A Few Notes on Seventeenth Century Fruit Carving Techniques
Back in the C17th, elaborate forms of carved fruit were apparently all the rage at high-status banquets, or so several sources suggest.
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Fruit Harvest Highlights – Summer 2025 Edition
2025 has been an incredible year for all types of fruit. Here’s part one of my harvest highlights.
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Thomas Jenner’s 1653 Recipe for ‘Syrupe Gresta’
If you’ve been wondering what to do with your thinned-out, unripe grapes then wonder no more: here’s a C17th suggestion for you.
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Orchard Visit: Airfield Estate, Dundrum, Dublin
This 38-acre working farm and education centre offers a great many mature trees, vines and more for the fruit enthusiast to enjoy.
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Robert May’s 1665 Recipe for ‘Preserving Green Fruits’
Here’s a quick seventeenth century guide to preserving green or under-ripe fruit: gooseberries, plums, pippins, peaches and grapes.
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Richard Bradley’s 1732 Recipe for ‘Verjuice’
Here’s an eighteenth century method for making a condiment ingredient that would once have been a common element of many dishes.
