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Hawthorn berries are tiny fruits that grow on trees and shrubs belonging to the Crataegus genus.
The genus includes hundreds of species commonly found in Europe, North America, and Asia.
These nutrient-rich berries have a tart, tangy taste and mild sweetness. They range in color from yellow to dark red (1Trusted Source).
For hundreds of years, people have used hawthorn berry as an herbal remedy for digestive problems, heart issues, and high blood pressure. In fact, the berry has been a key part of traditional Chinese medicine since at least 659 A.D. (1Trusted Source).
Hawthorn Fruit
hawthorn berries
Hawthorn trees produce berry-like fruits that have tart taste
Fruit from hawthorn trees looks like clusters of small, rounded berry-like fruits that appear from fall until winter. Hawthorn fruits have thick red skin covering creamy-yellow flesh. The fleshy, tangy fruit has between one and five stones in the middle, resembling small peach or apricot stones.
Hawthorn fruits grow between 0.5” and 1” (1.2 – 2.5 cm) in diameter. The fruits are edible; however, hawthorn fruit (including mayhaws) are notoriously sour and too tangy for most people. Hawthorn jams and jellies such as mayhaw jelly are the most common way to consume these fruits.
Although hawthorn fruit is more like a pome fruit, they are generally referred to as berries. This is because the small round fruits grow in clusters like many types of berries do. Depending on the Crataegus species, the fruit can be red, yellow, blue, or orange-yellow.
A little roadside stand found in Ellijay, Georgia. One can almost taste the crisp, juicy apples and tangy cider that used to be found here….maybe come fall they’ll return again. For now, popsicles and lemonade reign over the hot July days!
“I remember that pomegranate well- the leathery red skin, the fleshy weight of it in my hand promising wine-sweet clusters of ruby fruit. As I lifted it off the pile, I imagined the satisfying crunch, the release of tangy perfume, the juices glazing my lips and running down my chin. Ah, that biblical fruit with its poignant umbilical tip, choice of the gods and food of the dead.”
― Elle Newmark, The Book of Unholy Mischief
Wild Strawberries for breakfast. They maybe small but they are wonderfully tangy & sweet too. They are great on top of my overnight oats. The worlds greatest cure all. Despite our unseasonably cool dreich summer there are lots of these around our garden. Bring on some Scottish sunshine please.
This American robin is sitting in seventh heaven here, surrounded by all those tasty tangy crabapples turned into hard cider.
Interestingly, these mushrooms form a major ingredients in many spicy and tangy Thai salad (ยำ) or soup dishes. These are cultivated mushrooms and at least four kinds are commonly available in fresh markets and supermarkets. I would definitely post soon a photo of a spicy salad with mushrooms.
( Please bear with me, wasn't feeling well and I feel tired. So will catch up soon ♥ )
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Fruit chaat is the Pakistani version of a fruit salad. Seasonal fruits are diced and mixed with sugar, orange juice and chaat masala. It’s a super refreshing sweet, tangy and spicy fruit salad. In Pakistan, fruit chaat is usually eaten for Iftar during the month of Ramadan. Fruits are also healthy and provide much needed nutrition.
The beauty of fruit chaat is that pretty much any fruit can be used to make it. However, it is best made with seasonal fruit, which is why a winter fruit chaat will have a different assortment of ingredients versus a summer fruit chaat. The choice of the fruit used in a fruit chaat depends on the variety of fruits available in your country, as well as personal preference. Traditionally in Pakistan, commonly used fruits are bananas, apples, guavas and grapes. Depending on availability other fruit such as oranges, mangoes, peaches, nectarines, pomegranates, strawberries, kiwifruit, blueberries are also added.
How to make Pakistani fruit chaat?
•Start off with dicing your fruit. It’s best to dice by hand. Avoid using a food processor as that can turn your fruit into fruit mince, which is not the texture you are going for. Cut all fruit roughly the same size. Apples, pears and any other fruit that can oxidize should be sprinkled with lemon juice to stop them from browning. If using bananas, it’s best to add them a few minutes before serving because they can turn soft and mushy.
•Season: Add sugar, chaat masala and orange juice. The quantity of sugar used may need to be adjusted depending on the fruits used. Instead of sugar, honey can also be used. If oranges are in season, use fresh orange juice. Otherwise, bottled orange juice can be used.
•Let the chaat sit: Mix the fruits and spices together, and then let them sit for about 10 minutes, and then serve. This lets the flavors blend together and creates a delicious fruit juice that tastes absolutely delicious.
The dried fruits of some species are ground to produce a tangy, crimson spice popular in many countries. Fruits are also used to make a traditional "pink lemonade" beverage by steeping them in water, straining to remove the hairs that may irritate the mouth or throat, sometimes adding sweeteners such as honey or sugar.
Who doesn't love these delicious Bing Cherries, they were sweet & juicy. Happy weekend my friends, enjoy =)
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lime, lemon, blood orange and grapefruit. the lime, lemon & oranges came in for some lovely baking at the weekend! lemon & ricotta cake, lime & coconut flapjack and upside down orange pud. all very healthy of course😀
Surinam Cherries that is.....big seed inside and very juicy with a taste that's quite distinct from the sweet (George Washington style) of North Am.
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She was divinity's creature
That kissed in cold mirrors
A Queen of snow
Far beyond compare
Lips attuned to symmetry
Sought Her everywhere
Dark liquored eyes
An Arabian nightmare
Tomatoes are the jewels of the garden,
bringing a burst of vibrant color and a rich,
tangy flavor to dishes all summer long !!
These mushrooms look like they've been drizzled with a tangy sauce of some kind. I've no idea if they are edible or highly poisonous.
With its arrow-shaped leaves and tangy, lemony flavor,
adds a burst of wild, earthy freshness to meadows and open fields,
where it thrives in the sunlit soil !!
Kasundi, a sharp, tangy, Bengal mustard sauce, encounters Chipotle, a Latin American salsa rojo with smoldering good looks!
Guess whos been playing with the saturation button ????? I think now I love autumn more than any other season - the warm water, the softness, the beautiful skies. Popped into Centennial Park on my way home this evening and I was watching these cockatoos in the palm trees squawking away - I kept my lens fixed up to wait from them to fly out - jeez, it took forever - my arms were aching holding my trusty 70- 200 f2.8 . Sure, I had a tripod in the car(aka The Dust Gatherer) - but I never use it .
Monday night here in Sydney - so lets kick the week off with a tangy bang my fine flickr friends - don't tell Ms. Silver Efex I did this - she would not be happy ;)
with Mr. Pineapple ;)
From Summer Fest.
Stories&Co. / Bette Swimsuit
REIGN. / TANGY SANDALS
Tableau Vivant / Yoann hair
{vespertine} / dream row boat / pg
Intrigue Co. / Aloha Pineapple
Other
Noodles / Kelley Sunglasses Champagne
Are summer's jewels,
bursting with sweet, tangy flavor,
their smooth, sun-kissed skins hiding the perfect blend of juiciness and crispness within !!
Macro Mondays - Cheese
This is the third one I've made in as many weeks - as much as I like the pieces of strawberry in the cheese and decorating the top my favourite to date is the tangy Lemon Cheesecake from week one !!!!
Cavendish Mews is a smart set of flats in Mayfair where flapper and modern woman, the Honourable Lettice Chetwynd has set up home after coming of age and gaining her allowance. To supplement her already generous allowance, and to break away from dependence upon her family, Lettice has established herself as a society interior designer, so her flat is decorated with a mixture of elegant antique Georgian pieces and modern Art Deco furnishings, using it as a showroom for what she can offer to her well heeled clients.
Today however we are not at Cavendish Mews, although we are still in Mayfair, moving a few streets away to Hill Street, where Edith, Lettice’s maid, is visiting her best friend and fellow maid-of-all-work, Hilda. Hilda works as a live-in maid for Lettice’s married friends Margot and Dickie Channon, a job that Edith helped her land, so that she could get away from their mean-spirited former employer, Mrs. Plaistow. It was at Mrs. Plaistow’s that Edith and Hilda cemented their friendship, sharing the same cold and draughty garret bedroom up under the eaves of Mrs. Plaistow’s Pimlico Georgian townhouse. It is Wednesday and Wednesday afternoons from one o’clock, both girls have time off from their jobs as domestic servants. Edith has popped around to drop off two new romance novels she has finished for Hilda to borrow, and the pair of domestics are planning to go and help Edith find a nice frame for the photographic portrait of she and her fiancée Frank, who works as the delivery boy for Mr. Willison’s Grocer’s in Binney Street Mayfair. The photograph sits on top of Edith’s green leather handbag on Hida’s clean deal pine kitchen table. With Mr. and Mrs. Channon out paying calls so as not to have to fend for themselves whilst Hilda has her Wednesday afternoon off, taking advantage of the generosity of friends, which helps their somewhat penurious situation. Therefore, Hilda and Edith are taking advantage of Hilda’s employers’ absence and are taking some tea in the Hill Street flat’s kitchen before going looking for frames along the nearby London premier shopping strip, Oxford Street. Edith has come to collect Hilda from the Hill Street flat, but Hilda is not quite ready to go. Her coat and hat hang on the peg next to the door, and her handbag is almost ready, but she wants a nice cup of tea before they depart.
“It‘s very good of you to lend me these Madeline St John novels, Edith.” Hilda says as she fills the blue and white floral kitchen tea set teapot with hot water from the brass kettle on the stove, pouring over the tealeaves in the bottom of the pot.
“Oh that’s alright, Hilda.” Edith replies. “I know that you’ll take good care of them. You’ve always been very careful with any book you have had in your possession.”
“I promise I will, Edith.” Hilda says with a serious glance at Edith to show her commitment to her promise, replacing the lid onto the pot. “I only wish Mr. Channon would read a bit more than the cartoons and Rupert the Bear’s** illustrated stories***.” She places the pot on the kitchen table’s surface. “He’s taken after that awful American friend of his Mr. Carter, you know? Mr. Channon calls them the ‘funny papers’**** now!”
“Really?” Edith says aghast.
“Really!” Hilda nods dourly. “This household is becoming more and more Americanised every week under the influence of Mr. Carter.” She tuts and shakes her head in disapproval. “ The other day Mr. Channon asked me if we had any ‘candies’***** in the house.”
“Candies?” Edith queries.
