Can I be in, please? Happy to pay postage to this side of the pond!
There's lots of British baked earth that isn't marked. I'd agree with 1820s - 40s: the decoration is more delicate than the later florid High...
Agreed. German or Luxembourg.
Austrian, German or French, I think. Late 19th early 20th.
Portugal, possibly, or the ubiquitous Asian. Nothing special, I'm afraid.
Brussels sprouts actually need frost to develope the best flavour.
Hm. Might be one of the Newcastle makers. Jobling.
Frutcake. Yum. Especially the kind matured with lots of brandy injected in. My Ma used to eat condensed milk on buttered bread and would put...
I've had a few of these. From the colour, the glaze and the foot, plus decent decoration, very late 19th C to early 20th C. Not worth a lot any...
Oh yes. I love the clueless gold buyers who toss aside thhe unmarked and that with furrin marks. ;)
I absolutely love it. Mind you, I love any Catalan food.
Cheryl, you'd probably love espinacas al Catalan. Spinach wilted in good olive oil with a tad of garlic, then tossed, hot, with fat sultanas and...
Indeed. Good meat should be a deep dark reddish brown with yellow fat. Properly hung for 28 days, ideally. And allowed to rest after cooking.
Johnny, to be fair, you're several thousand miles from Africa.
Lions head eating it's own tail. Fits with the period.
Frozen spinach puree works if you dump butter, cream and nutmeg in it. As a child, I hated liver - my mama, being sensible, and knowing I...
Nice quality, some age to it, good colour. Does it wobble or is it stable on that foot?
I love veggies. When Ma used to buy peas in the pod, she'd have to buy twice as many as needed, 'cos I'd steal the things. I still adore uncooked...
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Oh, Cheyl, I'm howling! My mama loved spinach, as do I. But then, she would serve it with either a mountain of butter, and nicely properly...
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