Fricassee: Meat cut into pieces and stewed in gravy. Fricassee of Words: Musings on food-inspired expressions, words and word play, with occasional bits and pieces of kitchen jargon too. Don't stir the pot, go fry an egg, two eggs in a basket are better than one hen in the bush... you get the picture by… Continue reading Fricassee of Words – To Eat Humble Pie
Category: Food Facts & Lore
Flying Fruitcake & Queen Victoria’s Good Manners
A brief overview of fruitcake through the ages... and through the air. The Romans made a fruit and nut-based bread containing pine nuts, raisins and pomegranate seed mixed into a barley mash. You know, that actually sounds quite good. This type of food sustained troops during campaigns away from home. Asterix, a famous cartoon character… Continue reading Flying Fruitcake & Queen Victoria’s Good Manners
Sauces… Tomato and Otherwise – Part 2
In Part 1, we explored the origins of sauces, dating back to the only recorded evidence of Roman cuisine by Marcus Gavius Apicius, in the first century A.D. While sauces may have masked the evidence of time-altered foods in the past, this is not to say that the gourmets of the time did not add… Continue reading Sauces… Tomato and Otherwise – Part 2
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