“Yes.” Hilda screws up her face.
“As in candied peel?” Edith asks.
“Well, that’s just it, Edith. I asked him the same thing, but he just laughed and said no. He said he fancied some fruit pastilles****** and asked whether we had any.”
“Then why didn’t Mr. Channon ask for sweets then?”
“Because ‘candies’ is what Mr. Carter calls sweets. Again, it’s American.”
“Heaven help us if the future Marquis of Taunton speaks like that,” Edith says, throwing her hands up in the air in mock horror. “The old Marquis will be spinning in his grave, once he finally gets there, if he should ever hear back about that. Still,” Edith sighs. “With the Prince of Wales being so enamoured with America and Americans******* that he has taken to adopting their slang according to the newspapers, it will probably only be a matter of time before we are all calling sweets ‘candies’.”
“Not I!” Edith says, raising one of her sausage like fingers to her chest in horror. “Now, going back to reading, there may not be much about Mrs. Plaistow’s I can genuinely say I miss, but Mr. Plaistow’s library was one of them I do. It was so big, I could pinch a novel to read and no-one knew. Here I am lucky to find a ladies’ magazine, never mind anything more literary.”
“Well, I wouldn’t say that these are literary by any means,” Edith pushes the two novels she has brought with her across the scrubbed table’s surface towards her best friend. “But they are certainly enjoyable, or at least I think so.”
“Oh, I quite like Madeline St John’s novels, even if they are a little bit too romantic for me.”
“Perhaps you should join the Audley Street public library********, Hilda.” Edith suggests helpfully.
“Maybe…” Hilda muses as she looks about the kitchen distractedly.
“Anyway, you won’t be wanting romance novels, the way things are going now, will you, Hilda?” Edith giggles.
Hilda does not reply but instead turns her back on her friend and walks over to the kitchen dresser.
“Well?” Edith persists, sitting forward in her chair as Hilda fetches a battered tin of Elke’s* London Assorted Biscuits from a drawer in the dresser.
“Well what?” Hilda asks a little peevishly, placing the tin on the table next to the pot with a hard clunk. She folds her arms akimbo over her chest, the knitted rows of her coffee and cream coloured knitted cardigan rising and falling beneath the movement of her large monobousum********* as she breathes in and out irritably.
“You know what, Hilda.” Edith hisses, leaning forward in her seat, glancing to either side of her as if she fears that someone will overhear them, even though the flat is completely empty, aside from the two of them in the kitchen. “You and John? How is it going?”
At Edith and Frank’s small engagement celebration, hosted by Edith’s father Frank at the Lyon’s Corner House********** at the top of Tottenham Court Road. As Edith’s chosen maid-of-hour, Hilda was invited to join the party, as was Frank’s choice of a best man, his friend who helped to orchestrate the smoothness of Frank’s proposal, John Simpkin. Hilda and John sat next to each other, and surprisingly to Hilda, who usually seems to either scare off potential suitors or bore them, she and he got along very well, finding they have much in common, including more cerebral pleasures and interests.
Hilda gives Edith a wry look. “You’re hopeless, you are, Edith!”
“Whatever do you mean, Hilda?” Edith replies, feigning innocence.
“When you want something from me, or to know something I’ve done or think. You’re like a worm, wriggling around in your chair.”
Edith cannot help but release a burst of surprised laughter. “Oh, thank you very much, Hilda!” she says in incredulity, although with a genuine smile that indicate that she is not angry with Hilda for saying what she has. “A fine best friend you are!”
“You know me, Edith.” Hilda replies unapologetically. “I speak as I find.”
“You do at that.” Edith agrees with a nod. “Although I prefer fish, myself.”
“I beg your pardon, Edith?” Hilda looks at her friend in startled surprise with a curious look on her chubby face. “What on earth do fish have to do with what we’re talking about?”
“Well, Mum always says I’m like a wriggling fish when I have something to ask.” Edith laughs. “In fact, she says that I have always been a hopeless secret keeper. She said that secrets are like little fish flipping about in my tummy, desperate to get out.”
“I hope that isn’t entirely true!” Hilda exclaims, her look turning from surprise to concern as she sinks into her chair opposite Edith at the table. “Considering what secrets I’ve confided in you over the years of our friendship, Edith Watsford!”
“I’m not talking about our confidences, silly!” Edith scoffs with a laugh. “You don’t need to worry! I’d never divulge them and betray your trust.”
“I should hope not!” Hilda says, folding her arms across her chest again.
“No, it’s only the secrets that I want to tell that Mum says are like a wriggling ticking tummy fish.”
“What secrets could you possibly want to share, Edith? I thought secrets were meant to be kept… well secret.”
“Oh, you know, ones like when Frank and I started stepping out together.” Edith elucidates. “You know. Things like that!”
Hilda’s face becomes filled with bemusement at her best friend’s blithe remark. “And your engagement?” she asks.
“Oh! Mum already had wind to be expecting that, since Frank had gone around to Mum and Dad’s to ask Dad for my hand in marriage, before he proposed to me.” Edith picks up the photograph of she and Frank which she is taking to find a frame for, and smiles lovingly down at the moment Frank proposed to her in Mr. Bristol’s Photography Studio in Clapham Junction***********, captured forever in film: their heads bowed together as they both look at the silver engagement ring that Frank had bought from a Lavender Hill************ jewellers placed on Edith’s ring finger. “So, she was expecting that. In fact,” Edith adds. “She was expecting it long before it came.”
