Orchard Notes
Recent Feature Articles
- Orchard Talk with Cook and Food Historian Monica Askay
Monica talks about her interest in historical food and orchard cookery, shares some of her favourite fruit recipes and offers biffin-making tips. - A Few Top Tips for Orchard Harvest SeasonIn which I re-post a selection of how-to articles that will help you get the best from your apple and pear harvests this autumn.
- In Search of the Original ‘Summer Pudding’In which I see if I can uncover the origins of the classic chilled fruit-and-bread dessert.
- Orchard Visit: The Laskett Gardens, HerefordshireThe orchard spaces within these famous gardens are hidden gems that provide plenty of fruit tree interest.
- Hügelkultur in the Orchard NurseryI grew my newly-grafted apple trees in a mature Hügelkultur bed last year and was quite impressed with the results.
- Gallery: Lifecycle of an Apple, From Bud to Blossom to FruitFollow the lifecycle of a single apple bud from dormancy to harvest, in this series of 40+ photos.
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Recent Posts & Articles
- “Agricola” on the Moral Philanthropy of Good CiderI have no idea who this “Agricola” fellow might have been, but by Jove, I do like the sound of his pro-cider rhetoric.
- Orchard Talk with Cook and Food Historian Monica AskayMonica talks about her interest in historical food and orchard cookery, shares some of her favourite fruit recipes and offers biffin-making tips.
- Eliza Acton, on Making ‘Black Caps Par Excellence’This C19th recipe is for a classic version of baked apples, scorched on the top, then slow-stewed in sweet wine.
- Charlotte Mason, on Making ‘Vinegar Balls’This C18th recipe for portable, dried vinegar poses a lot more questions than it answers, the main one being: why?
- William Ellis, on Making ‘Scald-berry Puddings’This C18th recipe sounds like a tasty way to make good use of a perennial hedgerow favourite.
- A Few Top Tips for Orchard Harvest SeasonIn which I re-post a selection of how-to articles that will help you get the best from your apple and pear harvests this autumn.
- Sir Hugh Plat, on Preserving the Dry Pulp of CherriesThis C17th method for making cherry, prune or damson leather offers a useful means of preserving your glut of orchard fruits.
- Eliza Acton, on Making ‘Queen Mab’s Summer Pudding’The earliest recipe for a ‘summer pudding’ that I’ve found so far results in a very different dish to the bright pink bread-dome we’re used to.
- In Search of the Original ‘Summer Pudding’In which I see if I can uncover the origins of the classic chilled fruit-and-bread dessert.
- Orchard Visit: The Laskett Gardens, HerefordshireThe orchard spaces within these famous gardens are hidden gems that provide plenty of fruit tree interest.
- Eliza Acton, on Making ‘Saxe Gotha Pudding’Here’s a recipe for a tasty-sounding batter pudding that will make good use of your redcurrant glut, should you happen to have one.
- Lady Maria Clutterbuck, on Making ‘Swiss Pudding’This quick and easy pudding recipe comes from a volume that is presumed to have been penned by the wife of one of England’s most famous literary figures…
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