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Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55
…rth_date="24/3/1733" birth_place="" death_date="06/2/1804" death_place="" }} === Joseph Priestley 1767 === ~- [[CategoryFood]]: [[1700s]] {{toc}} Joseph Priestley (1733 – 1804) born in Birstall, near Batley in [[Yorkshire]] was the first to …
Lever Brothers — 2023-10-09 23:43:45
…olton, [[Lancashire]]" death_date="7 May 1925" death_place="" }} === Lever Brothers 1885 === ~-[[Domestic]]: [[CategoryFood]] In 1885 brothers **William Hesketh Lever** (1851–1925) and **James Darcy Lever** (1854–1916) formed the British …
Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
…essful inventions of the 20th century, the Hovercraft, was originally tested in **1955** using an empty ""KiteKat"" cat food tin inside a coffee tin, a vacuum cleaner and a pair of kitchen scales. This led to the first hovercraft to be produced…
Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
…e everyday chores so much easier. ||{{image url="Modern_Electric_Motor.jpg" class="right" width="150" }}||{{image url="Foodmixer.jpg" class="right" width="150" }}||{{image url="Cordless_Drill.jpg" class="right" width="120" }}|| …
Worcestershire Sauce — 2023-09-18 19:06:46
…stershire-sauce.jpg" Width="250" Who="Lea & Perrins" When="1837" class="right" }} ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] John Wheeley Lea (1791-1874) & William Henry Perrins (1793-1867), two [[Worcestershire]] chemists, were a…
Custard — 2022-09-19 23:50:44
…8/1811" birth_place="Nympsfield" death_date="15 December 1878" death_place="" }} === Alfred Bird 1837 === ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] Alfred Bird was born in Nympsfield, [[Gloucestershire]], [[England]] in 1811. He invented a new egg free …
…custard for his wife in 1837 that became **Bird's Custard Powder**. Alfred was a food manufacturer and pharmacist and he set up a chemist's shop in Birmingham in 1837. {{Image url="PieCustard.jpg" class="l…
Cheesecake — 2022-05-20 12:28:32
…age url="cheesecake-slice.jpg" class="right" title="cheesecake slice" width="400" }} === Sambocade 1390 === ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1300s]] The ancient Greeks ate something that may have resembled cheesecake, but the English medieval cookbook, **…
Full Breakfast — 2022-05-20 12:26:19
…Full Breakfast :: === Full British Breakfast 1300 === [[CategoryFood]]:[[1300s]] More of a [[Tradition]] than an invention. But this [[CategoryFood]] item, aka the ''Fry Up'', is very Brit…
Cambridge Cream — 2022-05-20 08:48:45
…Cambridgecream.jpg" class="right" width="350" alt="Burnt Cream" title="Wonderful Cambridge Burnt Cream" }} ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1600s]] Chefs at the **Trinity College** in Cambridge, [[England]] first produced **'Cambridge Burnt Cream'** desse…
Lasagne — 2022-05-20 08:38:58
…Lasagne :: === Forme of Cury 1390 === [[CategoryFood]]:[[1300s]] {{Image url="King_Richard_II.jpg" class="right" title="King Richard II" width="" }} The English medieval co…
Cheddar cheese — 2022-05-03 17:03:04
…Cheddar cheese :: [[CategoryFood]]== Cheddar cheese == {{Image url="CheddarCheese.jpg" class="right" title="Cheddar Cheese" width="400" }} **Cheddar che…
KitKat — 2022-05-03 17:00:51
…: == KitKat Chocolate Bar == {{Image src="Kitkat.jpg" class="right" width="350" title="Original wrapper" }} ~-[[CategoryFood Food]]:[[1900s]] === Rowntree 1935 === **Rowntree**'s chocolate covered wafer bar was first introduced in [[England]] …
Vitamins — 2021-08-16 09:52:16
…tershire]], [[England]]. He was the first scientist to determine, that if special factors (vitamins) were removed from food, disease occurred. {{{toc}}} {{Image url="Vitamins.jpg" width="100" class="left"}} Fletcher entered Caius College, **C…
Ice Cream Cone — 2021-08-14 20:22:38
…" Walthamstow [[London]]" death_date="29 July 1905" death_place="Pinner" }} === Agnes Marshall in 1888 === ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] The first recipe for an edible cone used to serve ice cream was in //Mrs Marshall's Cookery Book// printed …
Fish and chips — 2021-08-14 20:10:50
…Fish and chips :: == Fish and chips == ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] {{Image url="FishnChips.jpg" class="right" title="Fish and Chips" width="400" }} The Great British Inventio…
