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Welcome to this special bonus episode of The British Food History Podcast. I always make an extra episode for my monthly £3 subscribers. I wanted to make an episode where I talk with another food historian about a book. I asked Sam Bilton and she chose The Feasts of Autolycus: The Diary of a Greedy Woman by Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1899). An author I was not familiar with – and I really enjoyed reading the book and having this discussion.
We talk about Elizabeth Robins Pennell and how Sam discovered her, the expectations of women and greediness in the late Victorian period, food and morality, Camp coffee, stirring savouries, magnificent mushrooms, and kidneys – lots and lots of kidneys.
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It’s time for the now traditional end-of-season postbag episode of The British Food History Podcast, where I (attempt to) answer your questions, read out your comments and mull over your queries.
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I’ll be disappearing for a few months, unless of course, you are a monthly subscriber, where there will be a bonus episode coming up for you to listen to via the secret podcast.
Season 10 of the podcast is sponsored by Netherton Foundry, makers of high-quality kitchen and outdoor cookware. Netherton Foundry ships to several countries outside of the UK, including the USA and Canada. Visit www.netherton-foundry.co.uk to find out more about their wonderful products – approved not just by me but by folk such as Tom Parker-Bowles, Diana Henry and Nigella Lawson.
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Don’t forget, there will be more postbag episodes in the future, so if 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 me at neil@britishfoodhistory.com, or leave a comment here.
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