Starving in Spring
Adam Balic again. Not just a problem for people, but also for the animals. Prior to the agricultural reforms at the end of the 18th century (in the UK), much…
Read moreDrugs, Sugar, and Cowslips
One of the things I love about food is that you can start off with something seemingly trivial (cowslips) and end up probing into fundamental problems about health, diet (or…
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From Adam Balic I have been at a loss to explain the use of cowslips in pudding and wine. A typical recipe is: 1 peck chopped flowers (16 imperial pints…
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