“Well, you know when it comes to feelings of the heart, Frank likes to do things just so, and in the right way.” Hilda opines. “He’s a good man, is your Frank. You’re a lucky girl, Edith, and no mistake.”
“Hhhhmmm…” Edith says, squirming in the Windsor backed chair again, and giving her best friend a knowing look with her eyebrows arched over her sparkling blue eyes. “And what about you, Hilda?”
“What about me, Edith?”
“Don’t you have something that you’re just dying to tell me?” Edith teases, leaning across the table towards Hilda. “Don’t you have your own wriggling ticking tummy fish that you so desperately want to get out in the open with me.”
“After your recent confession, I’m not entirely sure I do.” Hilda says warily.
“Oh, don’t be so daft, Hilda!” Edith swats away Hilda’s apprehension with a light sweep of her hand as she sits upright again. “I’ll never betray your trust. You’re my best friend, and I’m yours! What are best friends for, if not to confide in?”
“Well,” Hilda says
“Well nothing!” Edith says matter-of-factly. “What happened with you and John?”
Hilda clears her throat awkwardly. “Mr. Simpkin,” she begins, stressing his name to confirm that the two are still on very formal terms. “And I had a very nice time at the bookbinding exhibition************* at the British Museum**************.”
“And?” Edith asks, hanging on every word that Hilda says.
“And there were some very interesting examples in the history of printing section.” Hilda goes on.
“Oh!” Edith scoffs sulkily, sinking back in her chair and crossing her own arms. “I didn’t mean that.”
“Would you rather here about the music printing, Edith? Mr. Simpkin found that part of the exhibition of particular interest to him, since he plays the violin when he isn’t assisting Mr. Bristol at the photographic studio.”
“You can be infuriating sometimes, Hilda Clerkenwell!” Edith exclaims with exasperation. “I don’t what to know about the books you saw, or the sheet music! I want to know how you two got along!” She pauses. “Although it is rather a positive thing that you know that John plays the violin. Mind you,” she adds. “That must drive Frank and the other boarders at Mrs. Chapman’s balmy if he plays badly.”
“Apparently, he plays quite well. Mr. Simpkin had some formal tuition when he was younger, so I would imagine he is somewhat accomplished, or he has at least mastered his instrument.” Hilda coughs awkwardly in a forced fashion again. “Not that I’ve heard him of course! It’s only hearsay.”
“Of course, Hilda.” Edith assures her friend soothingly, “So, did you two get along well?” she tries persistently again.
“Well,” Hilda says cagily. “We had a very pleasant time.” She pauses.
“And?” Edith persists.
“And we found that we have quite a bit in common with our interests in reading, history, and of course galleries and books,” Hilda adds quickly. “Since we both enjoyed the exhibition.”
“And did you enjoy one another’s company, Hilda?” Edith asks patiently, drawing the details she wants carefully and patiently from her best friend.
“We did.” Hilda feels the heat of her blush as it fills her cheeks, raising her careworn hands with their sausage fingers to her cheeks to try and hide the obvious and cool them down.
“Aha!” Edith crows with triumph. “I knew you’d like him! I knew it! I mean, he’s far too bookish looking for my tastes, what with his spectacles and narrow shoulders, but then again, I have Frank, so I shan’t be looking at any other young man, being an engaged lady now. But a man like that I’m sure will suit you.”
“We had a very nice time, and he took me to the little tearooms outside British Museum Tube Station*************** before we parted ways.”
“Oh!” Edith exclaims. “You know they say that railway station is haunted****************, don’t you, Hilda?”
“Oh, what nonsense, Edith!” Hilda scoffs with a dismissive snort as she pours tea into Edith’s cup from the pot. “Have you been reading penny dreadfuls***************** between these Madeline St John novels?”
“It’s true, Hilda!” Edith insists as she picks up the milk jug to add milk to her tea. “I read about it in the newspaper. They say it’s haunted by the spirit of a mummy that lives un the museum now: an Egyptian queen or princess or such. Apparently, she wanders the tube station screaming and scaring people.”
“How very lowering for an Egyptian queen or princess to haunt a tube station.” Hilda replies witheringly, depositing the pot back on the table.
“You never did believe in spiritualism******************, like me.” Edith pouts.
“As a good Church of England girl, nor should you, Edith. And I don’t believe that Madam Fortune you went to see up in Swiss Cottage.”
“Madame Fortuna.” Edith politely corrects her friend as she interjects.
“Well, whatever her name was, I’m sorry to say this, but I don’t believe she knew you were going to marry Frank at all, Edith! I think she was a charlatan and you paid her some of your hard-earned wages just for the pleasure of listening to all her mumbo-jumbo, when she couldn’t really tell you a thing from looking at tealeaves in the bottom of your cup.” She says scornfully. She then softens a little when she sees how crestfallen Edith looks. “Look, I don’t believe in any of that like of thing: ghosts, spirit mediums, séances or any of that stuff and nonsense. But if it made you happier at the time, I guess it wasn’t a complete waste of money.” She reaches out her hand and squeezes Edith’s smaller one in it, expressing her concerns for her best friend. “I just wouldn’t want a nice girl like you, my best friend, to be taken advantage of by some… some…” She removes her hand from Edith’s and starts gesticulating. “Some charlatan.”
