Mrs Bird’s VE DAY
Mrs Bird's VE Day Memories and Recipes Homemade Beef Roll 8oz (250g) minced beef 4oz (125g) ham or bacon - very finely chopped or minced 3oz (75g) fresh breadcrumbs 1 egg Seasoning Mix all the…
Mays VE Cake – Dorset Apple Cake
A Wartime Recipe from The Victorian Kitchen VE Day 1945 was a time of national celebration; it was seen as a time of togetherness. So, it does seem rather ironic that 75 years on, the…
February’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen
Our visitors to the museum for Steaming Sunday this month will have the opportunity to sample a real favourite of the Victorian times. Caraway Seed Cake. This was a must on most tea tables. And…
January’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen Celebrates Australia Day with Anzac Biscuits
January’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen Celebrates Australia Day with Anzac Biscuits It seemed appropriate to start 2020 by widening our net of Victorian recipes to include one from the Commonwealth, particularly as January 26th…
The Victorian Kitchen Celebrates – The Chinese New Year
The Victorian Kitchen Celebrates – The Chinese New Year Visitors to the museum this Saturday were able to celebrate “The Year of the Rat” by taking part in a Tea Tasting. Some even had a…
A Christmas Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen – Mincepies!
A Christmas Recipe for Mincemeat and Mincepies from The Victorian Kitchen Our Victorian Christmas weekend highlighted the Christmas Pudding, so naturally this Steaming Sunday’s ‘Taste of History’ has to showcase another Festive Favourite – Mincemeat…
December’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen – Three Christmas Puddings!
Christmas Puddings from The Victorian Kitchen There’s still time . . . . .. . . . It’s not too late . . . . . . . . . . . If you get…
November’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen – Cattern Cakes
November’s Recipe from The Victorian Kitchen All good things, so it is said, come to him or her, who wait. Well, I’ve waited since January for this weekend to come. Way back on that cold…
The October’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen – Imperials
October’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen When researching recipes each month, Eliza Acton’s and Isabella Beeton’s books, along with several others, are trawled for possible “Tastes of History”. The choices available are both many and…
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
Easter Cakes (or if you prefer) Easter Biscuits! Question – When is a cake not a cake? Answer – When it’s a biscuit! Intrigued? . . . Read on . . . Visitors to the…
March’s Recipe from the Victorian Kitchen
This month’s recipe has a very long history. Jumbles go so far back in the mists of time that their origins have almost entered the realms of myths and legends – returning Crusaders, Venetian merchant…
February’s Recipe from our Victorian Kitchen
Before the general use of ‘chemical’ raising agents - Bicarbonate of Soda and Baking Powder - there were only two ways of making flour mixtures light. Either beating eggs for over an hour to trap…
Card Making Craft Workshop
Learn how to create unique, hand-crafted greetings cards with crafter Amy Potter.