Your 7 October food & drink takeaways
A pancake breakfast for the beginning of British Egg Week, what constituted a second breakfast in the 18th century and an artist’s depiction of his family at breakfast.
Just some of food & drink delights that 7 October brings to the table.
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A curated taster menu of every day’s food & drink associations
Celebration days
It's the start of three major food awareness weeks in the UK.
British Egg Week (7-13 Oct) celebrates the 'versatility, ease and nutritional benefits of British Lion eggs' – and to help do this, Daily Takeaways is highlighting their recipe for big breakfast pancakes {header photo}. After all, didn't they used to say to go to work on an egg?
National Porridge Week (7-13 Oct) also gets underway 'as autumn begins and mornings take a chillier turn.'
And it's always warming to know that we can turn to that national favourite, the curry, during National Curry Week (7-13 Oct)
Food in writing
Celebrated diarist Parson James Woodforde gave us an insight on this day in 1794 as to what one could expect of an 18th century second breakfast when he wrote of a 'second tho' late breakfast' with the Bishop of Norwich:
“Chocolate, green & brown Tea, hot rolls, dried Toast, Bread and Butter, Honey, Tongue and ham grated very small.”
A Country Parson: James Woodforde's Diary 1759-1802, Century Publishers
Food art of the day
Breakfast II. The Artist's Family by Norwegian painter Gustav Wentzel – born on this day in 1859. Wentzel was known for his interiors with figures, the urban middle class and artisans in their homes.
Food and drink birthdays
1951
New Orleans–based author, photographer, and culinary historian who wrote 12 Louisiana French-Creole cuisine cookbooks
1977
American chef