“But it was in the papers, Hilda! I swear that was where I read it!” Edith implores.
“And wasn’t it Miss Lettice’s copy of the Times you found your Madame Fortuna in?” Hilda looks doubtfully across the table at Edith. When Edith nods in a shallow and contrite way, Hilda goes on, “You know me, Edith. You know I only deal in facts, and I don’t believe in a report of a tube station haunted by an Egyptian ghost, royal or otherwise. It’s obviously the newspapers trying to cash in on this Tutmania******************* business that everyone seems so keen on these days after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.”
“Well, I won’t try to convince you.” Edith says with a smile. “And we won’t fall out over a difference of opinion about spiritualism. Tell me, what did you have to eat at the tea rooms?”
“We had a buttered currant bun******************** each and shared a pot of rather bitter and over stewed tea that took forever for our waitress to bring,” Hilda remarks a little peevishly. “I could have walked over and taken the pot off the glass topped cake counter top quicker than it took her to bring it, but still.” Hilda smiles and blushes again. “It was, well, rather fun you know, going out to tea with a man for a change.”
“Did he pay then?”
“Like the gentleman Mr. Simpkin is, he did, Edith.” Hilda affirms.
“Very good!” Edith nods her head with approval.
“And are you going to see him again?” Edith asks, her excitement building.
Hilda doesn’t answer straight away, an enigmatic smile appearing on her face.
“Well, are you?” Edith persists.
Hilda remains silent an little bit longer, enjoying the moment she has Edith in her thrall, before admitting, “We’re going to see that new romance picture with Betty Balfour*********************, ‘The Sea Urchin’********************** at The Tivoli*********************** up The Strand on Sunday.”
“Oh hoorah!” Edith leaps form here seat and runs over to her best friend, throwing her arms around her and pressing her head next to Hilda’s.
“Now it’s early days, yet, Edith.” Hilda tries to temper her friend’s enthusiasm for the match. “I know you just want me to be happy, and you want everyone to be as happy as you are, now you’re engaged. We’ll just have to wait and see what pans out between Mr. Simpkin and I.”
“Oh it will work out!” Edith kisses Hilda on her jowly cheek. “I just know it will!”
*Elkes Biscuits, a historic British biscuit maker from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, started with C. Elkes in 1924, famous for developing the iconic Malted Milk biscuit that year, capitalizing on malted milk's popularity as a health food, though the company itself claims origins back to 1908. After growing significantly, Elkes was acquired by Northern Foods in 1986, repositioning its brand to budget products, with the Uttoxeter factory becoming part of the 2 Sisters Food Group, which later sold it in 2022, securing its long heritage.
**Rupert Bear is a British children's comic strip character and franchise created by artist Mary Tourtel and first appearing in the Daily Express newspaper on the 8th of November 1920. Rupert's initial purpose was to win sales from the rival Daily Mail and Daily Mirror newspapers. In 1935, the stories were taken over by Alfred Bestall, who was previously an illustrator for Punch and other glossy magazines. Alfred proved to be successful in the field of children's literature and worked on Rupert stories and artwork into his nineties. More recently, various other artists and writers have continued the series. About fifty million copies have been sold worldwide. Rupert is a bear who lives with his parents in a house in Nutwood, a fictional idyllic English village. He is drawn wearing a red jumper and bright yellow checked trousers, with matching yellow scarf. Originally depicted as a brown bear, his colour soon changed to white to save on printing costs, though he remained brown on the covers of the annuals.
***Early British sequential narratives, such as the Rupert Bear strip which started in the Daily Express in 1920, often used a format of illustrations accompanying text (called "text comics", "illustrated stories" of "picture stories").
****The term "funny papers" is an American term. While early forms of the general term date back to the 1830s in Britain, its specific use referring to the newspaper comic section originated in the United States and became a common colloquialism around the 1920s. The phrase, "I'll see you in the funny papers," became a popular, light-hearted American farewell in the 1920s and was widely used through the Second World War years. The expression was later adopted in Britain, likely from the influx of American servicemen to boost Britain’s war efforts around 1943.
*****Americans started using the word "candy" to generally refer to all sweet confections during the 19th century, while the British continued to use "sweets" or "sweetmeats". One theory suggests the term "candy" was adopted in the U.S. because for many people during the country's expansion, the primary form of sweet available was hard, boiled sugar lumps, which were specifically known as "sugar candy" or "rock candy" because they lasted for years without spoiling. Over time, Americans simply shortened this to "candy" as a catch-all term for all types of sweet confections, distinguishing their usage from the British "sweets". Today, "candy" is the standard American English term for items like chocolate bars, gum, and other sugary snacks, while in British English, these are known as "sweets" or "chocolate bars".
******Fruit pastilles are chewy, fruit-flavoured gumdrop-style sweets, famously made by Rowntree's, that are sugar-coated and come in five classic flavours: strawberry, blackcurrant, lemon, lime, and orange, known for their tangy taste and firm, jelly-like texture. They contain fruit juice and often no artificial colours or flavours, making them a popular, long-standing British confectionery enjoyed worldwide.
