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White Soup

March 9, 2021 | Regency Life & Times | Leave A Comment

Would you like to dine like you’re at a Regency ball? Prepare some white soup with this recipe:

Put a knuckle of veal into six quarts of water, with a large fowl, and a pound of lean bacon, half a pound of rice, two anchovies, a few pepper corns, a bundle of sweet herbs, two or three onions, and three or four heads of celery cut in slices. Stew them all together, till the soup be as strong as you would have it, and then strain it through a hair sieve into a clean earthen pot. Having let it stand all night, the next day take off the scum, and pour it clean off into a tossing-pan. Put in half a pound of Jordan almonds beat fine, boil it a little, and run it through a lawn [fine cloth] sieve. Then put in a pint of cream, and the yolk of an egg, and send it up hot. ~ John Farley’s London Art of Cooking (1783)

If you prefer a more modern version of the recipe, try this one:

https://itsallfrosting.wordpress.com/2015/09/06/readers-digestibles-mr-bingleys-white-soup/

Regency Spring Flowers

March 3, 2021 | Regency Life & Times | Leave A Comment

Flower gardens were quite popular during the Regency, and as spring began to peek through the end of winter, they became a wonderful place to walk, read, and socialize. What is your favorite spring flower?

Regency Shopping

February 16, 2021 | Regency Life & Times | Leave A Comment

Do you want to shop like you’re in the Regency era? Floris of London was established in 1730 and was a popular toiletry shop during the Regency. It still remains open today and you can browse their selection online if you’re curious: Floris London

Regency Valentine's Day Cards

February 9, 2021 | Regency Life & Times | Leave A Comment

Hand written and painted Valentine’s Day cards were often exchanged during the Regency. Did you make your own cards or buy store made Valentines?

Regency Paper-hangings

February 2, 2021 | Regency Life & Times | Leave A Comment

Regency era walls were often covered with wallpaper, although it wasn’t called wallpaper then. They called it paper-hangings, and a favorite was hand-painted paper from China. When they weren’t able to afford this, Chinoiserie paper would do, which imitated the Chinese style.

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