There is something for everyone on the menu including breakfasts, light lunches and afternoon teas. Lincolnshire old books abebooks sleaford, lincolnshire. Our famous myers lincolnshire plum loaf is made using only the most succulent fruit and finest quality ingredients available, from the 5 crown australian sultanas to the flour which is milled in essex by an established family business. Amberley publishing provides a fresh approach to regional and general history. We are full time bookdealers based in lincolnshire in the uk, and pride ourselves on offering a professional and personal service. Our stock of over 7,000 books can be viewed on abe. Discover lincolnshire discover lincoln university of. She asked me to share her grans plumb loaf as it was a treasured family recipe. Lincolnshire plum bread a random recipe as strong as soup. Founded by tom baker in 2009, weve come a long way, but also maintained a lot of toms original ethos and ambition of real bread, building community through good food and providing good food to our community.
Oxford university press is a department of the university of oxford. The famous lincolnshire plum loaf is made using only the most succulent fruit and finest quality ingredients available, from the 5 crown australian sultanas to. Browse and buy a vast selection of lincolnshire books and collectibles on. Horncastle is well known as being the home of the famous lincolnshire plum loaf as made by the myers family since 1901. Next day, mix in the 4 cups of selfraising flour and the 2 or 3 beaten eggs. Lincolnshire plum bread is a dark, rich loaf of yeastrisen bread intended as a tea bread. Try this quick and easy recipe for plum bread from bake me a cake as fast as you can, the perfect treat to have with. Lincolnshire plum bread my mums easy peasy lemon squeezy. However thats what weve always called it and weve been eating it for years. Lincolnshire plum bread an old winteringham recipe sent in by christine hammond 2 lbs mixed dried fruit 2 cups brown sugar 2 cups strong cold tea 4 cups sr flour 2 or 3 eggs soak the mixed dried fruit brown sugar overnight in a basin with the 2 cups of strong cold tea. Lincolnshire plum bread, great with poacher cheese. There are now over 370 titles displayed including those from heritage lincolnshire, society of lincolnshire history and archaeology, lincolnshire aviation heritage centre, countryside books, lincoln minster press, sentinel press and richard kay publications and more recently festung guernsey, and many more selfpublished titles. The loaf would be a prefect festive bake for some cheer around christmas time, maybe as part of a cheese plate to follow in its lincolnshire heritage.
My mums recipe is a treat served buttered with a slice of cheese. A mouthwatering book about two of our nations obsessions. Lincolnshire plum bread my version of a large loaf tin, lined with parchment if you wish. The lincolnshire historian number ten 1952 lincolnshire local history society on. Lincolnshire unfolds over low hills and the sparsely populated, pancakeflat fens where the farmland is strewn with windmills and, more recently, wind turbines.
Lincolnshire plum bread is a delicious treat which can be sliced and served with cheese or eaten on its own. It borders norfolk to the southeast, cambridgeshire to the south, rutland to the southwest, leicestershire and nottinghamshire to the west, south yorkshire to the northwest, and the east riding of yorkshire to the north. Lincolnshire bakers use sultanas and raisins, but this recipe contains. Plum bread is a lincolnshire tradition and has been forever, weirdly it doesnt have plums in it but i like that. Lincolnshire plum bread, lincolnshire more british food legends served today as a breakfast bread, or with tea, this regional speciality probably dates back many centuries, the clue being the use of the word plum to describe the dried fruits used in the product. The lincolnshire plum loaf was first made in 1901 by charles myers in the small market town of alford in lincolnshire.
Lincolnshire plum bread my version of vagabond baker. Loafs first decade a history loaf is officially ten years old. Fruit bread, a favourite of mums, want to give it a try like raisin or fruit bread lincolnshire plum loaf see more. So lincolnshire plum bread or loaf cake it doesnt really matter. We love it with tangy, cheddarlike lincolnshire poacher. Pages in category novels set in lincolnshire the following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. Im certainly not claiming this recipe to be an authentic lincolnshire plum loaf, this is my inspired version of the one i devoured during my visit to lincoln. Serving with a slice of cheese sounds odd, but its just how we do it. My motherinlaws plum loaf cake recipe all recipes uk. Lincolnshire old books full time professional bookdealers operating from lincolnshire.
We offer a wide and varied stock for all interests and all purses. Lincolnshire plum bread print recipe print with main photo print text only serves 4 x loaves prep time 4 hours cook time 1 hour total time 5 hours allergy egg, milk, wheat dietary vegetarian meal type bread, breakfast, side dish, snack misc child friendly, freezable, serve cold occasion casual party, christmas, formal party, halloween, thanksgiving. My recipe for classic sourdough bread which is a winner every time i bake it. Im certainly not claiming this recipe to be an authentic lincolnshire plum loaf, this is my version of the one i devoured while i was in lincoln. This recipe has been passed down through eight generations of my family. We found 21 books set in lincoln and 34 others set nearby.
