Monday, August 27, 2018
Monday, August 20, 2018
Cheese Toaster for Welsh Rarebit ... or Rabbit
Monday, August 13, 2018
Shoo fly! Protecting food on the table - Punkhas, fly covers, meat safes
Flies were a nuisance and a danger, such as "fly blown" - flies leaving eggs on meat which turned into maggots. Punkas - large fans suspended from the ceiling moved by a cord - were popular in India and the American South. Other methods described below included meat safes, dish (fly) covers, cloth over milk, meat or windows; spices or chemicals. Painting from 1637 depicts a fly on the bread.
Monday, August 6, 2018
Cavendish bananas, the Duke of Devonshire & Sir Joseph Paxton
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