*******Edward, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and then Duke of Windsor), became a fan of America in 1919 during his first major tour of North America following the end of the First World War. Before the 1919 visit, he had developed an initial interest in the United States after serving with American troops at the end of the war and being impressed by their discipline and energy. He wrote to his father, King George V, expressing his excitement and a "longing to go to the States". The 1919 tour cemented his admiration for the country, which offered a sense of freedom and modernity he found lacking in the formal confines of British royal life. The "sensational" public reception as he was greeted with a massive ticker-tape parade in New York City, which had a huge impact on him. As he became an enthusiast for American culture, he enjoyed interests and pursuits including jazz music, American slang and dancing, like the Black Bottom, and American cars. His lifestyle and friendships also reflected his Americanisation as he socialised with American debutantes and, on a later visit in 1920, even tried surfing in Hawaii. He also purchased a cattle ranch in Alberta, Canada, in 1919, a fantasy inspired by American cowboy shows he had seen as a boy. His sustained fascination with the United States and its culture is considered a key factor that shaped his relationships and ultimately led to his abdication in 1936 to marry the American divorcée, Wallis Simpson.
********The first dedicated public library in London's Mayfair area was the Mayfair Library, located at 25 South Audley Street, a beautiful Grade II listed Victorian building which opened in the early 1900s, serving as a local hub for residents and a significant landmark. While other libraries in London are much older (like the Guildhall Library from 1425), this building specifically serves the modern Mayfair community as a public library.
*********The term "monobosom" refers to a specific clothing silhouette popular in Western fashion during the first decade of the twentieth century, which created a wide, well-padded expanse of chest that concealed the natural shape of the breasts. This silhouette was a consequence of the lowered topline of the corset, which allowed the breasts to hang freely and merge into a single, massive pouch-like shape across the front of the body. The goal of this style was a look of "pulchritude" that did not disclose the individual natural form or cleavage. Even though this chapter is set in the mid 1920s, there were still many women, even younger women, who still wore the corsets of the pre-war era beneath their more modern clothes.
**********J. Lyons and Co. was a British restaurant chain, food manufacturing, and hotel conglomerate founded in 1884 by Joseph Lyons and his brothers in law, Isidore and Montague Gluckstein. Lyons’ first teashop opened in Piccadilly in 1894, and from 1909 they developed into a chain of teashops, with the firm becoming a staple of the High Street in the United Kingdom. At its peak the chain numbered around two hundred cafes. The teashops provided for tea and coffee, with food choices consisting of hot dishes and sweets, cold dishes and sweets, and buns, cakes and rolls. Lyons' Corner Houses, which first appeared in 1909 and remained until 1977, were noted for their Art Deco style. Situated on or near the corners of Coventry Street, Strand and Tottenham Court Road, they and the Maison Lyonses at Marble Arch and in Shaftesbury Avenue were large buildings on four or five floors, the ground floor of which was a food hall with counters for delicatessen, sweets and chocolates, cakes, fruit, flowers and other products. In addition, they possessed hairdressing salons, telephone booths, theatre booking agencies and at one period a twice-a-day food delivery service. On the other floors were several restaurants, each with a different theme and all with their own musicians. For a time, the Corner Houses were open twenty-four hours a day, and at their peak each branch employed around four hundred staff including their famous waitresses, commonly known as Nippies for the way they nipped in and out between the tables taking orders and serving meals. The tea houses featured window displays, and, in the post-war period, the Corner Houses were smarter and grander than the local tea shops. Between 1896 and 1965 Lyons owned the Trocadero, which was similar in size and style to the Corner Houses.
***********Clapham Junction is a major railway station near St John's Hill in south-west Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. Despite its name, Clapham Junction is not in Clapham, a district one mile to the south-east. A major transport hub, Clapham Junction station is on both the South West Main Line and Brighton Main Line, as well as numerous other routes and branch lines which pass through or diverge from the main lines at this station. It serves as a southern terminus of both the Mildmay and Windrush lines of the London Overground.
************Lavender Hill is a bustling high street serving residents of Clapham Junction, Battersea and beyond. Until the mid Nineteenth Century, Battersea was predominantly a rural area with lavender and asparagus crops cultivated in local market gardens. Hence, it’s widely thought that Lavender Hill was named after Lavender Hall, built in the late Eighteenth Century, where lavender grew on the north side of the hill.
*************In early 1926, popular exhibitions at the British Museum included a major display on the History of Printing, Music-Printing, and Bookbinding, showcasing early books, maps, and bindings from various countries.
**************The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. Established in 1753, the British Museum was the first public national museum.
***************British Museum was a station on the London Underground, located in Holborn, in central London. It was latterly served by the Central line and took its name from the nearby British Museum in Great Russell Street. The station was opened by the Central London Railway in 1900. In 1933, with the expansion of Holborn station, less than a hundred yards away, British Museum station was permanently closed. It was subsequently used as a military office and command post, but in 1989 the surface building was demolished. A portion of the eastbound tunnel, visible from passing trains, is used to store materials for track maintenance.
