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Richard Fitch

@tudorcook.bsky.social

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Historic Kitchens Manager at Hampton Court Palace, he/him, experimental historian, tiresome lay-about. All views own, yada yada yada. No expectation of mutual following.

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Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 1d

As you dig out your chunky knitwear from the back of the draw, I know you are wondering: 'How did people prepare for winter 400 years ago?'

Read today's post to find out (and whet your appetite for our new book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England)

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England I: Winter is Coming

This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 2d

FFS!

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 2d

St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem

Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 3d

Better test it I suppose 😎

Fantastic....quince jelly on a sharp cheddar. I think I might know what's for lunch now. Shame there's no crackers in the house

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 3d

Now the washing up 😟

Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 3d

So just over 1300ml of jelly from about 1.5kg of quince (about 6 fruit). Not bad... Xmas gifts sorted!

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 3d

Into the hot jars, then lids on pretty sharpish

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 3d

No, he's a moron
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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 3d

IT'S ALIVE!

Boiling quince jelly foaming to the top of the pan

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 3d

That's where I ended up in the end as I didn't trust the thermometer

a man wearing a helmet and goggles is holding a rifle

Alt: Star wars trench run, Luke turned off his targeting computer

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 3d

About 4°c to go, heading to a nice ruby colour at the moment

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 3d

Day 2 of the quince jelly....BOIL!!!

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 4d

Now for the drip drying phase!

Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 4d

Other, not order...doh

Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 4d

I have then turned the filtered out fruit into marmalade, but it's a risky job as it fills the kitchen with alcohol vapour and you get pretty tipsy/a banging headache when boiling it 😉

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 4d

Order good uses for the fruit if the marmalade or jelly is too much hassle tends to be chopping it fine then steeping in gin or vodka for 6 months to a year before filtering and drinking.

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 4d

On toast, on cheese, on crackers with cheese, with brie and bacon in a sandwich, as a glaze on gammon, it's a pretty endless list to be honest 😎

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 4d

Kitchen is starting to smell fantastic now!

Quince about halfway through cooking for the first stage of making quince jelly

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kugehouse 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @kugehouse.bsky.social · 4d

My own family cookbook from the 1790s has a recipe for Mutton Cabob’d

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 4d

And to clarify, I don't use the windfalls as they tend to fall into the area of the garden that the local cats use as their loo! I'm not that desperate for quince to use 😎

Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 4d

Probably shouldn't have waited so long to harvest the quince from the tree...only got 7kg to turn to jelly. The other 3/4 went to windfall, and last night's storm didn't help.