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"English Heritage is now selling what it calls “the best thing since sliced
bread” at 13 of its sites – brown bread ice cream, inspired by a Georgian
recipe. The announcement of the flavour mentions several more outlandish
Georgian flavours trialled by English Heritage before it landed on brown bread,
such as Parmesan and cucumber.
English Heritage is not alone in its efforts to beguile visitors with
historical treats. In Edinburgh, the National Trust for Scotland’s Gladstone’s
Land features an ice cream parlour linked to the dairy which stood there in
1904. The property sells elderflower and lemon curd ice cream based on a recipe
from 1770, and visitors can go on several food-themed tours.
While brown bread ice cream, praised for its caramel nuttiness, may be a more
familiar flavour to contemporary eaters than other historical offerings, the
iced delights eaten in Britain in previous centuries took a huge variety of
flavours and forms.
Agnes Marshall, the authority on ice cream during the late 19th century,
published two cookbooks specifically about “ices” (1885) and “fancy ices”
(1894). They included flavours from an elaborately moulded and coloured iced
spinach à la crème, to little devilled ices in cups.
The latter consisted of a chicken pâté spiked with curry powder and
Worcestershire sauce, egg yolks and anchovies, which was then mixed with gravy,
gelatine and whipped cream, before being frozen in decorative cups and served
“for a luncheon or second-course dish”.
Earlier texts contain even more outlandish flavours alongside the typical,
sweet offerings.
French foodie Monsieur Emy’s
L’Art de Bien Faire les Glaces d’Office (1768)
has recipes for truffle, saffron and various cheese-flavoured ice creams."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