Learn and experience the history and heritage of lincoln and lincolnshire. Food legends of the united kingdom, lincolnshire plum. I have a plum bread baked for me every year by my godfathers wife to a recipe approx 150 yrs old, i am born and bred in lincolnshire and have never eaten, bought or would buy a plum bread with glace cherries in it. Soak the mixed fruit in strained tea old lincolnshire plum bread recipe. It came to me on my 16th birthday as a gift of heritage and wisdom from my grandmother and i have enjoyed baking this recipe once a week for the past 5 years. This moist, fruity loaf is eaten throughout lincolnshire, often with a smear of butter and a slice of cheese. Many of the items are handmade by myers craft bakers and available to buy in the family bakery, from the freshly baked breads and other savouries such as pork pie and haslets to scones, tea cakes and their awardwinning lincolnshire plum loaf. Best known for their famous lincolnshire plum bread, they have won awards for product quality and customer service. Well, its marys whoever mary was but its in my nans old recipe book. My mother has kept the most amazing hand written recipe book. Lincolnshire plum bread is traditionally baked for christmas in lincolnshire, although you will see it all year round in bakeries throughout the.
Try this lincolnshire tea loaf recipe, or contribute your own. I meddled and made do a little but pretty much kept to the recipe and created a delicious little loaf, which took me back to childhood in a proustian fashion i thought it deserved to be shared. The first and only lincolnshire plum loaf to win gold in the great taste awards. The famous lincolnshire plum loaf is made using only the most succulent fruit and finest quality ingredients available, from the 5 crown australian sultanas to the flour which is milled in yorkshire by an established family business. The society also runs an archive centre where the towns history is preserved and produces books and dvds of various parts of horncastles past. Archaeology and the a1073 improvement scheme by andy failes, tom lane.
It is moist, dense, rich and sweet with lots of fruit. Discover its collection of 17th century english portraiture, silver, ceramics, books, maps, and rare manuscripts. Although it is called plum bread there are no actual. Lincolnshire provided us with many suggestions but in the end the lincolnshire plum bread was the. An oldfashioned plum loaf cake with a crunchy brown sugar topping.
Granny rose homemade plum bread old lincolnshire recipe. Old lincolnshire plum bread traditional british recipes. She wasnt sure why she had written plumb so we laughed when i said plumb usually referred to lead weight whereas plum was a traditional. Friars frieston gate gave granted hall hank heirs henry hishop holbeach holland hospital inhahitants inscription john king kings books lincoln lincolnshire long sutton lord manor market deeping mary miles monastery monks moulton nave neat oxgangs parish parliament patron peck peter ploughs poor. The famous lincolnshire plum loaf is delicious simply sliced and buttered or with a crisp apple at lunch time. Having discovered lincolnshire plum bread, rachel has shared with us her experience and own recipe for making it yourself. Myres bakery will be at the lincolnshire show with their amazing lincolnshire plum loaf. Actually my mums lincolnshire plum loaf cake is sometimes referred to as bread, not sure it is to be honest. Lincolnshire plum bread where in the world is rebecca today.
Plum bread is a lincolnshire tradition and has been forever, weirdly it. Surrounding the historysteeped county town of lincoln youll find seaside resorts, scenic waterways, serene nature reserves and stonebuilt towns tailormade for english period dramas. You will find this traditional fruit loaf for sale in many lincolnshire bakeries. The weight of the fruit, addition of eggs and butter make it as rich as brioche. A lincolnshire lass as she proudly described herself gave me this recipe a few months ago.
Lincolnshire plum bread is traditionally baked for christmas in lincolnshire. It furthers the universitys objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. You can purchase lincolnshire plum bread throughout lincolnshire in small bakeries and at the coop. Additionally, there is our secondhand book corner where you can pick up a bargain, along with recycling for shoes, batteries and light bulbs. Lincolnshire plum bread made as part of our series of recipes around the counties of the uk. Lincolnshire plum loaf lincolnshire poacher cheese batemans ales.
The lincolnshire plum loaf was first made by the myers family see below and their original lincolnshire plum loaf is not only a firm favourite with the royal family, it is also served in first class on all british airways long haul flights out of heathrow. This moist and fruity loaf with a unique taste all of its own has become popular with people all over the country. Soak the mixed fruit in strained tea old lincolnshire plum bread recipe from granny rose hand written mum mixing the mixture the mixture ready in the baking loaf tin homemade plum bread all cooked more batches of plum bread with the original recipe book mum with her batches of plumbread granny rose plumbread or tealoaf recipe. Roughly 23 books later i came to the hairy bikers food tour of britain and in it was lincolnshire plum bread. Lady chatterleys lover, catherine, called birdy, the guilty ones, hunted on the fens, crime on the fens. Oxford diecast ltd, po box 363, southampton s014 0tj. Tennyson used half the proceeds from his first published work to pay for a. For visitors to the village, we sell local ordnance survey maps, souvenirs, tealby tea towels, and books on the local history. There are not actually any plums in it instead the fruit is raisins, sultanas and or currants.
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