Ancient British Eats: Roast Hedgehog
Researchers spent two months scouring Britain’s culinary history to reveal what ancient Brits ate and drank for UKTV's new series, The People's Cookbook and found that Research roast hedgehog was once as popular a dish in Britain as roast beef is now, and was a common preparation in 6000 BC. Other ancient recipe discoveries include a recipe for nettle pudding, dating back more 8,000 years, as well as foods that are still common today like pancakes.The Daily Mail's coverage includes a few of these ancient recipes.
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Apparently the British don't hold the franchise on eating hedgehogs. Gerard Depardieu was on "The Graham Norton Show" this weekend, flogging his new cookbook (and his vineyard), and he talked about how his father used to cook hedgehog, which he referred to as an old Gypsy recipe. It appeared to involve inflating the hedgehog with a bicycle pump to aid in plucking the quills, and then steaming it over fire in a sort of mud pot with onions and wine and things.
You learn something new every day!
klg19 at 4:59AM on 09/16/07
Oh dear, that's such a bad, old joke. My boss, who is British, had me going on that one for days. Never believe a Brit or European that tries to tell you about the Gypsies eating hedgehogs. Ever.
Ann at 10:17PM on 09/16/07