Invalid Cookery with Lindsay Middleton

<p>In this episode, Neil talks to food historian Lindsay Middleton about invalid cookery – an important part of cookery books of the 18th to early 20th centuries. Lindsay has produced an excellent online resource called Dishes for the Sick Room, and has trawled through the collection of cookery books at Glasgow Caledonia University that date from the 18th and 19th centuries. Cook books at this time didn’t really contain medicines but general foods to give to the sick people at home under your care. </p><p>The focus of Lindsay’s Dishes for the Sick Room project, the books, and the cookery school were created by some really forward thinking women who were really at the forefront of the new science of dietetics, so we don’t just talk about weird and wonderful foods, but also how these foods, the cookery books and the women writing and using them all fit into a wider historical context.</p><p><br></p><p>We talked about what inspired Lindsay to produce this excellent online resource, the archived books at Glasgow Caledonian University, the women behind the first domestic cookery school in Scotland, why providing free cookery lessons isn’t always a good idea, foods such as beef tea and toast water, the science behind the school’s work, and the administration of predigested food for the ill – amongst other things.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Find Lindsay on Twitter @lindsmiddleton</p><p><br></p><p>Find Lindsay’s Dishes for the Sick Room at: <a href="http://www.dishesforthesickroom.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.dishesforthesickroom.com</a>&nbsp; </p><p><br></p><p><u>Things mentioned in today’s episode:</u></p><p><br></p><p>Neil’s blog post and recipe for Seftons: <a href="https://britishfoodhistory.com/2015/02/03/seftons/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://britishfoodhistory.com/2015/02/03/seftons/</a> </p><p><br></p><p>Neil’s blog post and recipe for Carrageen Pudding: <a href="https://britishfoodhistory.com/2022/06/21/forgotten-foods-9-carrageen-pudding/" rel="noopener noreferrer"