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A Feast of Folklore

The Bizarre Stories Behind British Food
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256 Seiten
Englisch
Unbounderscheint am26.09.2024
'Diverting, delightful and deliciously weird enough to satisfy the most demanding appetite' Christopher Hadley, author of The RoadFolklorist Ben Gazur guides you through the dark alleys of British history to uncover how our food habits have been passed down through generations of folklore.Who was the first person to throw salt over their shoulder? Why do we think carrots can help us see in the dark? When did we start holding village fairs to honour gigantic apple pies? Or start hurling ourselves down hills in pursuit of a wheel of cheese? Gazur investigates the origins of famous food superstitions as well as much more bizarre and lesser-known tales too, from what day the devil urinates on blackberries to how to stop witches using eggshells as escape boats.Hilarious and fascinating, A Feast of Folklore will introduce you to the gloriously eccentric folk who aren´t often noticed by historians. Here lies a smorgasbord of their dark remedies and deadly delicacies, waiting to be discovered.mehr
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Klappentext'Diverting, delightful and deliciously weird enough to satisfy the most demanding appetite' Christopher Hadley, author of The RoadFolklorist Ben Gazur guides you through the dark alleys of British history to uncover how our food habits have been passed down through generations of folklore.Who was the first person to throw salt over their shoulder? Why do we think carrots can help us see in the dark? When did we start holding village fairs to honour gigantic apple pies? Or start hurling ourselves down hills in pursuit of a wheel of cheese? Gazur investigates the origins of famous food superstitions as well as much more bizarre and lesser-known tales too, from what day the devil urinates on blackberries to how to stop witches using eggshells as escape boats.Hilarious and fascinating, A Feast of Folklore will introduce you to the gloriously eccentric folk who aren´t often noticed by historians. Here lies a smorgasbord of their dark remedies and deadly delicacies, waiting to be discovered.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-80018-316-2
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatGenäht
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum26.09.2024
Seiten256 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Artikel-Nr.61171820
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction - xi

Vegetable Lore - 1 

Onions and Garlic - 2 

Leeks - 5 

Potatoes - 6 

Beans - 8 

Peas - 10 

Cabbages and Sprouts - 12 

Carrots - 13 

Turnips, Swedes and Mangelwurzels - 14 

Parsley - 16

Fruit Lore - 18 

Apples - 19 

Pears - 27 

Oranges and Lemons - 29 

Cherries - 32 

Plums - 35 

Berries - 36 

Raisins - 40 

Nuts - 42

Meat and Animal Lore - 46

Beef - 47

Pork - 49

Sheep - 56

Fowls - 60

Rabbits and Hares - 67

Fish Lore - 74

Dairy Lore - 81

Milk - 84

Cream - 89

Butter - 90

Cheese - 95

Egg Lore - 99

Bread Lore - 110

Baking Bread - 112

Magical Loaves - 117

Bread Cures - 123

Good Friday, Good Bread - 125 

Bannocks - 127

Pie Lore - 130

Cake Lore - 134 

King Alfred's Baking Mishap - 137 

Witch Cakes - 139 

Pancakes - 141 

Easter Cakes - 145 

Wedding Cakes - 151 

Groaning Cakes - 155 

Farm Cakes - 157

Christmas Cakes - 158

Soul Cakes - 160

Funeral Cakes - 161

Hot Cross Buns - 162

Magic Buns - 166

Love Magic - 170

The Dumb Cake - 170

Finding Love - 174

Fairy Food Lore - 178

Drink Lore - 183

Water - 184

Beer - 188

Wine - 191

Tea - 193

Free Food and Doles - 198

Conclusion - 205

Acknowledgements - 209 

Picture Credits  - 211

Notes - 215

Supporter's Names - 245mehr

Autor

Ben Gazur has a PhD in Biochemistry but has given up the glitz and glamour of life in the laboratory for a career as a writer. He has written about everything from Mudlarking for Mental Floss to terrible TV for the Guardian. His work has also appeared in All About History, i-D, the BBC, and Fortean Times. As a host for the Twitter account @FolkloreThursday he has shared his passion for folklore on social media. Based in London he can often be found in the British Library searching for folklore among a pile of dusty books before whipping up a Whirlin Cake worthy of the Devil himself.