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Cuckfield Connections
A personal journey of discovery
Mar 18, 20223 min read
The man who named 'The Lord Woolton Pie'
Chownes Mead, Cuckfield, for a time, was the home of Lord Woolton, the man credited with ‘keeping the nation fed’ throughout World War...
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Jan 2, 20224 min read
1904: A glance back at the writings of sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century Cuckfieldians
Extract from Highways and Byways in Sussex by E.V. Lucas 1904 Hayward’s Heath would be our next centre where it's not so new and...
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Dec 24, 20201 min read
Hazelnuts at Christmas in Cuckfield
'In the autumn hazelnuts were shaken off the trees around Cuckfield, then stacked in their shells in a jam jar between layers of salt....
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Oct 20, 20204 min read
1700s: Dining like the Burrells
Timothy Burrell kept a set of account diaries which give a fascinating insight into the daily life of a wealthy land-owning Sussex squire...
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Mar 19, 20181 min read
Batter Pudding
A pint of milk, 5 tablespoons full of flour, four eggs, a little salt and ginger, boil it an hour.
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Mar 19, 20181 min read
Custard pudding
Take two or three spoonfuls from a pint of new milk and mix with a spoonful of flour, boil the remainder and when cool stir in the milk...
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Mar 19, 20181 min read
Ground Rice Pudding
Half a pound Six ounces of Ground Rice, put into a quart of new milk, Stir it till it boils, Then put half a pound of butter, half pound...
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Mar 19, 20181 min read
Cumberland Pudding
We’ve made it quick and convenient for you to manage your blog like a boss! Half a pound of grated bread, half a pound of suet, half a...
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Mar 19, 20181 min read
Plum Pudding
Three quarters of a pound of flour, a little bread scalded in milk, half a pound of currants, a quarter of a pound of sugar and half a...
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