tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post35073235087976405..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Food in fiction, from fantasy stew to johnny cakes, by Gillian PolackMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-40418812009727510092017-07-14T05:00:49.021+01:002017-07-14T05:00:49.021+01:00Love this considered essay, and love reading about...Love this considered essay, and love reading about historical or fantasy food! It particularly caught my attention in The Thief Taker by Gleason. :)Margaret Pinardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872588140938699741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-13076773025144465332016-12-09T12:04:33.746+00:002016-12-09T12:04:33.746+00:00Young Girls And Old Man Nude Pics Naked Aanl Sex X...<a href="http://nudexxximage.com/2016/12/old-man-with-girls-nude/" rel="nofollow">Young Girls And Old Man Nude Pics Naked Aanl Sex XXX Photos</a> poonam patelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12965399737551252045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-18349473712068203252016-12-03T16:59:09.508+00:002016-12-03T16:59:09.508+00:00Speaking of cultural differences, a johnny cake in...Speaking of cultural differences, a johnny cake in the US is made from cornmeal, not flour, and is a flat bread. It was called a hoecake in the South, and was quite "popular" during the War between the States as it was cheap and easy. It's still served, although it has morphed into a pancake. Michaleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559497398641294745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26954467424448047142016-12-02T16:01:24.427+00:002016-12-02T16:01:24.427+00:00Great post about food in books. When I saw the tit...Great post about food in books. When I saw the title I thought it was going to be about cooking food from books. I have a lovely cookbook called 'Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer' - all about food in traditional children's fiction.<br /><br />The first time I can remember reading about something and wanting to 'cook' it was when I used to get a paper comic and it had 'Nurse Nancy' and her little brother making toast on a proper fire, sitting on little stools, and they spread it hot with butter and dollops of strawberry jam. Becca McCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09339982441409936532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-81445341997097384482016-12-02T12:33:19.807+00:002016-12-02T12:33:19.807+00:00To add to Sue’s comments: a version of the maligne...To add to Sue’s comments: a version of the maligned “fantasy stew” is actually cooked by Sam at one point – a rabbit stew in fact - though Tolkien ensures that the episode is entirely credible.<br /><br />“Damper” sounded strangely familiar though I am pretty ignorant of such Australian fair. I then realised that it was a childhood memory, from by Richard Jefferies' “Bevis”, suggesting that damper would be familiar to English boys of the 1880s. Were adventure stories back in the day using it to suggest the strangeness of life in the antipodes?<br />Mike Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05231537324248937676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-5832244532647481002016-12-02T12:13:24.919+00:002016-12-02T12:13:24.919+00:00Interesting blog post. Thank you. Interesting blog post. Thank you. AnneMarie Brearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12913093174855808979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-81134456814760753942016-12-02T11:03:27.970+00:002016-12-02T11:03:27.970+00:00In Lord Of The Rings, Frodo is lucky enough to hav...In Lord Of The Rings, Frodo is lucky enough to have Sam Gamgee along. Sam does take his cooking equipment with him, along with whatever ingredients he can get and a precious box of salt. It's only towards the end, approaching their final destination, that he sadly abandons his pots and pans, knowing he will not be able to use them any more. By that time, they're down to the lembas and miruvor anyway. Tolkien does a lot of thinking about food, which plays an important role in his work, and says something about the people eating it, whether it's the contents of Bilbo's pantry or the mushrooms the four hobbits have for supper or the food at the inn at Bree or Elven feasts. <br /><br />Yes, I read the Diana Wynne Jones book, very entertaining! Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-10415323706481815442016-12-02T10:17:57.519+00:002016-12-02T10:17:57.519+00:00Food shows not only status and wealth (or lack of ...Food shows not only status and wealth (or lack of either), but how time rich or poor characters are, the level of complexity in a society, what crops are grown, their traditions and expectations. A real window into the world.<br /><br />On a journey, it has to be simple, sustaining and nourishing. One of my heroine's lovers makes and eats pogača, an oval pastry made of herbs and cheese, baked and eaten 'on the hoof'. <br /><br />Food is essential in any novel, although I admit I don't mention travelling stew a lot. Alison Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638794898163576730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-58400912126702375592016-12-02T09:31:33.869+00:002016-12-02T09:31:33.869+00:00It's not thoughtlessness so much as following ...It's not thoughtlessness so much as following what the story tells you. For me, food has its own story. I see mention of something and want to cook it! This is one of the things I challenge, because the stories have to work together.Gillian Polackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113321985223288302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16616456845939904062016-12-02T07:37:24.403+00:002016-12-02T07:37:24.403+00:00Thank you, for also showing how thoughtless I am a...Thank you, for also showing how thoughtless I am as a reader, for if it says stew, I don't stop to think about ingredients and pans.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18263441505553628559noreply@blogger.com