https://www.apinchoftime.co.uk/blog daily 0.75 2026-02-16 https://www.apinchoftime.co.uk/blog/cherry-brandy-and-a-courtship monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/80f8bc1d-46aa-4e8c-8a6e-875b6a2fcc31/cherry+brandy.jpeg Blog - Love and cherry brandy - To make Cherry Brandy / My Father’s Fill a jar with morello cherries when they are quite ripe, then put as much brandy on there as the jar will hold. Let it lye on there for 3 months, then pour the liquor off the fruit, & to every gallon of Brandy add one lb of white sugar candy pounded [i.e. icing sugar] – Bottle & cork it well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/53d00008-65cd-40c6-95dd-b62e7cb63295/IMG_5034.jpg Blog - Love and cherry brandy - Make it stand out Sir John Gillman, Emily’s father https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/902ffeb1-2a76-4656-9ea5-80c8394d48c1/IMG_5033.jpg Blog - Love and cherry brandy - Make it stand out Hannah Miller, Emily’s mother https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/b44e42f1-9a15-4c26-b3a6-6cd7a19af18e/SCM.jpg Blog - Love and cherry brandy - Make it stand out Sarah Catherine Martin. In 1805, she published The comic adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and her dog which became hugely popular and was reprinted several times. https://www.apinchoftime.co.uk/blog/cheese-toasties-happy-birthday-jane-austen monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/db9c6148-f23e-4380-949a-6535ca788517/Cheese+toasties.jpeg Blog - Cheese toasties – happy birthday, Jane Austen - Cheese Sandwiches / Aunt L. Martin Take grated cheese, mix it with butter & mustard to a paste, spread it thick on thin slices of bread cut into the form you like, & bake it light brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/e99ff8ac-263c-42de-b4b1-cf858257420c/CassandraAusten-JaneAusten%28c.1810%29_hires.jpg Blog - Cheese toasties – happy birthday, Jane Austen - Make it stand out A sketch of Jane Austen drawn by her sister, Cassandra Austen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/d1215106-9742-4d82-899d-e445447a5ca2/IMG_4673.jpeg Blog - Cheese toasties – happy birthday, Jane Austen - Make it stand out The oak-panelled dining room in Chawton House, with the table set for a Regency feast when I visited in November. Jane Austen dined here – did Emily’s grandfather too? https://www.apinchoftime.co.uk/blog/mince-pies-for-the-win monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/b4129097-678b-4ed3-b719-2333b12f0190/Mincemeat.jpeg Blog - The best mince pies - Mince Meat – very good / Mrs W. Powell 1 3/4 lb of suet, 2 1/4 lb of raisins, 2 lb of currants, 3/4 lb of Sugar, 3 large apples – the peel & juice of 2 large lemons, 1/3 a pint of Brandy, 1/4 pint of wine – very little nutmeg, & a very little salt – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/cd8ddc5b-2aa2-4320-b6fc-c1c467fb8290/Mincemeat1.jpeg Blog - The best mince pies - Make it stand out The mincemeat mixture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/4f4f6b78-7ee8-4591-a033-86d28b1396cd/IMG_4750.jpeg Blog - The best mince pies - Make it stand out And the tempting platter of mince pies! https://www.apinchoftime.co.uk/blog/stir-up-sunday-plum-puddings monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/e5ebc905-74af-4c67-baf5-209d1858d5c3/Plum+pudding+2.jpg Blog - Stir-up Sunday – an excellent plum pudding - An excellent Plum Pudding / Lady Miller 1 lb of Beef suet when skinned & shred fine – a lb of raisins stoned, a 1/4 lb of Currants - 1/2 a lb of Flour – a 1/4 lb of sugar – a little nutmeg – a little Salt, 4 spoonsfull of cream & 4 of Brandy 4 eggs – Boil it 5 hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/5ad9afbd-bff2-4091-9f3f-cbf5668c6260/Plum+pudding.jpg Blog - Stir-up Sunday – an excellent plum pudding - Plumb Pudding / My gd’mother’s Half a lb of raisins, 1/2 lb suet, 1/2 lb Flour – Grated ginger & salt, a wineglass of white wine, 4 spoonsfull of treacle, instead of eggs it must be boiled 6 hours https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/28117ede-0fee-4bed-94ef-e0434e3d0946/IMG_0497-2-1357x2048.jpg Blog - Stir-up Sunday – an excellent plum pudding - Make it stand out A Victorian lady proudly serves a plum pudding (Illustrated London News, 21 Dec. 1867) https://www.apinchoftime.co.uk/blog/to-dress-a-macaroni-cheese-optional monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/5e71e29f-0a7b-4eba-af2a-2fe34c25139a/Dress+macaroni.jpg Blog - To dress [a] macaroni – cheese optional - To dress Maccaroni / My Mother’s 3 oz of piped Maccaroni boiled gently for 2 hours in 2 Quarts of water, quarter of an oz of Butter, & a little salt – When very tender strain the water off, & add one oz of raw