Family recipes

What’s on the menu?

On the page, you’ll find some of our family recipes. Some of these recipes are seriously vintage – and some a little strange. Others are from more recent times, more modern favourites. They are all included for curiosity, as memories of things people in the family enjoy making and eating. And also of course you are welcome to enjoy making too.

Many of the recipes were collected from Puss and Mouse’s handwritten recipe books and from Didi’s and Fi’s copious and brilliant culinary minds. But it would be fabulous, delicious and fun to add more!

So if you have some favourites you’d like to add, that would be extremely cool – so lovely family, please share your family favourites. (And one day, maybe, your descendants can think “how delicious”… or “why the heck would they eat that”!).

Apricot jam

Bakewell tart

Beef mould aka Dog

Blackcurrant jam

Bun loaf

Butter icing

Brandy sauce

Chapatis

Cinnamon toast

Drop scones

Fudge

Furniture polish or reviver

Golden syrup pudding

Gooseberry bar le duc

Green tomato chutney

Jam sandwich

Marrow chutney

Mincemeat

Orange cake

Pesto alternatives

Yorkshire puddings