Dr Neil Buttery

Award winning author, blogger, podcaster & cook of British food from the past.

New book 'Before Mrs Beeton' out now.

Contact: [email protected]

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Here we go...the full clip of Yours Truly on @BBCBreakfast talking about the Birmingham balti and other culturally important foods including cream teas!

https://t.co/LSK8KrfAwK

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Whatever plans you have for 17 October cancel them and come to the Serve it Forth Food History Festival 2026!

Being in an inconvenient time zone is no excuse!

Tickets and breakdown of the day here: https://t.co/cozxPhxmM0

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My riddlebread hell.

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There is just one month until Serve it Forth 2026!

I'm leading two sessions this year (you lucky things 😂) & I can't wait to see you there! Xxx

Tickets are £12 + booking fee and are available via Eventbrite: https://t.co/cozxPhxmM0

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Just spotted this piece of magnificence on Peter Brears' 'Cooking & Dining in Tudor & Early Stuart England', a carriage & horses made from sausages, a bag pudding & 4 roast sucking pigs, made for James VI/I.

A new Sunday roast aim unlocked!

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To Make a Coburg (or Cob) Loaf https://t.co/RzaQC2EOvu via @neilbuttery

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My next bake for #sourdoughseptember is an 18th century style Derbyshire oatcake. Just fine oatmeal and water plus salt that's left to sour over a couple of days and cooked on the bakestone.

I'm very happy with how they have turned out...pleasantly sour and nutty. Yum!

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Just out now on The British Food History Podcast feed, a bonus Minisode all about Serve it Forth 2026 where @mrssbilton @DeliciousLegacy @Dr_Alessandra_P and I give you the lowdown on this year's fest on 17 October.

https://t.co/ZR7ZI9JRaN

[Glevum glass eels @leerust1966]

WHERE ARE THE EA’S EEL FIGURES?

1/8
Mill Pit / Abbey Mill, Tewkesbury — River Avon/Severn system.

Critically endangered juvenile European eels are gathering below the barrier.

The Environment Agency needs to explain why they remain trapped below an EA-controlled structure.

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A trip to Tatton Park and naturally my favourite bit was the downstairs...

📷 kitchen, stillroom, housekeeper's room, scullery

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What a day it was yesterday at @Ludlowfoodfest recording the first ever live episode of @aisforapplepod ! The theme? C is for Castle

Such a fun recording with @mrssbilton & @Dr_Alessandra_P

A huge thanks too to @NethertonNews for supporting us.

I hope we're allowed back!

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Good folk of Manchester! Are there any damsons available anywhere? I fear I have missed the season. Can anyone help!?

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@Fred43316430253 @BBCNews No, but its very rarely made i would say. Lived in Lancashire 30 years and not seen hide nor hair of one!
Made it myself though and it is lovely. I should do a blog post really.

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It was nice to be asked for my two penneth for this @BBCNews article by Alys Davis.

P.S. Many of the recipes can be read about on the blog (https://t.co/eX5J1lnUSQ).

'The home cooks reviving forgotten British dishes you've probably never heard of':
https://t.co/h6GIOP0noE

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@sudipigott Actually pretty good. Its very crumbly though...great in soup!

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I've been making some extinct English breads for #sourdoughseptember

This one is Gervase Markham's brown bread. I made it with 50% barley flour, the rest made up of rye, wheat & fava bean flour. Plus salt and water of course. Its the bread you made for your lowest servants.

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The final guests announcements for Serve it Forth 2026 are in!

I will be talking with the fantastic Sally Grainger & @sudipigott all about the influence of the small-but-mighty anchovy in British & Mediterranean cuisine.

Book your ticket for 17 Oct here: https://t.co/cozxPhxmM0

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@PaulRoberts44 I forget to mention this recipe is from 1615 and even wealthy folk weren't eating white wheaten breadmost of the time. I believe servants got much more demanding in the later C18th.

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@SandraWexler Yes indeed!

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Have you seen the guests we have announced so far for Serve it Forth Food History Festival on 17 October?

Check them out...and there are will be more announcements in the next few days.

Tickets are £12 + booking fee. Link with all the deets so far here:

https://t.co/cozxPhxmM0

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ICYMI More premium content landed...this time a recipe for a kidney omelette* inspired by my recent conversation with @mrssbilton about the writings of Elizabeth Robins Pennell on the SECRET podcast.

*don't knock it till you've tried it.

Link here: https://t.co/JC77myOjNj

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@SandraWexler Serve it Forth is gonna be gooood this year! We'll be announcing more things soon...

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I'm back from my week break in Aix-en-Provence. I took not a single picture of any of the beautiful things I saw, just this one of a really big slice of Parmesan, tiny grater for scale.

Anyway, how've you all been?