Posted in - Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Rationing on February 8th 2014
bread bread puddings jam Mrs C.S. Peel rationing WW1
This was written in 1915 before rationing became official in 1917. However, using up the scraps was very much part of life, with the price of food having risen, and submarine warfare reducing the amount of produce successfully arriving on our shores from Canada and America. If I had to have this every week, or even …
Posted in - Bake & Mrs C.S. Peel's Recipes & Recipes on May 8th 2013
bake bread butter chewy rolls soup vienna
Gradually working my way through my great great Granny’s recipes and adapting as I go, I was so excited to discover these buns. From “Still Room Cookery (1905)” Article.
The rolls in the nearer part of the photograph which are not glossy have not been brushed with milk. The shinier at the back of the photograph …
Posted in - Bake & Recipes & Vegetarian on April 9th 2013
bread breakfast chewy crusty
Absence explained – the snow of the Alps beckoned, followed by my daughter’s 6th birthday and now the allure of a sabbatical style year in the midi-Pyrenees – unfortunately the children and I are the only ones who really want to do this!
I think we have eaten more garlic snails in the last week than …
Posted in - Bake & Healthy Recipes & Recipes on January 25th 2013
bread breakfast Honey wholemeal
This is totally yummy toasted, untoasted, for breakfast – especially good with honey and a cup of tea – and if you make Gravlax – justice is done.
Ingredients
350g strong wholemeal flour
150g strong white bread flour
7g sachet dried yeast
1tsp salt
30g honey
1 egg (not essential)
250mls or more, or warm water
1. Place all the ingredients except the water in …