A Mrs Beeton Recipe: Nut! Sandwiches!

Post published:August 20, 2020
Post category:Food History
Reading time:2 mins read

Say hi to the grossest historical recipe I've ever made! A little while ago, I was talking to a friend about the "Vegetarian Cookery" section of my c.1938 copy of Mrs Beeton's Household Management. I told them that I was pleasantly surprised at some of these recipes.⁠ Then I saw…

A Mrs Beeton recipe: Tomatoes, Stuffed, With Mushrooms

Post published:March 16, 2015
Post category:Food History Reading
Reading time:3 mins read

Last year, I found a copy of Mrs Beeton’s Household Management in a secondhand book store, and snapped it up eagerly. It isn't obvious when it was printed. A previous owner wrote her name and the year 1944, but certain things made me believe this was already a few years old when…

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