…e an irresistible meal. It's popularity was boosted during World War II when fish and chips remained one of the few foods in the United Kingdom not subject to rationing. === Tommyfield 1860 === The dish grew popular in [[London]] and Sout…
Bovril — 2021-08-14 20:09:04
…e="28/9/1839" birth_place="Roslin, Midlothian" death_date="24/11/1900" death_place="Cannes" }} == Bovril == ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] Bovril, the concentrated essence of beef that is diluted with hot water to make a drink, was invented by J…
… | Scotsman]] living in Canada named **John Lawson Johnston.** The transportation and storage of such vast amounts of food were problematic. This led to Johnston creating a product he called //'Johnston's Fluid Beef'//, that was later called …
Antiseptic — 2021-08-12 20:38:14
…ow popular in many parts of the world. Microorganisms named in his honour: pathogenic bacterial genus Listeria and the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, as well as the slime mould genus Listerella, {{tag ids="Antiseptic Surgery Bac…
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
…n" death_date="25 September 1936" death_place="Racine, Wisconsin" }} === William & James Horlick 1873 === ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] Horlicks was invented in 1873 by William Horlick (1846-1936) and his brother James (1844-1921) from [[Glouc…
…pshire. The brothers found employment in London, where James joined a homeopathic chemist company that made dried baby food in Tichborne Street, near Piccadilly Circus, and William, followed his father to become a saddler. == Brewing == {{Im…
…lted milk drink. They called their product 'Diastoid' and their advertising slogan read: 'Horlick's Infant and Invalids Food' under a US patent in 1883. == Back home == {{Image url="HorlicksAdvert.jpg" class="right" title="Horlicks Advert" wid…
Baking Powder — 2021-08-12 20:27:52
…Baking Powder :: === Alfred Bird 1843 === ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] {{Image src="AlfredBird.jpg" class="right" title="Alfred Bird" width="300" }} Alfred Bird was born in Nymps…
Chocolate Bar — 2021-08-09 22:11:02
…Chocolate Bar :: === Joseph Fry 1841 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryFood]]:[[1800s]] {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="Josephfry.jpg" width="300" title="Joseph Fry" birth_date=" 21/4/1777" b…
Can — 2021-08-09 21:53:19
…810" The tin food can is invented */ **Peter Durand** a merchant of Hoxton Square, [[Middlesex]], changed food preservation with his sterilized and sealed tin food cannister. A Frenchman named Nicolas Appert had discovered he cou…
…ld preserve food by heating it and sealing it in glass containers which excluded air. Durand thought a metal container would be more rob…
…ust. Very soon he was supplying canned food to the Royal Navy and the [[British_Empire|Empire]] in large quantities. {{Image url="Tin_can.gif" class="right" title…
…="Tin can" width="80" }} == Global Appeal == The canning of food is still very popular. Very few kitchen cupboards are without tin cans of food of all sorts including soup, beans, vege…
Chicken Tikka Masala — 2021-08-09 21:27:48
…Chicken Tikka Masala :: === Ali Ahmed Aslam 1970 === [[CategoryFood]] :[[1900s]] {{Image url="AliAhmedAslam.jpg" class="right" title="Ali Ahmed Aslam" width="" }} Ali Ahmed Aslam first c…
Pub — 2021-08-09 21:19:14
…Pub :: ===British Pub === ~-[[Society]]:[[CategoryFood]] {{Image url="Pub1.jpg" title="A typical English country pub" class="right" }} ::c:: == Beginnings == **Probably the …
…ronze Age, but it was the arrival of the Romans that the first **Taverns** began to appear. Originally meant to provide food and refreshment for Roman soldiers they were built all over England. When the Romans finally withdrew from Britain th…
…rn** was the urban equivalent to a country Inn both providing rooms for travellers in addition to being able to serve **food and ale**. The difference between these three establishments has become blurred with the passage of time; Inns and tave…
Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46
