Welcome to the first postbag edition of ‘The British Food History Podcast’.

On this episode: memories of Glyn Hughes; listeners letters; Yorkshire puddings; and new book news.

Links to things mentioned on this episode:

‘The Foods of England’ website: http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/

Glyn Hughes’s book ‘The Surprising History of Fish and Chips’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471631656

Contain the Samaritans 116 123 or go to www.samaritans.org

Mind website: www.mind.uk

Smack Barm Pea Wet video: https://youtu.be/N_oIys5KS4A

The ‘Peniarth Manuscript 513D’ manuscript via The National Library of Wales: https://viewer.library.wales/4631573#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdamsssl.llgc.org.uk%2Fiiif%2F2.0%2F4631573%2Fmanifest.json&xywh=-193%2C-450%2C3844%2C5793

My post from the ‘Neil Cooks Grigson’ blog on Cawl (apologies for the terrible photo): http://neilcooksgrigson.blogspot.com/2008/12/98-cawl.html

My ‘Savouries’ blog post which includes my recipe for Welsh Rarebit: https://britishfoodhistory.com/2018/02/05/savouries/

The New York Times article about Dutch Babies: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6648-dutch-baby

‘The Great Book of Yorkshire Pudding’ by Elaine Lemm is published by Great Northern Books: https://www.gnbooks.co.uk/product/great-book-yorkshire-pudding/

Elaine’s YouTube video about making Yorkshire Puddings: https://youtu.be/lQfMw0nbjKY

Podcast episodes referred to:

The Foods of England Project with Glyn Hughes

Lent Episode 6: Social Evolution and Lent

Cheddar and the Cheese Industry with Peter Atkins

Gingerbread with Sam Bilton

A Dark History of Sugar Parts 1 & 2

A Dark History of Chocolate with Emma Kay

British

Saffron with Sam Bilton

Yorkshire

Pudding with Elaine Lemm

Savouries

Neil’s book A Dark History of Sugar is available now from all bookshops as well as from the publisher Pen & Sword: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-Dark-History-of-Sugar-Hardback/p/20481

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