A bit of history for you...

Look what I spotted today! This:



Police want more blacks, eh? Is that a crime statistic or a policy decision? (I believe the back said 'Teen freaks on rampage' too...)

Which leads me nicely on to this...

( One from the vaults - some nice juicy research I finished off today... )

Toast

The other day, someone (maybe arachne or jezebel_z) was writing about cheese on toast. That and the Cathedral City advert has reminded me to post something I found years ago and have never bothered to type up. It's from a lovely little book called 'Consult me... For all you want to know', a 1902 guide to cleaning, curing and cooking. If you ever want to know what to with rancid butter, how to weigh hay or how to talk properly (miss_soap - I think you might find that article quite interesting), then this is the book for you. Anyway - toast. Here it is 1902 style:

RABBIT, an English.- Toast a slice of bread brown on both sides; then lay it on a plate, pour a glass of port wine over it; then cut some cheese very thin and lay it over the bread; put it in a dutch oven before the fire to brown. Serve it hot.

RABBITS, Scotch.- Toast a piece of bread on both sides; butter it; cut a slice of cheese the size of the bread; toast in on both sides, and lay it on the bread.

RABBITS, Welsh.- Toast a piece of bread on both sides, and butter it; toast a slice of Cheshire cheese on one side, and lay that next to the bread, and toast the other with a salamander*; rub mustard over, and serve very hot, and covered.

So now you know.

*No, not an amphibian! An object, such as a poker, used in fire or capable of withstanding heat.