Making butter with a bouncy ball
Eat Your History
To celebrate Book Week, the High School Library hosted Sydney Living Museums’ resident gastronomer, Jacqui Newling, to share the delicious stories behind her book, Eat Your History.
Eat Your History is a beautifully illustrated cookbook which describes over 40 recipes dating back to the arrival of the First Fleet, with stories woven throughout to give us a glimpse of life in the 19th to mid 20th century (think Monday Morning Cooking Club but without the chollent).
Jacqui’s book brings history alive and shares with us the joy of baking and discovering the stories behind the recipes, including, for example, Regency Cheesecakes, which required one to make ricotta cheese from scratch, milk the cow, collect eggs from the chooks, whip the milk fat to make the cream and find a lemon tree and pick a ripe one.
Grandparents, parents, teachers and a smattering of students attended the fascinating talk which was followed by a practical lesson in butter making. This was a first for most of us and we were surprised when our bottle, cream and bouncy ball made butter which tasted delicious on freshly baked bagels – a great combination of traditions.
Michelle Favero, Manager of Marketing and Communications
