Dear All,
Good point about hermit crabs living in dog whelks -
these crabs are a favourite sea angling bait for
line fisherman and I have taken lots of good cod on
these. Of course, we all know that an interest in
animal bones is a thin veneer to conceal a much
deeper interest in gastronomy. On other matters of
traditional food, I notice that the remainder
bookshops in UK have cheap paperback copies of two
essential books:
Dorothy Hartley "Food in England" (London,
MacDonald and James 1979) - one of my favourite
books.
Jack Drummond and Anne Wilbraham "The Englishman's
food: five centuries of English diet" (London,
Pimlico 1991)
Another which is an indispensable read is the much
more recent Alan Davidson "The Oxford Companion to
Food"
(Oxford, OUP 1999).
I haven't yet seen the new "Cambridge World History
of Food," but at #95 I promise to write a favourable
review in exchange for a free copy for any journal.
Tony Legge
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