https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook Eat Your History Wed, 21 Oct 2020 06:35:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/all-a-buzz-at-vaucluse-house/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/all-a-buzz-at-vaucluse-house/#respond Wed, 21 Oct 2020 06:25:08 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=21494 A hive of industry, and busy as a bee – the work of the humble ‘bumble’ and ‘honey’ bee is extraordinary – their efforts providing honey and bees wax, highly coveted for candles in our colonial past. But more importantly, bees are integral to agriculture, and it was quickly recognised that in order for introduced […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/all-a-buzz-at-vaucluse-house/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-grand-fete/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-grand-fete/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2020 05:51:58 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=21469 This month marks the anniversary of a ‘grand fete’ hosted by William Charles Wentworth at his home at Vaucluse on October 21, 1831. A ‘fatted ox’ was paraded around Sydney, adorned with ribbons, with a promise that it would be barbequed next day on a spit, for all to enjoy. 4,000 Sydney-siders of all ‘descriptions’ […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/a-grand-fete/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/the-dining-room-at-vaucluse-house-then-and-now/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/the-dining-room-at-vaucluse-house-then-and-now/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2020 05:34:50 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=21463 The dining room used by the Wentworth’s at Vaucluse House takes us back in time from the present to the 1830s — not just for dinner for the many generations of families that lived here, but also the longer history of Vaucluse House as Australia’s first house museum. The dining room used by the Wentworth […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/the-dining-room-at-vaucluse-house-then-and-now/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/the-batterie-de-cuisine/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/the-batterie-de-cuisine/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2020 05:34:23 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=21473 A phrase you’ll often hear in a historic kitchen is batterie de cuisine. Though the term today is not often heard outside of professional kitchens and house museums, every household has one. It simply refers to the moveable collection of pots, pans and equipment used in a kitchen, though not the stove or large appliances. […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/the-batterie-de-cuisine/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/proof-in-the-pudding/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/proof-in-the-pudding/#respond Thu, 07 May 2020 00:00:59 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=21321 Every well-used cookbook has a page that naturally falls opens from constant attention, or tell-tale food splatters or splodges that show evidence of popular use. What’s yours? Indelible evidence In Emma Rouse’s 1863 edition of Beeton’s book of household management, which remains in the family collection at Rouse Hill House & Farm, the carrot pudding […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/proof-in-the-pudding/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/anzac-cookery/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/anzac-cookery/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:00:17 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=21256 Anzac Day, April 25, will be very different for many of us this year, as we won’t be following commemorative marches or gatherings to mark the event due to public health concerns. But we can still take pause to reflect on the ways we support front line workers – whether Anzac ‘digggers’ or today’s health […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/anzac-cookery/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/isolation-baking-for-the-long-weekend/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/isolation-baking-for-the-long-weekend/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2020 01:46:53 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=21265 While we all ‘holiday at home’ this April, why not try baking your own hot cross buns?  Who can resist diving into that (Easter) rabbit hole that is Trove!  We just love that priceless archive of Australian newspapers provided by the National Library (NLA) – and have been having a look at celebrated food traditions at discussed in Easter-time […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/isolation-baking-for-the-long-weekend/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/annual-eel-festival/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/annual-eel-festival/#respond Wed, 26 Feb 2020 23:00:45 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=21082 Each autumn we celebrate Darug culture at our annual Eel Festival at Elizabeth Farm at Parramatta. This family-friendly event honours Parramatta’s namesake, the eel, and its significance to the local Burramattagal people, who would gather in autumn to trade goods and share stories and food. Darug people have been harvesting eels from local waterways for […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/annual-eel-festival/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/of-dining-rooms-and-doilies/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/of-dining-rooms-and-doilies/#respond Wed, 12 Feb 2020 23:30:27 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=21072 This week at Elizabeth Farm we thanked our dedicated Soft Furnishings Group for all their efforts: creating curtains, bed-hangings and covers, table cloths, covers and runners – and so many doilies for the dining room! When we furnish our house museums, soft furnishings are often the most difficult to source or reproduce. We draw on […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/of-dining-rooms-and-doilies/feed/ 0 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/yana-nura/ https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/yana-nura/#respond Wed, 22 Jan 2020 23:00:25 +0000 https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/?p=21019 A native garden among the skyscrapers Yana Nura, “to walk on Country” is a native garden at the Museum of Sydney that invites visitors to reflect, reconnect and learn about Aboriginal culture, past and present, on Gadi Country. Located on the outdoor mezzanine that overlooks the site of Australia’s First Government House and the area […]]]> https://blogs.sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/cook/yana-nura/feed/ 0