Stasha strikes again! Just before we left for a day exploring Hampton Court Palace, she posted the topic for her Monday Listicle: Food!
Hey. I can do food. I have a LOT to say about food. Mostly about how my kids don’t really eat “food” in any sense of the word. Watermelon? Nah. Strawberries? Ptooey. Cheese sandwich? Gagh!
So the first item on my list of “what’s to eat?” is this:
Exhibit 1: A little morning snack on the train to Hampton Court: Krispy Kreme Donuts. Yet another quality US export.
But let’s leave my sugar-soaked children behind and consider the 16th century cook, shall we? At Hampton Court, we went through the palace kitchens, which were capable of preparing food for 1200 people at a pop. The kitchens of the palace have been set up to show us how 16th century cooks worked:
Exhibit 2: Finding a cut of meat to prepare for dinner:
Exhibit 3: Perhaps a shishkebab sort of preparation might be tasty?
Exhibit 4: Getting the oven the right temperature can be tricky.
Exhibit 5: The finished product (bit of a bummer about the skewer holds, but that can be covered up with a sauce?)
Exhibit 6: No part of the animal will be wasted: anyone fancy a little kidney pie?
Exhibit 7: Need to have a non-carnivore option for our guests. Perhaps a bird of some sort? Feathers optional.
Exhibit 8: Maybe you’d like to have some bread with your dinner?
And now back to the present day: Dinner for my youngest child: NO noodles. NO chicken tikka. NO hot dogs. Sandwich, please (at least I got a please). NO CRUSTS.
Exhibit 10: My own dinner. Um…perhaps I shouldn’t chastise my youngest son? Here’s what I had: two kinds of cheese, a lot of tomatoes, and a glass of rose. Bliss.
LOL, you almost loose me with all the other pics. And hey, the French have cheese and wine, so …you are okay.
That looks a lot like my dinner! The only thing I kept missing during pregancy was soft cheeses. Then a few days after giving birth I overdosed on Brie, Roquefort, goat cheese and what not and caused my son the worst wind possible. Maybe that is why mine doesn’t eat much either. He likes blue cheese but not Mac’n’cheese. Yours too?!
Love your take on the list. Funny you!
Fun list! Glad I live in the 21st century, though! 🙂
I think I will take the present day food! Love cooking over a fire though and wish I had a brick oven. Cute post…
it really does show how much food has changed over the years, though of course of late, not really for the better… can not wait to see your food finds from your new home!
OK, I read this while eating my dinner, consisting of:
One (fried) mozzarella stick, stolen off my son’s plate
One piece of very crispy bacon, stolen off my other son’s plate
One bowl of lentil soup
Handful of mixed nuts
Grape tomatoes remaining in bottom of container (about 12)
Carrot & celery sticks that came w/ mozzarella sticks that son regards as poison & wont eat
Orange juice
LOVE this & Glad to know I’m not alone!
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Hi from Listicles:
First off I love Hampton Court Palace and used to live just down the river from it in Richmond.
Second of all I really had no idea you could get Krispy Creme donuts in London. go figure!
I loved your funny food list – no way would my kids have survived food-wise in the 16th c. But maybe they had Krispy Creme back then??? (-: