Tag: C18th | Orchard Notes

Frederick Nutt (and Me) on Making ‘Damson Ice Cream’

In which an 18th century recipe for damson ice cream and some advice from Twitter inspires me to make my own delightful damson dessert.

Here are two methods for preserving the bounty of your damson harvest, from Frederick Nutt’s C18th volume of confectionary cookery.

If you’ve tried growing melons but they’ve not quite ripened, here’s a recipe for preserving the green fruit with a fiery, spicy stuffing.

You know what you don’t see enough of these days? A bright green apple pie filling. This C18th recipe tells us how to make one.

Here’s an eighteenth century drop-scone pancake type recipe to help you use up some of your gooseberry glut.

Here’s an eighteenth century recipe for boozy, sugary, fried apple fritters that sounds like sweet simplicity itself.

How would you prefer your apples, Sir James? Why, in a straw-lined, paper-padded barrel. Obviously.

Words of wisdom here on how to keep youngsters out of mischief by teaching them the art of apple tree grafting.

Here’s an eighteenth century twist on a seasonal classic, involving good winter pears and a pint of port.

This giant apple pie, served up with a quart of well-spiced ale, sounds like a recipe for my sort of Christmas feast.