Special Postbag Edition #1

Welcome to the first postbag edition of ‘The British Food History Podcast’. On this episode: memories of Glyn Hughes; listeners letters; Yorkshire puddings; and new book news.Links to things mentioned on this episode:‘The Foods of England’ website: http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/Glyn Hughes’s book ‘The Surprising History of Fish and Chips’: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1471631656Contain the Samaritans 116 123 or go to www.samaritans.org Mind website: www.mind.uk Smack Barm Pea Wet video: https://youtu.be/N_oIys5KS4AThe ‘Peniarth Manuscript 513D’ manuscript via The National Library of Wales: https://viewer.library.wales/4631573#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdamsssl.llgc.org.uk%2Fiiif%2F2.0%2F4631573%2Fmanifest.json&xywh=-193%2C-450%2C3844%2C5793My post from the ‘Neil Cooks Grigson’ blog on Cawl (apologies for the terrible photo): http://neilcooksgrigson.blogspot.com/2008/12/98-cawl.htmlMy ‘Savouries’ blog post which includes my recipe for Welsh Rarebit: https://britishfoodhistory.com/2018/02/05/savouries/The New York Times article about Dutch Babies: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/6648-dutch-baby‘The Great Book of Yorkshire Pudding’ by Elaine Lemm is published by Great Northern Books: https://www.gnbooks.co.uk/product/great-book-yorkshire-pudding/ Elaine’s YouTube video about making Yorkshire Puddings: https://youtu.be/lQfMw0nbjKY Podcast episodes referred to:The Foods of England Project with Glyn HughesLent Episode 6: Social Evolution and LentCheddar and the Cheese Industry with Peter AtkinsGingerbread with Sam BiltonA Dark History of Sugar Parts 1 & 2A Dark History of Chocolate with Emma KayBritishSaffron with Sam BiltonYorkshirePudding with Elaine Lemm SavouriesNeil’s book A Dark History of Sugar is available now from all bookshops as well as from the publisher Pen & Sword: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-Dark-History-of-Sugar-Hardback/p/20481 If you want to buy a signed copy directly from Neil for £18 + postage (£2.85 if within the UK, the going rate if outside!). Contact him via email or social media ifyou fancy it (see below). Remember, you have any questions or queries about today’s episode, or indeed any episode, or have a question about the history of British food please email Neil at [email protected], or find me on twitter @neilbuttery, or Instagram dr_neil_buttery my DMs are open.If you like my blog posts and podcast episodes, please consider a monthly subscriptionor buying me a virtual coffee or a pint? Go to https://britishfoodhistory.com/support-the-blog-podcast/ for more details.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp