Comments on: The Country House Party

By: Evangeline

Evangeline — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:31:31 +0000

I don’t know Pat, the collared eels sound delightful–except for the eel part.

Thanks for stopping by!

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:56:45 +0000

Great post. While this is not my era, it seems, as always, the more things change, the more they remain the same.

Can’t say I’d enjoy “collared eels” or any number of the dishes mentioned, but the fact that people would pauper themselves for their entertainments must, of course, include the food. I have no doubt hostesses of the time, like hostesses of today, would turn the pantry inside out to have the most lavish table–as they have since the dawn of time. .

Thanks for the interesting read.

By: Evangeline

Evangeline — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:59:03 +0000

I love food–am a total foodie, and I bemoan the lack of food in romance as well. Sherry Thomas’s Delicious is the only historical romance in my recent reading that has described food in intimate detail, and I know that Jane Feather’s Edwardian trilogy found food important. But I chalk the absence up to the further wallpapering of history. :/

By: Barbara Scott

Barbara Scott — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:40:14 +0000

I loved your blog. It immersed me in the setting and the times.

So glad you included information about the food served at these parties. It’s an often neglected part of romances these days I think. I blogged about that topic today at seducedbyhistory.blogspot.com/