Comments on: Beaten up by Beeton?

By: Worried neighbour

Sun, 29 Oct 2017 23:18:00 +0000

Really made me chuckle. Arrived here after checking out the fiddle and shell silverware. I own a Mrs Beeton’s cookbook gifted to me by my mother in law, yonks ago. I must find it and have a peek. I didn’t realise Mrs B had such a sense of humour. Thanks

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By: Tricks of the trade | The Cook and the Curator | Sydney Living Museums

Tue, 28 Oct 2014 03:33:51 +0000

[…] the egg wont crack or break when you make the hole – its a neat trick that our colleague Anna Corkhill showed me. (Demonstrating just how multifaceted the life of a house museum curator can be, she also […]

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By: Graham M.

Mon, 02 Sep 2013 13:08:00 +0000

Classic – had me completely convinced until I looked at the posting date!

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By: The Cook

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:08:00 +0000

Its been a while since I read that book – must revisit it!

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By: Louise Lathouwers

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:53:00 +0000

Reminds me of the scene in Like Water For Chocolate (? I think that’s right) where the cook cries into the wedding cake and everybody becomes overwhelming sad for lost love upon eating it! Did you get teary giggles eating Anna’s bread?

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By: Margaret

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:23:00 +0000

Having lost my mother at 19 in Canberra, by the time our first baby was born, it was 1975 in Surrey, England, eight or so years later. I relied almost solely for advice upon her old copy of` ` Mrs Beeton`s Household Management `, and despite the entertaining ideas about decorating a nursery, ( and also cooking Australian native wildlife ! ) , it was clear that some things NEVER CHANGE ! Thank you, Isabella ! You saved the day then, and again back in Australia, by providing a recipe for `steak and kidney pudding ` for British Grandad`s birthday one year.

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By: Kylie Willison

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:23:00 +0000

I love this blog because you never fail to come up with such interesting posts!!

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