Paul Couchman - Regency Cook

Hah. 1845 emoticon, anyone? "Returned to ⚓️ge by 4 Pm."

@McdiarmidB78985 How lovely! My favourite of all jams.

@TheRegencyCook Homemade plum jam on toast is my favourite breakfast!

Half a grapefruit sprinkled with a little sugar is my breakfast of choice this morning. Can I tempt you or is grapefruit not your thing? Do let me know.

@PainterPay A delightful if difficult problem to have.

@TheRegencyCook Love it. I am actually sitting here with a damaged grapefruit spoon trying to figure out if it can be saved.

@gillreyno These are lovely!!

@TheRegencyCook I love them, their brightness in gloomy weather and their hardiness too. However these are vying for my attention

The first flowers from my allotment are daffodils. I adore them but I hear that others don’t! Do tell me. Are you a daffodil lover or a daffodil hater?

Lunch today - not historic but definitely delightful, I feel. Brown sushi rice with seaweed & dumplings filled with carrot, mushrooms, ginger, garlic & white miso. Would you be tucking in?

@DuxburyCarole @VlynnQ Me too!

@VlynnQ @TheRegencyCook I love pomelos!

@MattCon90191238 Yes. I remember too. I have found myself longing for those bowls again.

@TheRegencyCook I remember when this was considered a "posh" starter. Often served in a little semicircular stainless steel bowl. The height of sophistication in the 70s

@SarahLouisaColl Goodness. So many are telling me this.

@cedarlili I feel you can never have enough :)

@TheRegencyCook I love daffodils. When we moved in four years ago I was so happy to see there were already daffs in the garden. Every fall I plant more.

@AnnBan58 They arrive at just the right time I feel. Snowdrops may be above daffodils, in my esteem, because they arrive even earlier.

@TheRegencyCook My favourite flower

@SandraWexler It’s really lovely. I found it via an article in the New Yorker about food diaries & their redemptive power.

@TheRegencyCook Eek, another book for my ever groaning shelf 🤪 love you recommendations

This book I can throughly recommend. So good that I am putting off putting the veg away because I can’t stop reading. Thought I’d share before I start reading again :)

@SueBursztynski I’m going to share it in my next email. Are you on my list? I think you must be but I may be wrong?

@TheRegencyCook Recipe?

May I present to you Tortelli Di Marmellata or Italian Breakfast Biscuits? You could find them in good pastry shops in North Italy during the weeks before lent. Or you could, like me, try making them at home. Filled with jam. Delicious.

@YorkshireLady3 We think alike! Filled with marmalade! Hope all is well.

@TheRegencyCook They look lovely. I imagine they would be great with an old style, bitter marmalade as a filling too. Best wishes from the Vale of York 🇬🇧

Adore these too!

@JENNIFE55690269 I’ve had a few comments from those not so keen :)

@TheRegencyCook Lover, how can you not be?

@AnnieWHistory Have you seen/tried the species tulips varieties yet? Many people who don’t like bulb flowers love them. jparkers.co.uk/bulbs/tulips/s…

@TheRegencyCook Have to be honest and say I'm not a fan of bulb flowers, apart from peonies which I'm not sure are really bulb flowers anyway?

@disc0infernal Love paperwhites too. Must plant some later this year.

@TheRegencyCook Love my Jonquils and my Daffodils, Paperwhites are also wonderful.