#TodayInMyKitchen Gotta admit - the Fast Food CEO Mukbang Wars was not on my bingo card for 2026... 😐

#TodayInMyKitchen Seville oranges are in season, so even if you're not into marmalade-making, do get yourself a net or two.

Zest the rind, squeeze the juice and freeze in ice-cube trays in order to enjoy their sharp bitterness all year round.

#TodayInMyKitchen Controversial opinion?

Macaroni Cheese is a legitimate main meal.

Fight me.

#TodayInMyKitchen Me when the Finale of Culinary Class Wars is released, after refreshing the @netflixuk.bsky.social home page for the last hour.

#TodayInMyKitchen Caught on the horns of an awful dilemma.

On the one hand, there's only two dishwasher tablets left.
But then, on the other, venturing out on Christmas Eve.

I'm gonna need a minute... 🤔

Fat-free Mincemeat This recipe is adapted from Hannah Glasse’s 1747 recipe for Mince Pies for Lent. Nowadays, we traditionally make mincemeat far in advance of the festive season, so that it can mature in flavo…

#TodayInMyKitchen A gentle reminder that this is my Fat-Free Mincemeat inspired by a recipe from Hannah Glasse

- No suet
- No fat
- No added sugar
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Use immediately
- Generously fills 12 deep mince pies

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#TodayInMyKitchen It's Celebrity Masterchef Binge Watch Day!

I like to 'save up' all the episodes of the week and watch them all in one go. 🥰

#TodayInMyKitchen Finally finished jotting down all the mincemeat/mince pie recipes in the manuscripts at the @wellcomecollection.bsky.social .

All 275 of them.

#TodayInMyKitchen Figgy Pudding quandaries.

1st recipe: old school, just figs, cinnamon, nutmeg.
2nd recipe: figs, lemon zest & juice, candied citron.

2nd recipe tastes nicer than the first, but you can't taste the figs any more.

Is it still a Figgy Pudding if it no longer tastes of figs? 🤔

A picture of 2 roast chickens on roasting rack. The right-hand chicken has a cocktail stick stuck in it. The right-hand chicken has been brushed with egg-white before roasting, and is a deep, rich orangey-brown.

#TodayInMyKitchen Roasting Chickens

1. Put chickens on rack.
2. Slosh water under rack.
3. Bake 4 hours @ 120°C Fan.

(Optional) For a rich colour, brush skin with eggwhite.

Not yours. The chicken's. (See pic).

And that's it. #NoFaff™

#TodayInMyKitchen Looking at home-made American baked bean recipes & reading that the first ingredients are tins of baked beans.

#TodayInMyKitchen Just had a delivery of sugar crystals - neither expensive nor important - but I'm touched by the care & attention given to my order. Beautiful recyclable paper & tissue packaging & a bonus flyer of hints for optimal tea-making.

#TodayInMyKitchen Trying out a new-to-me Italian snack.
Got 2 recipes of approx. the same quantities.
One tells me to bake at 200C for 30 mins, the other says it should be 1 hour.
Me trying to work out optimum baking strategy:

#TodayInMyKitchen I have decided to follow God's example, and am delaying until the Epstein files are released. 😇

#TheRaptureIsPostponed #FloorMoppingOnHold

Four images of a woman thinking about advanced mathematics

#TodayInMyKitchen Trying to work out if I'm gonna get raptured, or if I do, indeed, have to mop the kitchen floor.

#TodayInMyKitchen Reaping the rewards of some freezer spelunking last night.

Found some already-prepared damson puree from last year, & whipped up a batch of my damson ice-cream in just 10 minutes.

So happy breakfast ice-cream is a thing. 😋

#BreakfastIceCream #Damsons

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#TodayInMyKitchen Whey Whig - an #18thC thirst-quencher, especially for farmhands and land workers.
Made by steeping fresh herbs & aromatics in whey for a few days.
Tastes green and tangy. #Refreshing

#TodayInMyKitchen Chianti Tuna

An ancient recipe revived by Dario Cecchini, the butcher
poet of Panzano.

It's actually made from pork.

