Сто лет назад, в эпоху короля Эдуарда, британская кухня переживала свой расцвет. Это была эпоха великих ресторанов, непрерывных приемов, знаменитых поваров, новых экзотических рецептов и гигантских обедов из двенадцати смен блюд. Одевшись в костюмы того времени, когда тугие корсеты только начали уходить в прошлое, а для мужчин, по-прежнему, пыткой оставались острые накрахмаленные воротнички, ведущие вновь испробуют на себе все прелести обжорства.
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A list of the foods and recipes mentioned in this episode
Breakfast:
Wheaties (made from stale bread cut into cubes and dried in oven)
National Loaf (nicknamed Hitler’s Secret Weapon)
Scrambled eggs (made with powdered dried eggs imported from America; only one real egg per week per person allowed in rations)
Tea
Dinner:
Woolton Pie
Oatmeal Sauce
Raw Cabbage Salad
Sherry
Beer
Giles on night watch:
Spam sandwich (can of Spam on National Loaf bread)
Sue’s midnight snack:
Cold lamb chop
At the British Restaurant (John Lewis’ staff canteen – bananas seen there were strictly forbidden during the war):
Skilly (a much hated soup)
Cottage Pie
Carrot and Swede
Apple Crumble
Mock Dinner:
Mock Crab with Mock Mayonnaise (margarine, dried egg, vinegar, cheese, salad cream)
Mock Duck (sausage meat, onion, grated apple, sage, shaped into a duck)
Mock Apricot Tart with Mock Cream (grated carrot, almond essence, plum jam; cream is made of margarine, sugar, flour)
Mock Coffee
Lunch with the G.I.s:
Sue’s face painted with beetroot juice
Sue’s legs painted with gravy (to simulate stockings)
Lettuce and Margarine Sandwiches
Mock Hamburgers
American Pinwheels
Lemon Sponge (made with paraffin in lieu of butter)
Custard
Ersatz Coffee (roasted chicory and dandelion root)
Nylons and a can of pineapple given by the G.I.s to Sue
Winston Churchill’s wartime lunch (he didn’t ration himself, apparently):
Native Oysters
Petite Marmite (a soup)
Roast Venison with Mushrooms
Ice Cream and Raspberries
Stilton
Apples, Grapes and Walnuts
Pol Roger Champagne
Chardonnay
Claret
Port
Cognac
Cigars
Foraging in the fields lunch:
Snail and Nettle Consommé
Rabbit Casserole with Ear Fungus
Steamed Alexander Bracken
Sunday lunch:
Snoek Piquante (snoek was a fish imported from South Africa)
Braised Sheep Hearts (hearts obtained on the black market)
Wartime Trifle
Sherry
Red wine
Supper in the Tube (sheltering from the bombing):
Cheese and Crackers
Turnip Soup
Wartime Sausages (3% meat)
Cocoa
Victory Lunch (a party after V-E Day):
Victory Scotch Eggs
Pilchard Sandwiches
Cheese Dreams (cheese and beetroot sandwiches fried in margarine)
Mock Banana
Fish Eyes and Goo (tapioca custard pudding)
Jam Tarts
Rabbit Blancmange
Orange Squash Jelly
Toffee Carrots (unpeeled carrots on sticks dipped in melted sugar)
Honey Chocolate
Carrot Fudge
Patriotic Pudding
Eggless Victory Cake (with lots of icing made with black market sugar)
Onions as raffle prizes (onions were in very short supply)