…II took over the family business in the 1770s. As it grew, he attracted more workers with various measures. In times of food shortage, he bought up farms to grow food for his workers, built housing for them, and offered higher wages than were p…
Sandwich — 2021-08-08 20:40:14
…Sandwich :: === John Montagu 1762 === ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1700s]] {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="John_Montagu.jpg" width="300" title="John Montagu" birth_date="13/11/171…
…8" birth_place="" death_date="30/4/1792" death_place="" }} {{toc}} The sandwich, is the most popular world-wide fast food. The word sandwich that we use today was born in [[London]] [[England]] during the very late hours one night in **176…
…The Earl was able to continue his gambling while eating his snack; and from that incident, we have inherited that quick-food product that we now know as the **sandwich**. He apparently had the meat put on slices of bread so he wouldn’t get hi…
Sparkling Wine — 2021-08-08 20:32:53
…mbe" death_date="19 August 1695" death_place="" }} === Christopher Merret 1662 === ~-[[CategoryInventions]]:[[CategoryFood Food & Drink]]:[[1600s]] {{{toc}}} **Christopher Merret** (1614 – 1695) was an English physician and scientist. He d…
Bearings — 2021-08-08 20:30:19
…vice has bearings to reduce friction. == Bearing == - Transport - every car lorry bicycle - Home - Washing machine, foodmixer, Vacuum, DVD - Factory - Machinary, robotics, trolly, forklift. …
Marmalade — 2021-08-08 18:49:30
…Marmalade :: == Marmalade == ~-[[CategoryFood]]:[[1700s]] {{Image url="Mackays-dundeeorangemarmalade.jpg" class="right" title="Mackays Dundee orange marmalade" width…
Cider — 2021-08-01 19:30:49
…Cider :: [[CategoryInventions]]> [[CategoryFood]] == Cider == {{image url="PintCider.jpg" class="right" title="A pint of cider" width="200" }} The making of cider goes…
Marmite — 2021-04-03 10:38:16
…amps in **World War II** and was sent to British peacekeeping forces in Kosovo to boost morale in 1999. {{Image url="WWIfood.jpg" class="right" title="Trench food" width="300" }} == The Name == Marmite originally came in a small earthenware po…
Banoffi Pie — 2020-12-01 00:13:56
…Banoffi Pie :: [[CategoryFood]] === Nigel MacKenzie and Ian Dowding 1972 === {{Image url="NigelMackenzie.jpg" class="right" title="Nigel Mackenzie" w…
Reinforced Concrete — 2020-08-17 08:53:02
…ocess was in demand and went on to build the concrete platforms at York railway station, floors in abattoirs, dairy and food factories. Concrete stairs were now possible and many other uses.…
Potato Crisp — 2020-08-06 08:17:45
…280" born="1775" birth_place="London" died="1827" death_place="London" }} === William Kitchiner 1822 === ~- [[CategoryFood]]::[[1800s]] William Kitchiner’s 1822 cookbook Apicius Redivivus **'The Cook’s Oracle'** was a best selling book i…
Christmas Traditions — 2019-12-27 02:21:30
…with stuffing and roast potatoes. This is followed by mince pies and Christmas pudding flaming with brandy.|| [[CategoryFood]] == Christmas Pudding == ||{{Image url="Xmaspudding.jpg" title="Christmas Pud" width="200" }}||This pudding can be tra…
…ck to Medieval times where the explanation for the word ''meat'' is found, in Old English meat or mete, referred to any food, not just animal.|| == Christmas crackers == ||{{Image url="Xmascracker.jpg" width="200" title="Cracker" }}||On the d…
…heir gift Box" width="200" }}||Takes its name from a former custom of giving a '''Christmas Box''' - a gift of money or food inside a box - to the staff of servants, maids, grooms, cooks, butlers, deliverymen and tradespeople who called regular…
Whisky — 2016-05-26 10:22:03
…Whisky :: {{Databox width="300" Image="WhiskyBottle.jpg" title="Whisky Bottle" }} [[CategoryFood]] & Drink == Whisky == {{toc}} Whisky, the distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented malted grain mash and aged…
Crème Brulee — 2016-05-12 13:24:41
…Crème Brulee :: [[CategoryFood]]== Crème Brulee == === Trinity College ~1630 === {{redirect page="Cambridge Cream"}}…
CategoryFood — 2016-03-06 00:49:20
…CategoryFood :: [[CategoryInventions Inventions]] > == Food & Beverages == ---- {{category}} …
Soda water — 2016-02-02 11:50:30
…Soda water :: [[CategoryFood]]== Soda Water == {{redirect page="Carbonated water"}}…

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