Category Archives: Historic recipes

Brief Downton Eating

Posted on February 19, 2020 by

As I mentioned, I had started to feel better.  So on Sunday I started some Downton cooking again.  I made a cocktail to go with the cooking.  This one was the Downton Heir, in honor of Matthew becoming the heir … Continue reading →

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Downton Cocktails during Illness

Posted on February 17, 2020 by

I was not supposed to do food preparation during my illness, but nobody said I couldn’t make cocktails for myself. So I continued my Downton Abbey Cocktail Book odyssey. The first cocktail was the Improved Brandy Cocktail on Sunday evening. … Continue reading →

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Downton Style Eating and Drinking, Part 2

Posted on February 6, 2020 by

As I mentioned before, Tom picked up a bunch of supplies for the cocktails. One of these is Fernet-Branca, something I have never heard of before.  But I will say the bottle is gorgeous. So I used 2 dashes of … Continue reading →

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