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Sunday, April 02, 2017

A Passion for Passionfruit.

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A recent and ongoing glut of passionfruit made me realise that this is a fruit I have not considered on this blog so far, so today I want...
Sunday, March 26, 2017

Horseradish from the Drumstick Tree?

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There was a great deal of interest in far north Queensland in the early decades of settlement in the potential for developing profitable ...
Sunday, March 19, 2017

Feminine Food: “Food That Looks Pretty” (1934)

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Last week I gave you some ideas on how to “ feed the brute ,” 1930’s style.  This week I am delighted to provide, from the same era, some...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Menus for Men: Feed the Brute, 1934.

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As regular readers know, one of the sources I return to regularly is the scripts of The United States Department of Agriculture Radio Ser...
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Sunday, March 05, 2017

Give them Bread, not Muffins or Cake.

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“Muffins” are, if we are honest enough to admit it, simply an excuse to eat cake for breakfast. Or at least they are nowadays. Once upon ...
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Dinner with Victor Hugo, 1872.

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Today, February 26, is the anniversary of the birth of the famous French writer, Victor Hugo, in Besançon, in 1802. Quite serendipitously...
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Sunday, February 19, 2017

The Cheese Ration: Digestible Dishes, 1941.

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I have talked about rationing in Britain in WW II on a number of occasions in the past, but there is always more to explore on the subjec...