Busman's holiday today, and a trip to see other people working in another kitchen...Harvington Hall.
Full of superb wall paintings, and more priest hides than you can shake a stick at. Well worth visiting

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I have learned of the wonderful, old-fashioned taste treat that is fruit shrubs. Drinking syrups made from vinegar, fruit, and sugar, shrubs are added to water (still or sparkling). Extremely tasty and refreshing and one thousand times better than pop/soda.
In the last month, I have made raspberry and red currant shrub. My next experiment shall be peach shrub.
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A friend of mine who does #HistoricCookery is wondering if there's a Mastodon instance that specializes in anything adjacent to that topic. (Actually she's generally looking for a congenial instance and I used that as an example.)