****************British Museum Tube Station is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of the daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh called Amen-ra which would appear and scream so loudly that the noise would carry down the tunnels to adjoining stations.
*****************A penny dreadful was a cheap, sensational, serialized story popular in Victorian England (mid-19th to early 20th century), featuring lurid tales of crime, adventure, horror, and the supernatural, printed on inexpensive paper in weekly instalments costing a penny. Aimed at the working-class youth, they were often blamed for corrupting morals but fuelled a love for reading with exciting stories about highwaymen, detectives, pirates, and monsters, influencing later pulp fiction.
******************Spiritualism is a belief system centred on the idea that the spirits of the dead survive death and can communicate with the living, often through a medium. It's both a broad philosophical concept (that reality is fundamentally spiritual, not just material) and a specific 19th/20th-century religious movement emphasizing mediumship, séances, and the evolution of spirits after death, offering comfort and guidance.
*******************Tutmania was a global craze for Ancient Egypt, particularly Ancient Egyptian design and culture, sparked by the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter. This phenomenon swept the 1920s, influencing fashion (scarabs, mummy wraps, Egyptian motifs), architecture, jewelry, movies, music, and art, fueled by the tomb's treasures and tales of a supposed mummy's curse, making King Tut an iconic figure.
********************A currant bun is a sweet, yeasted bread roll filled with currants or raisins, popular in Northwestern Europe, especially the UK and Netherlands, often enjoyed with butter as a tea-time treat, and is distinct from spiced buns or scones because it lacks spices and uses yeast for leavening.
*********************Born Florence Lilian Woods in 1902, Betty Balfour was a beloved English silent film star, nicknamed the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness," famous for her cheerful roles, especially as the as the mischievous Cockney girl character Squibs in a popular film series of the early 1920s, bringing joy during the silent era before transitioning to sound films. She rose to prominence in the 1920s, becoming one of Britain's biggest film stars, known for her energetic performances in comedies and dramas. Balfour was the most popular actress in Britain in the 1920s, and in 1927 she was named by the Daily Mirror as the country's favourite world star. Balfour made no attempt to break into Hollywood but like Ivor Novello she was able to export her talents to mainland Europe. She starred in the German films, Die sieben Töchter der Frau Gyurkovics and Die Regimentstochter; she also worked for Marcel L'Herbier in Le Diable au cœur, for Louis Mercanton in Croquette and La Petite Bonne du palace, and for Géza von Bolváry in Bright Eyes. Balfour was a significant figure in British cinema, embodying national optimism, particularly in the post-World War I era, and successfully adapted to the advent of talkies, appearing in films like Alfred Hitchcock's ‘Champagne’ in 1928. Balfour had less fortune in her private life. Her marriage to composer Jimmy Campbell went on the rocks in 1941 after ten years and an attempt of a comeback on the stage failed in 1952. She died at age seventy five in Weybridge, Surrey in 1977.
**********************‘The Sea Urchin’ is a 1926 British silent romantic drama film directed by Graham Cutts, starring Betty Balfour, and produced by Gainsborough Pictures; it was also known as The Cabaret Kid, featuring a plot about feuding aristocratic families resolved by their younger generation
***********************Several years after the end of the Great War, the Strand road widening had been completed and a site formerly occupied by the Louis XIV style Tivoli Theatre of Varieties became available to build a cinema. Theatre architect Bertie Crewe and the architectural firm Gunton & Gunton designed the new Tivoli Theatre. It opened on the 6th September 1923 with music hall artiste Little Tich and others appearing on the stage, before the main feature film Ramon Novarro in "Where the Pavement Ends". A deal had been done with Loew’s Inc., for the Tivoli Theatre to present exclusive runs of MGM films concurrent with their American release. The exterior of the building was imposing, but quite plain, and was treated in white Portland stone. Inside the auditorium, the seating was provided for 906 in the stalls, 637 in the circle and 572 in the balcony. The Tivoli Theatre became the first London cinema to screen proper sound films when in 1925 DeForrest Phonofilm shorts were screened. Also in 1925, it was taken over by MGM/Loew’s and became their showcase theatre. Ramon Novarro in "Ben Hur" was a big hit at the Tivoli Theatre, showing twice daily, it attracted audiences of 1,200,000 during its showcase premiere run in 1926. As newer cinemas opened around the Leicester Square area, the Tivoli Theatre gradually lost ground to screening first run films and closed on 25th June 1938. It re-opened in August 1938 as a second-run weekly change house. Closed ‘indefinitely’ from 30th September 1939 due to the beginning of World War II, it suffered severe bomb damage in 1941, and its basements were used as an air raid shelter. It was repaired and reopened on 22nd February 1943 with a premiere run of Tommy Handley in "It’s That Man Again". First run films then continued, sometimes playing concurrent with the New Gallery Cinema on Regent Street. From the early-1950’s it was linked with the Astoria Theatre, Charing Cross Road, playing pre-release ABC release films. The Tivoli Theatre was closed by the Rank Organisation on 29th September 1956 with John Mills in "The Baby and the Battleship" and Peggie Castle in "Oklahoma Woman". It was sold to Montague Burton and was demolished.
This cosy domestic kitchen scene is a little different to what you might think, for whilst it looks very authentic, it is made up entirely of 1:12 size dollhouse miniatures from my miniatures collection.
