Neil’s polishing off season 5 with a postbag edition of news, readers’ questions, comments and queries, special events and other miscellany. Previous Episodes discussed in this episode: Invalid Cookery with Lindsay Middleton Traditional Food of Lincolnshire with Rachel Green Christmas Feasting with Annie Gray Hogmanay and Hamely Kitchen with Paula McIntyre Eel special: 1. Elvers with 'Elver' Dave Eel special: 2. Silver Eels with John Wyatt Greenlee Eel special: 3. The Plight of the Eel with Andrew Kerr 18th Century Dining with Ivan Day Christmas Special 2021: Christmas Pudding The British Cook Book with Ben Mervis Yorkshire Pudding with Elaine Lemm Upcoming Events: Celebrations. 37th Leeds Symposium of Food History & Traditions 20 May 2023: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/celebrations-37th-leeds-symposium-of-food-history-traditions-tickets-554704063787?fbclid=IwAR3f6l4dlB23S0_0TYNvQhXTVpyDIqpAc3eb4FmatS2kFvkW5csaqb-8dpg The Wilder Wedmore Eel Release Project crowdfunder and festival: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-wilder-wedmore-eel-release-project---june-23 Things from the web mentioned in this episode: Food Matters Live podcast, featuring Neil talking about food innovations: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5y5RWFFDQfQx8vXIHogKQQ?si=36b94a2985e14084 Chambers’ Book of Days: https://www.thebookofdays.com/ Clarissa Dickson-Wright’s BBC TV programme about pigs & Lincolnshire chine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0X37TOqjGA Raised Pies post on Neil Cooks Grigson: https://neilcooksgrigson.com/2011/03/17/282-raised-pies/ BBC News article on the eel spawning mystery: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63259738 Cornish Pasty post on British Food: a History: https://britishfoodhistory.com/2019/09/13/cornish-pasties/ Early Scots recipe manuscripts: https://digital.nls.uk/recipes/introduction.html Early Welsh recipe manuscript: https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/manuscripts/early-modern-period/merryell-williamss-book-of-recipes#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-1322%2C-1%2C6102%2C4894 Christopher Monk's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MonksModernMedievalCuisine Dr Cheung’s breakfast nonsense: https://propermanchester.com/trending/the-full-english-breakfast-isnt-actually-english-academic-claims/ Food as Status before the Norman Conquest Substack by Tristan Alphey: https://seaxeducation.substack.com/p/what-did-rich-pre-conquest-thegns?fbclid=IwAR0LLK9E2_wZazc4bPGwEuau0BgGGKVSQYeE3nycRpQgRA4wETI4KOagMJo Books mentioned in this episode: Preorder Neil’s new book Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper at you favourite bookshop, or from the publisher Pen & Sword History: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Before-Mrs-Beeton-Hardback/p/22437 Neil’s other book A Dark History of Sugar is available now from all bookshops as well as from the publisher Pen & Sword: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-Dark-History-of-Sugar-Hardback/p/20481 Ivan Day’s book on ovens and kitchen tech, Over a Red-hot Stove: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21092035-over-a-red-hot-stove?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=WldZJtGQVE&rank=1 The Domestic Revolution by Ruth Goodman: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/45992751 Fodder and Drinkan by Emma Kay: https://prospectbooks.co.uk/products-page/new-and-forthcoming-titles/fodder-drincan-anglo-saxon-culinary-history/ Leeds Symposium on Food History and Traditions: Pigs (& other topics) https://www.leedsfoodsymposium.org.uk/Publications.html Social media accounts mentioned in this episode: Paul Couchman (aka the Regency Cook): Twitter @TheRegencyCook; Insta: @theregencycook Mary Gibson and her campaign for a National Food Society: Insta: @thecookeryclub25 If you want to buy a signed copy of either book directly from Neil for £18 + postage (£2.85 if within the UK, the going rate if outside!). Contact him via email or social media if you fancy it (see below). Don