The bread I eat in London, is a deleterious paste, mixed up with chalk, alum, and bone ashes: insipid to the taste, and destructive to the constitution.
Tobias Smollett, ‘The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker’ (1771)
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RECIPE FOR BROWNIE BITES…
BROWNIE BITES… Ingredients 350g (12oz) Dark Chocolate 250g (9oz) Butter 250g (9oz) Soft Brown Sugar 3 free range eggs 1 tsp Baking Powder 50g (2oz) plain flour 75g (3oz) pecans or walnuts 50g (2oz) miniature […]
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BACK OFF, DIETERS AFTERNOON TEA SHOULD NEVER BE SKINNY
I just loved this headline in the Telegraph recently. The writer of the article Olivia Goldsmith says Afternoon tea is more than just a meal. Those warm scones and clotted cream have nothing to do […]
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HOT FRUIT TRIFLE RECIPE 1950’s STYLE…
Ingredients 3 5 sponge cakes pieces or trifle sponges 2 tablespoons sponge cake crumbs 1 tablespoon jam (your favourite flavour) 1 tin of fruit in syrup ( to match the jam) 1 pint custard […]
Bet the Londoners enjoyed their unique bread…:>> xx
I’m sure they did :)):)
I wish it was enough to put me off bread – but it isn’t :no:
Oh, me to – I love bread, every type or should I say any type 🙂
Okay to bread one good tea. In tea time 4 pm I like to drink some Earl grey, but with milk plese. 😉
:)):) x