Volunteers Needed!
Thinking about volunteering this Spring? Why not join our team at Nottingham Industrial Museum? You'll get to work at a site full of history, and you'll be making a real difference to our visitors. We…
September’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen – Grantham Gingerbreads
September’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen Many of the recipes (or to be correctly English, I should call these receipts, because the word recipe is French) on offer in the kitchen on Steaming Sundays have…
August’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen – Treacle Tart
August in the Victorian Kitchen So far, all the dishes produced for each Steaming Sunday have been made from recipes common in the early years of Victoria’s reign. This month is different, and its name…
July’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen – Geneva Buns
July in the Victorian Kitchen July’s Recipe from The Victorian Kitchen This month’s Steaming Sunday’s ‘A Taste of History’ is called by Eliza Acton – Geneva buns, and by Isabella Beeton – Plain buns (she…
June’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen
June in the Victorian Kitchen Steaming Sunday this month coincided with our fabulous Steampunk Extravaganza weekend. So, the Victorian Kitchen had as a ‘Taste of History’ samples of all the recipes on offer so far…
May’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen
Acton Gingerbread This month’s Steaming Sunday recipe contained a very Victorian product - Treacle. It comes in many different forms ranging from light through to very dark. And it is this ingredient which has caused…
April’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen
As April’s Steaming Sunday came hard on the heels of the Bank Holiday, I thought I would continue the Easter theme for this month’s recipe. These Somerset Easter Cakes or Sedgemoor Easter Cakes are “homely”…
A Recipe for Easter from the Victorian Kitchen
A Recipe for Easter from the Victorian Kitchen Question – When is a cake not a cake? Answer – When it’s a biscuit! Intrigued? . . . . . Read on . . . …