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Re: The Five Victorian Meals
Apr 26, 2008 6:16 PM
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> I might try the pie recipe for Sunday night supper.
I will post some more from time to time. Many of the recipes are for a full meal, with several courses.
Here's a typical breakfast carte at 221b Baker street, courtesy of Mrs. Hudson:
Broiled Grapefruit with Ginger
Scrambled Eggs with Broiled Mushrooms and Ham
Oatcakes
Orange Marmalade
Coffee
Here is another breakfast menu:
Eggs with Gunpowder Butter
Potato Pancakes
Apple Sauce
Coffee, Milk
The full recipes are in these books, which are well written and contain much anecdotal information surrounding these meals.
The first, above, is named, "The Stanley Hopkins Breakfast," the second, "The Marksman's Breakfast." Some breakfasts include items such as Kedgeree, Brioche, Muesli (guess which story has this one), Jellied Eel, and, of course what breakfast could be considered to be complete without "Bubble and Squeak?"
Now, I am getting hungry. FRITZ!!!!
This explains Watty's fatness, but how did Holmes keep himself so lean and wiry? Certainly crawling around on the floor with glass in hand, looking for clues is not much exercise. I bet all that graycell activity really does burn calories.
With five meals a day, how do we fit in any exercise or even crime solving?
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"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." - Marcus Aurelius
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Re: The Five Victorian Meals
Apr 26, 2008 3:56 PM
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I might try the pie recipe for Sunday night supper.
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Re: The Five Victorian Meals
Apr 25, 2008 3:16 PM
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Just because you read a book, it doesn't mean it should have such an effect on modern day.
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Re: The Five Victorian Meals
Apr 25, 2008 3:16 PM
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That's all good and fine, but we live in present day and what does all of this protocol really have to do with us. Try to impose these things on modern day folks and they're not going to like it day in and day out. Let sleeping dogs lie. On top of that "supper" may have been used like that, to denote that in between meal, but now it's like something Jed Clampitt would yell to Ellie or whoever she was. I never go for that term
IN MODERN TIMES!
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Apr 25, 2008 3:11 PM
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In Victorian England, there were five daily meals:
Breakfast
Lunch
Tea
Dinner
Supper
Supper is the least understood, although "tea" as a meal runs a close second.
Holmes said to Watson, "... if we are too late for dinner, I think we are both ready for our supper." Holmes fans will know from where this quote arises.
Supper is akin to a late-night snack, only less snack and more food.
One menu item Holmes may have had for supper is Cheese and Onion Pie, which Mrs. Hudson would be only too happy to provide.
Taking 3 small onions, 10 oz. of crust pastry, some salt and pepper, a bit of flour, some cheese and a little milk, this recipe is a piece of cake.
After parboiling the onions, rolling the dough and lining a baking dish with it, the onions are diced and mixed with the other ingredients and placed into the dish. Some of the cheese can be grated and sprinkled over the mix. A bit over a half-hour at 425 degrees, and voila!, it's done.
Of course, this may only be the appetizer for a most excellent supper, with Apricot Bouchees as the coda.
There are many references to food, dining, restaurants in the most Sacred Canon, that it boggles the minds of mere mortals how liberal in scope was Holmes when it came to proper dining. In almost every one of Watson's stories is a reference to food. The discerning Holmesian will quickly spot and take note of them as he reads these wondrous tales of derring-do and perhaps a bit less.
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Dining, Sherlock Holmes Style
Apr 20, 2008 11:30 PM
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I discovered that there exists a Sherlock Holmes Diet:
The Sherlock Holmes Diet
To quote from this excellent website:
'This diet is called The Sherlock Holmes Diet because Sherlock was famous for paying attention to what was right under his nose. As Holmes said to Watson in "A Case of Identity," "Upon my word, Watson, you are coming along wonderfully. You have really done very well indeed. It is true that you have missed everything of importance, but you have hit upon the method. Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details."
"I say, Watson, what have we here?"
"My goodness, Holmes. I do believe that it is a shepherd's pie."
"Looks good, Watson. Shall we try it?"
"Well! Yes, indeed! Here, Holmes, we will share." '
In addition, there are three excellent Sherlock Holmes Cookbooks that are a must for every Holmes fan. There are references to the many different foods that Holmes enjoyed in the course of the 60 stories comprising the most Sacred Canon.
These books belong next to the Nero Wolfe Cookbook, naturally, and make a fine addition to all things that are "Alimentary, My Dear Watson."
Dining With Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Cookbook
The Sherlock Holmes Victorian Cookbook: Favourite Recipes of the Great Detective and Dr. Watson
The Sherlock Holmes Cookbook
And let's not forget the Nero Wolfe Cookbook:
Everyone needs a Fritz
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Patrick says, "Lackawanna is Senaca for Ennui."
"The object in life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane." - Marcus Aurelius
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Edited by hamish at 04/21/2008 9:24 AM
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