?
German Cooking. Robin Howe, 1953
Plus an inscription: C M Dochaly (?) Bahrain, Persian Gulf, 1957
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored
Posset. A drink made with milk, alcohol & spices. Warmed on the fire & poured out to make a froth.
Sounds okay, until you see that the milk curdles, i.e. goes into blobby bits...1/2
Posset. A drink made with milk, alcohol & spices. Warmed on the fire & poured out to make a froth.
Sounds okay, until you see that the milk curdles, i.e. goes into blobby bits...1/2
December 20, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored
Posset. A drink made with milk, alcohol & spices. Warmed on the fire & poured out to make a froth.
Sounds okay, until you see that the milk curdles, i.e. goes into blobby bits...1/2
Posset. A drink made with milk, alcohol & spices. Warmed on the fire & poured out to make a froth.
Sounds okay, until you see that the milk curdles, i.e. goes into blobby bits...1/2
Can any #Australia friends confirm if these are "typical" recipes?
December 19, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Can any #Australia friends confirm if these are "typical" recipes?
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored
If the last one was a unit, this one is a hecking chonker. Mrs Beeton's Household Management, 1923. Up to date advice for cooking, cleaning, laundry, arranging rooms, legal advice, home remedies & made even longer with recipes from the colonies
If the last one was a unit, this one is a hecking chonker. Mrs Beeton's Household Management, 1923. Up to date advice for cooking, cleaning, laundry, arranging rooms, legal advice, home remedies & made even longer with recipes from the colonies
December 19, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored
If the last one was a unit, this one is a hecking chonker. Mrs Beeton's Household Management, 1923. Up to date advice for cooking, cleaning, laundry, arranging rooms, legal advice, home remedies & made even longer with recipes from the colonies
If the last one was a unit, this one is a hecking chonker. Mrs Beeton's Household Management, 1923. Up to date advice for cooking, cleaning, laundry, arranging rooms, legal advice, home remedies & made even longer with recipes from the colonies
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored again
A menu from Elizabeth Moxon's English Housewifery, 1800. The oldest original cookbook we own
Turkey one side of the table & beef the other. Pudding on the table at the same time. Mince pies were part of the first course
A menu from Elizabeth Moxon's English Housewifery, 1800. The oldest original cookbook we own
Turkey one side of the table & beef the other. Pudding on the table at the same time. Mince pies were part of the first course
December 16, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored again
A menu from Elizabeth Moxon's English Housewifery, 1800. The oldest original cookbook we own
Turkey one side of the table & beef the other. Pudding on the table at the same time. Mince pies were part of the first course
A menu from Elizabeth Moxon's English Housewifery, 1800. The oldest original cookbook we own
Turkey one side of the table & beef the other. Pudding on the table at the same time. Mince pies were part of the first course
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored again
I got this gorgeous copy of Mrs Beeton's Everyday Cookery (1893) for a bargain price. Mainly, because it's falling apart and unusable. What tempted me were the newspaper cuttings and handwritten recipes tucked inside 1/3
#christmas 🎄
I got this gorgeous copy of Mrs Beeton's Everyday Cookery (1893) for a bargain price. Mainly, because it's falling apart and unusable. What tempted me were the newspaper cuttings and handwritten recipes tucked inside 1/3
#christmas 🎄
December 14, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored again
I got this gorgeous copy of Mrs Beeton's Everyday Cookery (1893) for a bargain price. Mainly, because it's falling apart and unusable. What tempted me were the newspaper cuttings and handwritten recipes tucked inside 1/3
#christmas 🎄
I got this gorgeous copy of Mrs Beeton's Everyday Cookery (1893) for a bargain price. Mainly, because it's falling apart and unusable. What tempted me were the newspaper cuttings and handwritten recipes tucked inside 1/3
#christmas 🎄
Something Christmassy or vaguely Christmas adjacent until I get bored
Today, from the 1936 edition of Mrs Beeton's Family Cookery. I was very lucky to find one with it's dust jacket in perfect condition.
Anyway. Planning your Christmas meal...1/4
Today, from the 1936 edition of Mrs Beeton's Family Cookery. I was very lucky to find one with it's dust jacket in perfect condition.
Anyway. Planning your Christmas meal...1/4
December 13, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Something Christmassy or vaguely Christmas adjacent until I get bored
Today, from the 1936 edition of Mrs Beeton's Family Cookery. I was very lucky to find one with it's dust jacket in perfect condition.
Anyway. Planning your Christmas meal...1/4
Today, from the 1936 edition of Mrs Beeton's Family Cookery. I was very lucky to find one with it's dust jacket in perfect condition.
Anyway. Planning your Christmas meal...1/4
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget
More Mince Pie fun, this time from Sir Kenelm Digby; Courtier, philosopher, privateer, sealing wax magnate & inventor of the modern wine bottle.
