Victorian Christmas (4/4)

In 1841 the first Christmas tree was introduced to the royal family by Prince Albert, German husband of Queen Victoria. In 1850 a tinted etching of a decorated tree at Windsor Castle was published and the Tannenbaum became a necessity for every fashionable Victorian home. It was a tradition quickly embraced by Victorian England. Live trees [...]

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Victorian cooking (2/4)

Today some random bits ‘n bobs that didn’t fit into the other posts.
Food preservation
Before the Victorian Era, food preservation techniques such as salting, pickling, drying, and smoking had changed little. The theory of canning was first developed in the 18th century with “dried soups” that were made by reducing stocks to a “glue” that could [...]

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Victorian cooking & kitchens (1/4)

      Around 1800 the first stove that was made to cook on was developed by Benjamin Thompson, it was called the Rumford Stove. (Up to 1800, stoves were mostly used for heating, not for cooking.) One fire was used to heat several pots, which hung in the fire through various holes on top of the [...]

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more prints & victorian cooking

It being wednesday, here are the last two of my Japanese Victorian prints…They still amuse me.

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I always love victorian recipes. Usually they hardly give any information, because they assume you already know how to cook and basically only give suggestions on ingredients and new things to try. One of my favourite resources is [...]

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