butter, & a 1/4 lb of Parmesan cheese grated, season it with pepper & salt to your taste, top it well till it is thoroughly mixed with the Cheese. Serve it up in a well warmed dish – serve a little of the cheese to strew over the top of the maccaroni – it should not be put over the fire after the cheese is in – reserve the finishing till the moment of serving it up – If you think it more relishing you may add a small slice of Ham, when you boil the maccaroni, & it is much better when the maccaroni is steeped the night before in good veal Broth & the yolk of an Egg is added instead of the butter — N.B. This is also a good receipt for a Pie omitting the Cheese https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/32c23d90-535e-4d00-9f06-ea63d072e044/Macaroni+soup.jpg Blog - To dress [a] macaroni – cheese optional - Maccaroni Soup / My Mother’s Take a knuckle of veal, six lb of lean beef, 1/2 lb lean Ham, 2 fowls cut small – Put it into a stew pan with 6 quarts of water, stir it well, add 3 onions, one carrot, 3 heads of celery, a little mace, allspice & white pepper – when boiled & strained, put a 1/4 lb Maccaroni boiled tender, let it boil before you put in the seasoning – For the seasoning take 9 yolks of eggs & a pint of thick cream mixed well – You may make a rice soup & Vermicelli this way by putting the same quantity of rice or Vermicelli. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/f6db8f5b-2a29-44fe-a528-2ee0dae5e6fc/Welladay%21_is_this_my_son_Tom%21_%28BM_1935%2C0522.1.38%29.jpg Blog - To dress [a] macaroni – cheese optional - Make it stand out A horrified father encounters his ‘macaroni’ son in the street! https://www.apinchoftime.co.uk/blog/an-apple-a-day-especially-on-21-october monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/85cd8e53-cbc4-44c3-9418-227ebca09d15/Apple+jelly+1.jpeg Blog - An apple a day … especially on 21 October - Apple Jelly Take some of the best Russett apples, cut them in quarters, peel them, & take out the pips & core very carefully – put them in a pan upon the fire with enough water to let them float easily, when the fruit is become a marmalade, take them off the fire, & pour it upon a sieve well cleaned, place that over a bowl to receive what passes through the sieve, & then let that pass thru’ a jelly bag after having measured your liquor [?] then take an equal quantity of clarified sugar & put them together, taking care to stir them well while on the fire, to prevent rising over the pan which it is apt to do – When your liquor forms a sort of skin you take it off the fire & put it into your preserving pots, but not cover it up till the next day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/bc3f7c0f-57dc-4cad-9a71-041063a17d2d/Apple+Charlotte+1.jpeg Blog - An apple a day … especially on 21 October - Charlotte apple pie / Mrs C. Parry Cut as many slices of white bread cut very thin as will cover the bottom & sides of the dish first rubbing the dish or Pan very thick with butter; then cut apples in slices put a layer with some white sugar strewed over it, & a few slices of butter, do this till the dish is full, then cover them with thin slices of bread, & put on the lid of a stewpan & press it down hard – Bake it 3 hours, & turn it out of the Pan & serve it – It should look a fine brown – Half a lb of butter is the proper quantity to use – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/47961e6e-55e6-4617-940b-8526cc905e25/IMG_4412.jpeg Blog - An apple a day … especially on 21 October - Make it stand out Rosemary Russetts, a variety of eating apple grown in the heritage orchard at Stourhead in Wiltshire (photographed October 2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/533e4a95-1b01-4d6c-9c7c-fa85dc8fa3dd/Sarah_Rigby_Parry_%28page_139_crop%29.jpg Blog - An apple a day … especially on 21 October - Make it stand out Sarah Parry (Chronicles of the Garniers of Hampshire during four centuries 1530–1900 via Wikimedia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/d926b21e-5136-4f11-95ec-f3532e4705d0/IMG_4471.jpeg Blog - An apple a day … especially on 21 October - Make it stand out Sarah Parry’s Charlotte apple pie https://www.apinchoftime.co.uk/blog/seed-cake-a-common-recipe-with-a-royal-twist monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/0b9274c8-5cf5-4fcf-b553-184cf85fab6e/Lady+Miller+seed+cake.jpeg Blog - Seed cake - a common recipe with a royal twist - To make a common seed cake / Lady Miller, my great gd-mother’s Take two Pounds of flour, rub in it 6 oz of Powdered sugar, mix an oz of Carraway seeds beaten – near a pint & half of milk with half a pound of butter melted in it – Two spoonsful of new yeast – make it up into a paste – set it to the fire to rise – Bake it