Annie Gray
@dranniegray.bsky.social
Food historian, mainly British food ca1650 on. Writer, consultant, speaker. #BBCTKC panellist. Author of many books - the latest The Bookshop, the Draper, The Candlestick Maker: a history of the High Street. Also grows vegetables, often badly.
Oh, I don't know - dose it in enough brandy and most things are edible.
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Oh, I don't know - dose it in enough brandy and most things are edible.
Modern ones are not a patch on older ones. Need something pre war, really.
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Modern ones are not a patch on older ones. Need something pre war, really.
It is rather post-Cromwellian, I agree.
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It is rather post-Cromwellian, I agree.
This kind of thing, but this was straight quince, not a custard version.
November 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This kind of thing, but this was straight quince, not a custard version.
It is basically a quince custard, as you'll have surmised. Probably would have been baked in a pastry crust, which I'd blind bake first and do as a tart - though to be more in keeping with the era, probably with a cut-lid.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It is basically a quince custard, as you'll have surmised. Probably would have been baked in a pastry crust, which I'd blind bake first and do as a tart - though to be more in keeping with the era, probably with a cut-lid.
I last had it in March and it did similar - I am really hoping to recover rather more quickly this time round as it has hit at my very busiest time. URGH.
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I last had it in March and it did similar - I am really hoping to recover rather more quickly this time round as it has hit at my very busiest time. URGH.
I loved it. I mean, I'll watch Joanna Scanlan in anything, but the whole ensemble was incredible.
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I loved it. I mean, I'll watch Joanna Scanlan in anything, but the whole ensemble was incredible.
Oh god, nightmare. I think i had it earlier this year, and it took me a good month to feel mainly human. But that's not a year! My sympathies.
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Oh god, nightmare. I think i had it earlier this year, and it took me a good month to feel mainly human. But that's not a year! My sympathies.
Must be, surely? Feels sort of 1870sish?
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Must be, surely? Feels sort of 1870sish?
I rather love this!
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I rather love this!
You can stream it via M6, the channel on which it is shown, if you have a VPN (change the region to France). Otherwise I think episodes are sometimes on YouTube.
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
You can stream it via M6, the channel on which it is shown, if you have a VPN (change the region to France). Otherwise I think episodes are sometimes on YouTube.
Yep, though not for a while as I lost the will.
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Yep, though not for a while as I lost the will.
I'd recommend the history festival to anyone local - but also to my fellow historians as a really nice thing to do if you're invited.
And if more people in the world were like Tom, and more social enterprises like The Long Table / The Old Dept Store existed then we'd all be in a much better place.
And if more people in the world were like Tom, and more social enterprises like The Long Table / The Old Dept Store existed then we'd all be in a much better place.
October 31, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I'd recommend the history festival to anyone local - but also to my fellow historians as a really nice thing to do if you're invited.
And if more people in the world were like Tom, and more social enterprises like The Long Table / The Old Dept Store existed then we'd all be in a much better place.
And if more people in the world were like Tom, and more social enterprises like The Long Table / The Old Dept Store existed then we'd all be in a much better place.
Well, this sounds like an excellent plan.
October 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Well, this sounds like an excellent plan.
I love a suet pudding.
October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I love a suet pudding.