Also something of a name dropper. Lady Portlands swears by neats-tongue..
1/2
More Mince Pie fun, this time from Sir Kenelm Digby; Courtier, philosopher, privateer, sealing wax magnate & inventor of the modern wine bottle.
Also something of a name dropper. Lady Portlands swears by neats-tongue..
1/2
December 8, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget
More Mince Pie fun, this time from Sir Kenelm Digby; Courtier, philosopher, privateer, sealing wax magnate & inventor of the modern wine bottle.
Also something of a name dropper. Lady Portlands swears by neats-tongue..
1/2
More Mince Pie fun, this time from Sir Kenelm Digby; Courtier, philosopher, privateer, sealing wax magnate & inventor of the modern wine bottle.
Also something of a name dropper. Lady Portlands swears by neats-tongue..
1/2
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget
Stuck for present ideas? Why not choose one of these gift books for the "young and good" person in your life
One can imagine how saccharine and preachy these are. But, only 2 shillings & sixpence 👍
Stuck for present ideas? Why not choose one of these gift books for the "young and good" person in your life
One can imagine how saccharine and preachy these are. But, only 2 shillings & sixpence 👍
December 7, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget
Stuck for present ideas? Why not choose one of these gift books for the "young and good" person in your life
One can imagine how saccharine and preachy these are. But, only 2 shillings & sixpence 👍
Stuck for present ideas? Why not choose one of these gift books for the "young and good" person in your life
One can imagine how saccharine and preachy these are. But, only 2 shillings & sixpence 👍
Introduce yourself as a TV character
December 7, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Introduce yourself as a TV character
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Happy pannetone season to all who celebrate.
We've already got through the first one; and by "we" I mean I ate all of BF's share too.
We've already got through the first one; and by "we" I mean I ate all of BF's share too.
December 6, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Happy pannetone season to all who celebrate.
We've already got through the first one; and by "we" I mean I ate all of BF's share too.
We've already got through the first one; and by "we" I mean I ate all of BF's share too.
Something Christmassy until I get bored or forget
December dinner for 10 persons, from the 1st edition of Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861)
An exhausting menu, featuring beef, turkey, tongue and a whole load of other meats...1/2
December dinner for 10 persons, from the 1st edition of Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861)
An exhausting menu, featuring beef, turkey, tongue and a whole load of other meats...1/2
December 6, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Something Christmassy until I get bored or forget
December dinner for 10 persons, from the 1st edition of Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861)
An exhausting menu, featuring beef, turkey, tongue and a whole load of other meats...1/2
December dinner for 10 persons, from the 1st edition of Beeton's Book of Household Management (1861)
An exhausting menu, featuring beef, turkey, tongue and a whole load of other meats...1/2
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget.
Mince Pies Royal. "Good" mincemeat is mixed with egg yolks, butter etc. and topped with meringue. Interesting variation 🤔
From Eliza Acton (Modern Cookery, 1845), the one Mrs Beeton stole most of her ideas from. 1/2🎄
Mince Pies Royal. "Good" mincemeat is mixed with egg yolks, butter etc. and topped with meringue. Interesting variation 🤔
From Eliza Acton (Modern Cookery, 1845), the one Mrs Beeton stole most of her ideas from. 1/2🎄
December 5, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget.
Mince Pies Royal. "Good" mincemeat is mixed with egg yolks, butter etc. and topped with meringue. Interesting variation 🤔
From Eliza Acton (Modern Cookery, 1845), the one Mrs Beeton stole most of her ideas from. 1/2🎄
Mince Pies Royal. "Good" mincemeat is mixed with egg yolks, butter etc. and topped with meringue. Interesting variation 🤔
From Eliza Acton (Modern Cookery, 1845), the one Mrs Beeton stole most of her ideas from. 1/2🎄
Bonus: flower tea as a remedy for a "sad heart" and some very strange comments about egg whites
December 4, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Bonus: flower tea as a remedy for a "sad heart" and some very strange comments about egg whites
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored
An unusual wartime recipe for christmas pudding, using prunes instead of raisins & inc foraged nuts.
They Can't Ration These by Vicomte de Mauduit (1940) approached wartime shortages in a very different way to most writers...1/2 🎄
An unusual wartime recipe for christmas pudding, using prunes instead of raisins & inc foraged nuts.
They Can't Ration These by Vicomte de Mauduit (1940) approached wartime shortages in a very different way to most writers...1/2 🎄
December 4, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored
An unusual wartime recipe for christmas pudding, using prunes instead of raisins & inc foraged nuts.
They Can't Ration These by Vicomte de Mauduit (1940) approached wartime shortages in a very different way to most writers...1/2 🎄
An unusual wartime recipe for christmas pudding, using prunes instead of raisins & inc foraged nuts.