in a quick oven – It will take an hour & a half baking – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/2e767e67-2ec2-4cda-9ee9-e0bfcb92af6a/Seed+cake+without+butter.jpeg Blog - Seed cake - a common recipe with a royal twist - A seed cake without butter / My Mother’s A lb & 1/2 of fine flour, a lb & 1/2 of fine sugar sifted, put before a fire till they are dry & warm, then beat 12 eggs very well with a whisk, & put in the sugar & flour by degrees, & beat it to a white froth, then add an oz of carraway seeds & bake it – https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/0b9f6029-82d5-4d2d-a3ed-a3dade90b508/Circle_of_Nathaniel_Dance_Holland_-_Portrait_of_Anne%2C_Countess_of_Albemarle.jpg Blog - Seed cake - a common recipe with a royal twist - Make it stand out Emily’s great-aunt (and Queen Camilla’s five-times great-grandmother), Anne, Countess of Albermarle – the seed cake recipe is her mother’s (attr. circle of Nathaniel Dance-Holland, via Wikimedia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/992e663e-d08f-4652-9d22-c6903c14b537/Seed+cake+3.jpeg Blog - Seed cake - a common recipe with a royal twist - Make it stand out Seed cake without butter (but whisky recommended!) https://www.apinchoftime.co.uk/blog/for-the-love-of-coffee-with-or-without-giblets monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/9844982c-cb83-4f7c-bc17-6e9d5d0838de/Good+coffee.jpeg Blog - For the love of coffee – with or without giblets - To make Good Coffee / Lady Miller A Quarter of a pound of Coffee to two quarts of water – the boiling water to be poured on the Coffee in a biggin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/f8b426bb-36da-4fbf-b3ed-4ce51995c3cf/Giblet+soup.jpeg Blog - For the love of coffee – with or without giblets - To make Giblet Soup / from the Cook at the British Coffee House, London Get 4 sets of Giblets, cleaned & cut in small pieces, put them on the fire in 3 quarts of strong Broth, when boiled 3/4 of an hour strain them off & save the liquor, put the Giblets in cold water & wash them and immediately have ready 4 large onions minced small a handful of knotted marjoram, a handful of Basil, a large handful of Parsley, some mushrooms – 1lb of Ham cut in little dices, put them into a stew pan with a 1/4 lb of butter – stew the herbs till they are tender, put a handful of Ham, two teaspoonsful of Allspice stirring all together for about 10 minutes then add the liquor that the Giblets were stewed in, let it boil for half an hour, then rub it through the Tammy*, & put the Giblets & soup together, boil them up with a pint of Madeira & season it with cayenne Pepper & salt to your taste – NB when the Giblets are old they require more stewing – * A ‘tamis’ (pronounced tammy as Emily spelled it) is a drum-shaped fine sieve used for straining liquids or aerating flour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/ed06f0bc-7f77-41f4-a58a-10f6a0b9a7e7/MEB+Dieppe.png Blog - For the love of coffee – with or without giblets - Make it stand out Emily and her daughter Emily Hannah on their visit to France in 1843. They were photographed in Dieppe by Félix Devisuzanne using the new daguerreotype process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/fadfd01d-fdef-433a-8f6f-f74510d77000/British+Coffee+House.png Blog - For the love of coffee – with or without giblets - Make it stand out Tallis’s London Street Views, c. 1839 https://www.apinchoftime.co.uk/blog/its-coming-up-apples-two-puddings-for-autumn-bounty monthly 0.5 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/c45b0be9-dfdc-4f79-95f5-75dcf7477f82/Baked+apple+pudding.jpg Blog - It’s coming up apples – two puddings for autumn bounty - Baked apple pudding /Mrs W. Powell Baked Apple Pudding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/73a2eb03-edae-4708-86ef-198a2d0650ac/Eve%27s+pudding.jpg Blog - It’s coming up apples – two puddings for autumn bounty - Eve’s pudding /Ditto [ie Mrs Powell] 6 eggs, 6 apples peeled & chopped fine, 6 oz of crumbs of bread grated very fine, 6 oz of currants well picked, 6 oz of sugar, a little nutmeg & cinnamon, let it boil full 3 hours very slowly – wine & butter sauce https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/1e334ffa-4dd7-4570-8cb8-dfbaef03d82d/IMG_4308.jpeg Blog - It’s coming up apples – two puddings for autumn bounty - Make it stand out A laden apple tree in Somerset in September 2025 – but I doubt the scene was much different in 1825! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/698c9edc17403422bc273ab0/a6752d71-921c-4833-9405-37b1e2c4eba4/IMG_4350.jpeg Blog - It’s coming up apples – two puddings for autumn bounty - Make it stand out The eggy/apple mixture. 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