# Special Postbag Edition #7

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Podcast: [The British Food History Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-british-food-history-podcast-4064947)
Published: 2026-08-01T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

It’s time for the now traditional end-of-season postbag episode of The British Food History Podcast , where I (attempt to) answer your questions, read out your comments and mull over your queries. Several photos and illustrations are mentioned in this episode: to see them, visit the accompanying blog post on British Food: A History : www.britishfoodhistory.com I’ll be disappearing for a few months, unless of course, you are a monthly subscriber, where there will be a bonus episode coming up for you to listen to via the secret podcast. Season 10 of the podcast is sponsored by Netherton Foundry, makers of high-quality kitchen and outdoor cookware. Netherton Foundry ships to several countries outside of the UK, including the USA and Canada. Visit www.netherton-foundry.co.uk to find out more about their wonderful products – approved not just by me but by folk such as Tom Parker-Bowles, Diana Henry and Nigella Lawson. If you can, support the podcast and blogs by becoming a £3 monthly subscriber, and unlock lots of premium content, including bonus blog posts and recipes, access to the easter eggs and the secret podcast, or treat me to a one-off virtual pint or coffee: click here . Things mentioned in today’s episode Ludlow Food Festival 2026 Serve it Forth mailing list Serve it Forth Eventbrite page Brecon Agricultural Show Mamgu Welsh cakes English Food by Jane Grigson Café Erol Ivor Cutler’s Life in a Scotch Sitting Room Vol.2 ep.6 Ivor’s obituary The Feasts of Autolycus, by Elizabeth Robins Pennell Comfortably Hungry: Bleeding Cows & Black Puddings The Great Cream Tea Debate on my YouTube channel The English Housewife by Gervase Markham Delia Smith's famous rallying cry Previous pertinent blog posts To Make Welsh Cakes (Pice ar y maen) Singin’ Hinnies Blood ice cream…

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