tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2111005215875317592..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Denying the doldrums through history, food, and favourite cookbooks - by Gillian PolackMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-45526926162275794622017-04-09T09:38:15.022+01:002017-04-09T09:38:15.022+01:00Food is one of my favourite ways to find the past!...Food is one of my favourite ways to find the past!Gillian Polackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113321985223288302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-87042003851409946562017-04-05T11:49:31.295+01:002017-04-05T11:49:31.295+01:00Lovely post, thank you Gillian! I love old cookery...Lovely post, thank you Gillian! I love old cookery books. Food tells us so much about how people were living in different times and different places.Celia Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05059549379622664741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-34690783038384258562017-04-04T12:51:30.989+01:002017-04-04T12:51:30.989+01:00Talking about food with interesting people helped ...Talking about food with interesting people helped a lot with the doldrums!<br /><br />I'm glad that 'shiny' was useful. The difference has helped me in cultural analysis. Now all I need to do is find out what triggers those responses ie why we think someone is shiny.Gillian Polackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113321985223288302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-65501316124480685532017-04-03T13:15:03.095+01:002017-04-03T13:15:03.095+01:00"Shiny". Thank you for this reassuringly..."Shiny". Thank you for this reassuringly descriptive word and its context.<br /><br />Thank you too for you post, Gillian. Reading about all sorts of food stories - and cookbooks - does help bring on happier thoughts. Hope those doldrums disappear.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-91966956834589680172017-04-02T20:18:35.086+01:002017-04-02T20:18:35.086+01:00I take your very good point about the difference b...I take your very good point about the difference between special and shiny too! Very interesting post.michelle lovrichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026972300195225090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-15653850073251865732017-04-02T12:09:45.766+01:002017-04-02T12:09:45.766+01:00I love recipes that begin "Take twelve good e...I love recipes that begin "Take twelve good eggs" or something similar. I admit, if I'm making those dishes for myself, I'll divide them by four! It isn't the eggs that most frighten me, it's measuring cream by the quart.Gillian Polackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113321985223288302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-29964118556916668502017-04-02T09:50:30.856+01:002017-04-02T09:50:30.856+01:00I remember a recipe from that time which began som...I remember a recipe from that time which began something like "take twelve good eggs and..." I gave up any idea of making it right there but they did make the most amazing things = for the upper classes. catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com