Welcome back, welcome back. Who has been missing the culinary challenge? I have. I have missed the cooking and baking and trying new things(here’s a look back at our last post) And with this week’s challenge being Jane Austen we were in for some unique dishes. Here we go!
Root Veggie Tart 9 out of 10Roast Duck 9 out of 10Boiled Potatoes(yes excellent boiled potatoes) 7 out of 10Roasted Carrots 6 out of 10
While enjoying these elegant-ish meals my sis and I also enjoyed watching Sense and Sensibility(swoon over Colonel Brandon) and Emma (2020 so pretty to watch- the colors!) just to get in the mood.
Pear + Fennel Salad 5 out of 6English Scones 10 out of 10A fancy English breakfast- Yum!Plum+Strawberry Jam 8 out of 10 and Clotted Cream 8 out of 10Victorian Cakes 7 out of 10(with some clotted cream and jam)So picture in your mind those fancy, tall jelly cakes in the background of all fancy period dinners and you’ll see what I was going for and obviously didn’t get. This recipe gets a 3 out of 10 from me. I mean the fact it collapsed is my fault but the spicy, cranberry jelly was texture and taste a miss on my part.Elegant White Chicken Soup 5 out of 10. So basically a really complicated chicken soup that lacks in the salt content and therefore is not as yummy as an over salted American soup. (Lol)
So to recap the running theme was a clean, complicatedand yet subdued meals. Which if that doesn’t sum up the regency period I don’t know what does.
As you can tell it was a very posh week of meals and the coming week is keeping us in England but taking us into the countryside… Redwall style!
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