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Apple & Date Bread
Adapted from The Great War Cookbook (1918) by May Byron I made this bread as part of a food demonstration I gave at Arundel Museum for...
sjfbilton
May 13, 20163 min read


Hodge Podge of Duck
It’s a little unfair to label this most ancient of stews as ‘confused’. When you read the recipe from the fourteenth century Form of Cury...
sjfbilton
Mar 5, 20162 min read


Medlar Tart & Spiced Medlar Vinegar
There has been a lot of interest in my earlier posts about medlars so I thought it was about time I came up with some more recipes using...
sjfbilton
Nov 27, 20142 min read


Christmas is coming...Medlar Mincemeat
Last weekend The Observer reported that only 7% of people who took part in a recent survey said they would make a Christmas pudding from...
sjfbilton
Dec 2, 20123 min read


Let the bletting begin
Some food stuffs are are fiddly to prepare but are well worth the effort. One such food is the medlar, a fruit which is in danger of...
sjfbilton
Nov 27, 20123 min read


Coconut Poached Chicken in a Creamy Curry Dressing
“One would not venture to serve, to a large number of guests of varying and unknown tastes, a curry dish in the generally accepted sense...
sjfbilton
May 30, 20123 min read


Earl Grey Hot Cross Buns
Hot cross buns! One a penny, two a penny! Hot cross buns! This is a familiar rhyme at Easter although it has been decades since you could...
sjfbilton
Apr 3, 20124 min read
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