They Can't Ration These by Vicomte de Mauduit (1940) approached wartime shortages in a very different way to most writers...1/2 🎄
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget
Recipe for "hard sauce", aka brandy butter. From The Country Life Cookery Book, by journalist and prolific food writer Ambrose Heath. First pub 1937, with illustrations by Eric Ravilious.
I prefer custard, what about you?
#Christmas 🎄
Recipe for "hard sauce", aka brandy butter. From The Country Life Cookery Book, by journalist and prolific food writer Ambrose Heath. First pub 1937, with illustrations by Eric Ravilious.
I prefer custard, what about you?
#Christmas 🎄
December 3, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget
Recipe for "hard sauce", aka brandy butter. From The Country Life Cookery Book, by journalist and prolific food writer Ambrose Heath. First pub 1937, with illustrations by Eric Ravilious.
I prefer custard, what about you?
#Christmas 🎄
Recipe for "hard sauce", aka brandy butter. From The Country Life Cookery Book, by journalist and prolific food writer Ambrose Heath. First pub 1937, with illustrations by Eric Ravilious.
I prefer custard, what about you?
#Christmas 🎄
Yes, I'm religious. I believe in the holy trinity
December 3, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Yes, I'm religious. I believe in the holy trinity
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Found Ruby Sunday's middle name
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
December 3, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Found Ruby Sunday's middle name
#DoctorWho
#DoctorWho
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget
In the early 1920s, Lady Agnes Jekyll wrote food based essays for The Times. This one covers a nice luncheon for your friends from the country who have come to town to do their #Christmas shopping.
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In the early 1920s, Lady Agnes Jekyll wrote food based essays for The Times. This one covers a nice luncheon for your friends from the country who have come to town to do their #Christmas shopping.
1/
December 2, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget
In the early 1920s, Lady Agnes Jekyll wrote food based essays for The Times. This one covers a nice luncheon for your friends from the country who have come to town to do their #Christmas shopping.
1/
In the early 1920s, Lady Agnes Jekyll wrote food based essays for The Times. This one covers a nice luncheon for your friends from the country who have come to town to do their #Christmas shopping.
1/
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget
Today, a menu from the wonderfully named Please M'm, the Butcher! by Beatrice Guarrachino. Published somewhere between 1906 and 1916, & aimed at the middle class housewife.
1/2
Today, a menu from the wonderfully named Please M'm, the Butcher! by Beatrice Guarrachino. Published somewhere between 1906 and 1916, & aimed at the middle class housewife.
1/2
December 1, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget
Today, a menu from the wonderfully named Please M'm, the Butcher! by Beatrice Guarrachino. Published somewhere between 1906 and 1916, & aimed at the middle class housewife.
1/2
Today, a menu from the wonderfully named Please M'm, the Butcher! by Beatrice Guarrachino. Published somewhere between 1906 and 1916, & aimed at the middle class housewife.
1/2
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget
Yule cake. Not the chocolate log, but something with spice and fruit. But, is it a cake?
The ingredients say cake
The method says biscuit
The cooking time says rusk/lump of charcoal...so what is it?
Only one way to find out 🎄
Yule cake. Not the chocolate log, but something with spice and fruit. But, is it a cake?
The ingredients say cake
The method says biscuit
The cooking time says rusk/lump of charcoal...so what is it?
Only one way to find out 🎄
November 30, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored or forget
Yule cake. Not the chocolate log, but something with spice and fruit. But, is it a cake?
The ingredients say cake
The method says biscuit
The cooking time says rusk/lump of charcoal...so what is it?
Only one way to find out 🎄
Yule cake. Not the chocolate log, but something with spice and fruit. But, is it a cake?
The ingredients say cake
The method says biscuit
The cooking time says rusk/lump of charcoal...so what is it?
Only one way to find out 🎄
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In light of these allegations I can no longer enjoy my Gregg Wallace ham. 😔
November 29, 2024 at 12:16 PM
In light of these allegations I can no longer enjoy my Gregg Wallace ham. 😔
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored 🎄
Apple Florentine. An apple pie finished off with hot spiced ale.
Once considered as indispensable at christmas as orange jelly...times have changed, sadly. I vote to bring back both!
From: Good Things in England, by Florence White. 1st pub 1932
Apple Florentine. An apple pie finished off with hot spiced ale.
Once considered as indispensable at christmas as orange jelly...times have changed, sadly. I vote to bring back both!
From: Good Things in England, by Florence White. 1st pub 1932
November 29, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Something Christmassy every day until I get bored 🎄
Apple Florentine. An apple pie finished off with hot spiced ale.
Once considered as indispensable at christmas as orange jelly...times have changed, sadly. I vote to bring back both!
From: Good Things in England, by Florence White. 1st pub 1932
Apple Florentine. An apple pie finished off with hot spiced ale.
Once considered as indispensable at christmas as orange jelly...times have changed, sadly. I vote to bring back both!
From: Good Things in England, by Florence White. 1st pub 1932