We've decided - definitely the JM pud as already said and some home made soups. Now - before you ask how we're going to warm them up - I'll tell you, 'cos it's quite interesting.
A few weeks ago I bought an Edwardian Travelling Stove on E-bay. It's got an oven and two hotplates and it's like a big doll's house cooker. It was a bit of a bargain, not least because only one other person made a bid. I couldn't understand why it didn't attract more interest, but my colleagues at work quickly told me that I was the odd one even considering bidding for it.
I've been wittering on about taking it to Malvern, just to prove that it was a good thing to buy, so Lyn gave it the once over today to make sure it's working and safe.
He also read the catalogue that came with it. The previous owner (in Kent) sent that to prove the stove had been sold at Sotheby's in 1995. I just put the catalogue away with the cookbooks, but Lyn wanted to see if it said anything about the history as some of the parts of the cooker were made in Birmingham at a time when his grandfather was making brassware at the same company. We don't have any of his grandad's work, so we thought it would be spooky if this turned out to have a connection.
What he found out was that the stove was part of a private collection of kitchen items put up for auction by Anton Mosiman. So - Mr Martin's bread and butter pudding recipe will be served from Anton Mosiman's stove next Sunday - ironic as Mr Mosiman is considered by many to make the best bread and butter pudding in the world!
You couldn't make it up?!
