CuriousCalendars
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A 3-woman team celebrating seasonal change in Britain, through it's customs, it's curiosities and its cultural landscape.
Credits: medieval hens: medievalbritain.com; fish: knightstemplar.co/exploring-me...; Collops: 'The compleat English and French cook' (anon) 2nd ed. (1690); puritans: historic-uk.com; recipes from Early English Books on-line.
March 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Credits: medieval hens: medievalbritain.com; fish: knightstemplar.co/exploring-me...; Collops: 'The compleat English and French cook' (anon) 2nd ed. (1690); puritans: historic-uk.com; recipes from Early English Books on-line.
Here's a recipe for pancakes from Hannah Wooley's 'The Cooks Guide or Rare Receipts for Cookery' published in 1664.
We'll be having ours with lemon and sugar. And maybe with cream and jam (well, life's a bit grim at the moment so why not?!) How about you?
We'll be having ours with lemon and sugar. And maybe with cream and jam (well, life's a bit grim at the moment so why not?!) How about you?
March 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Here's a recipe for pancakes from Hannah Wooley's 'The Cooks Guide or Rare Receipts for Cookery' published in 1664.
We'll be having ours with lemon and sugar. And maybe with cream and jam (well, life's a bit grim at the moment so why not?!) How about you?
We'll be having ours with lemon and sugar. And maybe with cream and jam (well, life's a bit grim at the moment so why not?!) How about you?
The 'using up' of rich ingredients like milk & eggs - the staple of pancake-making - on Shrove Tuesday nevertheless remained a popular custom within the British calendar. It's popularity has outlived Collop Monday (the day before Shrove Tuesday) when meat was supposed to be used up.
I wonder why?
I wonder why?
March 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The 'using up' of rich ingredients like milk & eggs - the staple of pancake-making - on Shrove Tuesday nevertheless remained a popular custom within the British calendar. It's popularity has outlived Collop Monday (the day before Shrove Tuesday) when meat was supposed to be used up.
I wonder why?
I wonder why?
... the puritan ascendancy of 1640-1660, Lent restrictions were abolished altogether for this reason.
Charles II, when restored to the throne in 1660, sought to re-impose them but did not carry out the suggestion and thereafter, Lent was no longer a period of restriction upheld by law.
Charles II, when restored to the throne in 1660, sought to re-impose them but did not carry out the suggestion and thereafter, Lent was no longer a period of restriction upheld by law.
March 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
... the puritan ascendancy of 1640-1660, Lent restrictions were abolished altogether for this reason.
Charles II, when restored to the throne in 1660, sought to re-impose them but did not carry out the suggestion and thereafter, Lent was no longer a period of restriction upheld by law.
Charles II, when restored to the throne in 1660, sought to re-impose them but did not carry out the suggestion and thereafter, Lent was no longer a period of restriction upheld by law.
In the C16th, Henry VIII lifted the ban on milk products, in recognition of the costliness of fish, the remaining source of protein.
The idea of fasting before Easter was difficult for the Reformed (Protestant) church in England to support, since it smacked of Catholic practices. During ...
The idea of fasting before Easter was difficult for the Reformed (Protestant) church in England to support, since it smacked of Catholic practices. During ...
March 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
In the C16th, Henry VIII lifted the ban on milk products, in recognition of the costliness of fish, the remaining source of protein.
The idea of fasting before Easter was difficult for the Reformed (Protestant) church in England to support, since it smacked of Catholic practices. During ...
The idea of fasting before Easter was difficult for the Reformed (Protestant) church in England to support, since it smacked of Catholic practices. During ...
The association of love and roses is an absolutely ancient one, stemming back into the ancient world.
Apparently the world's largest flower market, Royal FloraHolland, have sold c147 million roses in the days preceding Valentine's Day this year!
Apparently the world's largest flower market, Royal FloraHolland, have sold c147 million roses in the days preceding Valentine's Day this year!
February 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The association of love and roses is an absolutely ancient one, stemming back into the ancient world.
Apparently the world's largest flower market, Royal FloraHolland, have sold c147 million roses in the days preceding Valentine's Day this year!
Apparently the world's largest flower market, Royal FloraHolland, have sold c147 million roses in the days preceding Valentine's Day this year!
In C17th England, the diarist Samuel Pepys often took part in a Valentine's Day ritual of picking names from a hat to denote his Valentine, for whom he had to buy little gifts (a C17th version of Secret Santa).
Sensibly, he also bought a gift for his wife!
Sensibly, he also bought a gift for his wife!
February 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In C17th England, the diarist Samuel Pepys often took part in a Valentine's Day ritual of picking names from a hat to denote his Valentine, for whom he had to buy little gifts (a C17th version of Secret Santa).
Sensibly, he also bought a gift for his wife!
Sensibly, he also bought a gift for his wife!
The tradition was popularised in works by John Donne, Richard Herrick and - of course - Shakespear in Midsummer Night's Dream:
'Good morrow, friends. Saint Valentine is past:
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?'
'Good morrow, friends. Saint Valentine is past:
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?'
February 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The tradition was popularised in works by John Donne, Richard Herrick and - of course - Shakespear in Midsummer Night's Dream:
'Good morrow, friends. Saint Valentine is past:
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?'
'Good morrow, friends. Saint Valentine is past:
Begin these wood-birds but to couple now?'