Fun things to look for in this tableau include:
On Hilda’s deal table is everything required for a nice, cup of tea for two working maids before the go shopping. The floral tea set came from a miniatures stockist on E-Bay. The design is a copy from an Edwardian Royal Doulton set. The vase of flowers also comes from an online shop on E-Bay. The aged tin of Elke’s London Assorted Biscuits containing a replica selection of biscuits is also a 1:12 artisan piece.
The photograph of Edith and Frank on top of Edith’s handbag is a real photo, produced to high standards in 1:12 size on photographic paper, made by Little Things Dollhouse Miniatures in Lancashire. Edith’s green handbag, appearing on the table at the bottom right-hand corner of the photo, is handmade from soft leather. I bought it along with many other items from an American miniature collector named Marilyn Bickel.
The two novels on the table are 1:12 size miniatures made by the British miniature artisan Ken Blythe. Most of the books I own that he has made may be opened to reveal authentic printed interiors. In some cases, you can even read the words, depending upon the size of the print! In this case, they are not designed to be opened, but the covers are authentic replicas of romance novels from the 1920s. I have quite a large representation of Ken Blythe’s work in my collection, but so little of his real artistry is seen because the books that he specialised in making are usually closed, sitting on shelves or closed on desks and table surfaces. To produce something in such detail makes this a true artisan piece. These books however, are of the type that are not designed to be opened. Ken Blythe’s work is highly sought after by miniaturists around the world today and command high prices at auction for such tiny pieces, particularly now that he is no longer alive. I was fortunate enough to acquire pieces from Ken Blythe prior to his death about four years ago, as well as through his estate via his daughter and son-in-law. His legacy will live on with me and in my photography which I hope will please his daughter.
Hilda’s Windsor chair is a hand-turned 1:12 artisan miniature which came from America, as is the Edith’s Windsor chair. Unfortunately, the artists did not carve their name under the seat on either chair, but they are definitely unmarked artisan pieces.
In the background you can see a very modern dresser stacked with a panoply of kitchen items. Including a bread crock, cannisters a jug, teacups and bowls that all came from Kathleen Knight’s Dolls’ House Shop. The tinned goods on the top shelf were made by Little Things Dollhouse Miniatures with great attention paid to their authentic labels.
Also in the background you can see a very modern and up-to-date 1920s gas stove. It would have been expensive to instal at the time, and it would have been the cook’s or maid’s pleasure to cook on and in. It would have included a thermostat for perfect cooking and without the need of coal, it was much cleaner to feed, use and easier to clean. It is not unlike those made by the Roper Stove Company in the 1920s. The Roper Stove Company previously named the Florence-Wehrle Company among other names, was founded in 1883. Located in Newark, Ohio, the company was once the largest stove producer in the world. Today, the Roper Stove Company is a brand of Whirlpool.
The bright brass pieces standing on the stove all come from various stockists, most overseas.
The tin bucket, mops and brooms between the dresser and the stove all come from Beautifully handmade Miniatures in Kettering.
For Macro Mondays - Chip(s)
A rushed trip to the shop this morning to get a bag of my favourite potato chips (yes, I know, some of you refer to these as crisps) Light and Tangy flavour. A shame that I will now have to eat the whole packet!!
Happy Macro Monday!
From catsupbottle.com: The World's Largest Catsup Bottle® stands proudly next to Route 159, just south of downtown Collinsville, Illinois. This unique 170 ft. tall water tower was built in 1949 by the W.E. Caldwell Company for the G.S. Suppiger catsup bottling plant - bottlers of Brooks old original rich & tangy catsup.
One day last week, my wife was manically wrangling fabric and thread and mysterious stuff like, making clothes for the grandkids apparently, I thought it wise to embark on a noble quest — to find the perfect hamburger near a beach. With vigilance and a great sense of responsibility, I acquired a hamburger with the works: beetroot, pineapple, bacon, egg... all the important food groups, from a surf club cafe at Soldiers Beach. I washed it down with a chocolate milkshake while watching whales carve their way through the sea with effortless grace. Between Jul-Nov more than 25,000 Humpback whales travel the “humpback highway” down the east coast of Australia to their feeding grounds in Antarctica. They probably take this scenic route because I suspect hamburgers may be a bit hard to come by down there!
But let’s address the most important matter here: pineapple. I reckon there are two kinds of people in the world — those who embrace the sweet, tangy joy of pineapple on burgers and pizzas and those who are tragically misguided. I, naturally, stand proudly with Team Pineapple. Pineapple tastes like summer to me 🍍🍔 🍕 ☀️ 🍹 Extra on my pizza. Always.
Which team are you on? 😉
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The look, the smell, the tangy taste - the texture of the skin and the leaves. And a bowl of them, sitting on the table. Simple pleasures that are real delights too ;o)
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A year round staple in my pantry is cranberry sauce; made with fresh berries (in season soon!), grated ginger, orange juice, cinnamon and half the recommended amount of sugar.
This tangy sauce compliments poultry like none other. :-)
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Blooming Onion battered and deep fried onion found at some restaurants, fairs or street food, they are very popular and served with a tangy sauce for dipping, great taste sensation. Found in North Carolina.
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