Condensed History of the Lancashire Hotpot! Lancashire is located in the North West of England. Lancashire hotpot was a convenience meal for the hard working pre-industrial lancashire population. Many women worked at home spinning cotton so there was less time to cook meals. After industrialisation of the cotton industry many women and children were […]
Vegan or Vegetarian Scottish Stovies Scottish people have been enjoying Stovies for centuries. A variant of Stovies are thought to have originated sometime during the 16th-18th centuries, when servants used the leftovers of their employers dinners to create their own meals. In recent history, Stovies are still a leftover meal. The word Stovies is a […]
Hungarian goulash is the national meal of Hungary. Hungarians have been enjoying goulash since the 9th Century! The dish was commonly eaten by Medieval hungarian shepherds, and the word goulash actually means herdsman. Chunks of meat and onions were traditionally the main ingredients, with other additions added throughout the centuries. Sometime between the 16-18th Century, […]
I absolutely love old recipe books. I love searching charity shops for really old cook books and pouring through each treasure I find. I live on an Island so charity shops are few and far between, so scouring on Amazon and Ebay for second hand copies of amazing old books comes in at a close […]