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Paperback / softback. New. Complete history of food and of cooking in the workhouse in England, Ireland and Scotland ISBN 0752447300 9780752447308 [GB]

ISBN10: 0752447300, ISBN13: 9780752447308, [publisher: The History Press, Stroud] Softcover First Edition This new and seemingly unread copy is bound in illustrated card covers as issued. The contents are bright, tight, white and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The author writes "Like many people, I always thought that workhouse inmates pretty much survived on watery gruel. Then I discovered the official 1901 "Manual of Workhouse Cookery" (reprinted in its entirety as part of this book) which contains a rich assortment of recipes ranging from Hotch-Potch Stew to Golden Pudding. Further research all the way back to the origins of the workhouse in the sixteenth century revealed that the food given to workhouse paupers at various times included an amazing variety of dishes including hasty pudding, frumenty, beer, chocolate, cheesecake, and even nettles. Period recipes for many of these are also provided. Apart from the cuisine (and the cooks), the book also charts (with many rarely seen illustrations) the fascinating wider story of the workhouse, its inmates, and also the people who ran the system. The book also shows that workhouse was not always the relentlessly grim establishment that it's often portrayed as - such as the day 600 elderly inmates ...

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