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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Thanks SO much for this Christie. I really appreciate it.

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Christie Golden @christiegolden.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Love tea? Love "taking tea"? Love the idea of something fun to do this summer with friends? Want to support food history and a really lovely person? Join @theregencycook.bsky.social for this online class! (Video will be available afterward if you can't make it!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/taking-tea...

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Taking Tea on a Summer Afternoon

Join us for a virtual gathering where we can relax, sip on some tea, and discover the history of tea and the food that went with it.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Scones. Fresh from my oven. Are you a scone lover too?

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

You may be, like me, fascinated by these brother grocers, the Polite Grocers who ran a shop in London's Strand in the early eighteenth century. Notice the sugar cones behind & above them & see the containers of tea. They are weighing out coffee. From British Museum collection. Adorable isn't it?

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

A place to ponder. It’s my allotment just 7 minutes from my home. Could you see yourself sitting here under a blossoming damson tree?

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Fascinating. Btw If you've not read Dan Jurafsky's chapter on it in The Language of Food I can highly recommend it.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Find yourself on the streets of London in the eighteenth century? Hungry with little money? Eating-cellars will serve you cheaply a shin of beef, tripe, cow-heel or sausages in the company of hackney coachmen, draymen & out of place footmen. Would you dare to join me?

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Which FOODS go well with a cup of tea? I'm partial to a teacake. Not a cake at all but a sweet bread roll, with dried fruit, often toasted. Which food do you like with your cup of tea? Do let me know.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I'd certainly give it a go if I couldn't get lard but I do fear of the whole dish tasting much too much of bacon...

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DiscoPriest 🌱 @discopriest.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Only a fool would fail to fift their fine fugar.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

My pleasure Rachel. One of my favourite things to do is share books that I have loved.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I wish to travel to Lewes, East Sussex in 1759 and feast upon Apple-fritters a la Bavarre as found in William Verral's book A Complete System of Cookery. Will you join me?

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Great isn’t it? I love the story of how these trade cards survived. Many wonderful collectors.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

It’s local. From Lewes & the lovely people at Darcy’s Clothing.

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Christie Golden @christiegolden.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Paul is a treasure. Any time you want to clear your head, breathe, return to a slower and simpler era of friendly conversation, and look at and learn about delicious and also curious food, take a peek at his thread and give him a follow!

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Oh yes. Send me an email and I can arrange it for you Belle. Paul.g.couchman@gmail.com

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I must start working on a book. And I’d be beyond delighted to see it at Scheltema books one day. Thank you Casper.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I’m trying to see how many active followers I have interested in Georgian & Regency cookery. So, if you see this post and you follow me, do drop anything (gif, words, kind words, etc) down below.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

A tip. Be careful eating Milk Gruel as a servant in 1770. A farmer may have put arsenic in a batch of oatmeal that you may end up eating. Pleased to read that no lives were lost this time but do be careful when time-travelling... Seen in the Chester Courant, 25th Sept. 1770.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

My next online class: How the poor ate frugally and the rich feasted lavishly. From sumptuous suppers to humble pie. Enticing social history and historic food. Tempting? Find out more & join in here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feeding-th...

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Feeding the Poor and Feasting with the Wealthy

How the poor ate frugally and the rich feasted lavishly. From sumptuous suppers to humble pie. Enticing social history and historic food.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Thanks so much. It reminds me of the infamous photos of our late Queen’s breakfast with plastic storage containers.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Wonderful. I need to see this. Thanks so much for posting this. Fascinating.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

It is 1805. Your cook has made the following dishes illustrated below from your new cookery book, The Housekeeper's Domestic Library by Charles Millington. Two courses. Which dishes tickle your fancy? What would you eat? Do let me know.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

You may like to celebrate Valentine’s Day in a historic & cooking kind of way. If so you are warmly invited. Details here. Please share. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/love-and-l...

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Love and Loathing - A St Valentine's Day (online) Event

Love indeed. But also loathing on St Valentine's Day. An alternative history of love, hate and food - both seductive and poisonous.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Lots of exercise! People walked miles a day frequently

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

I'm hungry just thinking about this. And, luckily, I do have a greenhouse full of freshly dug up parsnips to consume. Wonderful.

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

A manuscript cookbook from the 1830s appeared. My mission? To cook recipes from it in a 1830s kitchen. A good idea? Love to hear your thoughts. paulcouchman.co.uk

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

If wandering the streets in the 1700s do not be fooled by 'Taverns'. Now associated with dingy, small drinking places from the mid-18th century some taverns were elegant & spacious with banquets & even music. An example is the London Tavern on Bishopsgate, London. Interesting?

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

A tavern, a lady and Mr Farley’s cookery book. The connection? All revealed in my newsletter. Are you subscribed? You may do so here: paulcouchman.co.uk

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Every week I sit behind my desk & send off another missive about food & history. You may wish to be entertained by my words. You may subscribe here: paulcouchman.co.uk/newsletter/

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I’d never advocate staying for very long :)

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

If you find yourself in the eighteenth century do not be confused by the catchup. Although similar in name to ketchup it will be a thin brown liquid, often made with mushrooms, walnuts, oysters or anchovies. Worcestershire sauce could be seen as a catchup. Interesting?

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I feel I need to visit the backstreet restaurants of Madrid. Thank you!

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The Regency Cook @theregencycook.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

My delight at finding a recipe for Lady Leicester's Spanish Pap. It is a rich rice pudding. Boil cream with mace, add rice & cook 'to the thickness of a jelly', add sugar & eat it a shallow dish, cold, with cold cream. Discovered in Elizabeth Price's 1769 book. Tasty?

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