Let me know if you'd be interested in a blog post on how to make it. 😋

#TodayInMyKitchen Lamenting how A.I. images have overtaken Pinterest.
Searched Hawaiian Carrot Cake, as it seemed to have added fruit in the filling. All the (v. similar)pics led to pages where the recipe didn't match the image.
Link for the curious: uk.pinterest.com/search/pins/...

Last straw⬇️ 🙄

#TodayInMyKitchen Well, out in the garden, really.

Watering the herbs I ordered/planted after finding an actual recipe for Whey-Whig, a (supposedly) refreshing and thirst-quenching summer-time drink thought to have been lost to time.

Hoping all this effort will pay off 🤞

#LostRecipeRevival

#TodayInMyKitchen Indulging in the range of 'flavoured' grapes currently being stocked by #Morrisons (not a sponsor).

Who doesn't love grapes?

If you know of such a crazy person, steer them towards these flavoursome varieties. They're a taste sensation!

On spesh too - 2 for £4! 😋😋😋

#TodayInMyKitchen Hot Cross Buns.

Choices, choices!

Search 'cross buns' on the #DejaFood blog for these three 19thC versions.

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#TodayInMyKitchen School Dinners from the 70s & early 80s.

I've been looking at menus on t'Internet and I'm thinking "I never had anything like that!"
Pizza!? Curry!? Spaghetti Bolognese!??

I remember Cheese Pie, Beef Mince Pie, Spam, Semolina & Jam blob, Caramel Tart & fake 'cream'

What else? 🤔

A photo of a recipe entitled Ledbury Puffs.

#TodayInMyKitchen Trying to get into the mind of Frederick T. Vine, a Victorian/Edwardian master baker and writer of books for the trade, of which I am very fond.

This notwithstanding, this recipe has been testing me for years, because I can't work out what the Sam Hill old Fred is on about! (1/3)

An overhead photograph of Carrot Bread and two slices on a wooden cutting board. One of the slices is toasted.

#TodayInMyKitchen Inside Carrot Bread. Untoasted (top) & toasted (bottom).

Glorious colour, great chew, surprisingly indifferent to toasting, but fantastic flavour & crunch. 😋

Blog post to follow soon.

An overhead photograph of a square loaf of orange bread with two diagonal slashes baked into the crust.

#TodayInMyKitchen Carrot Bread (1846)

From a recipe described in The Gardeners' Chronicle.

Carrots, flour, yeast, salt.

#TodayInMyKitchen Making a list of new & exciting pancake recipes to try:

Court pancakes
Million pancakes
Pancake pudding
Pancake wafers
Paper pancakes
Temple pancakes
Creeping pancakes

then discovering they're all version of A Quire of Pancakes

The joys of British recipe naming quirks 🙄

A small white plate showing spoonfuls of six different marmalades.

#TodayInMyKitchen Sent off my entries for #TheMarmaladeAwards to #DalemainMansion

Clockwise from top:

- Savoury Lemon, garlic, ginger & baharat
- Seville, Sauternes & Musk
- Seville & Chilli
- Seville & Passionfruit
- Lime & Coconut Rum
- 5-Fruit: Seville, Clementine, Tangerine, Mandarin, kumquat

Marmalade It’s that time of year, when Seville oranges are in the shops and marmalade is the name of the game. For the competitively-minded, the Marmalade Awards are an annual competition to find the b…

#TodayInMyKitchen Currently batch 3 of 4 marmalades for the Marmalade Awards, using this Victorian recipe for Dundee Marmalade.

It makes a beautiful, clear jelly, with tender peel and a refreshingly bright flavour.

#LimeCoconutRum #PassionfruitSeville #5Fruit

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Screenshot of an old medicinal remedy for yellow jaundice that includes a spoonful of unicorn horn.

#TodayinmyKitchen Riffling through an old manuscript, @folgerlibrary.bsky.social I came across an unusual ingredient in this remedy for "Yellow Jaundice": one spoonful of unicorn horn.

Wonder what the going rate was at the local apothecary. 🤔

Also, what were they selling as unicorn horn? 🤔🤔