<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title></title>
	<atom:link href="http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk</link>
	<description>Jenny Ridgwell - I taught them to cook</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 08:49:50 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='jennyridgwell.co.uk' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title></title>
		<link>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/osd.xml" title="" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Rhubarb rhubarb</title>
		<link>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2012/05/03/rhubarb-rhubarb/</link>
		<comments>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2012/05/03/rhubarb-rhubarb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 13:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennyridgwell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foods of the 1970s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhubarb fool]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/?p=620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[April 1971 &#8211; I drive the mini traveller back to Kettering for free food from my grandmother’s garden. She forces pink rhubarb  under old, metal buckets, with holes punched in the top to let in light. These tender delicacies are &#8230; <a href="http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2012/05/03/rhubarb-rhubarb/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jennyridgwell.co.uk&#038;blog=8382563&#038;post=620&#038;subd=playlister2007&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2012/05/03/rhubarb-rhubarb/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jennyridgwell</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/rhubarb.jpg?w=297" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">rhubarb</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/rhubarb-fool-500dpo-5x5cm.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Rhubarb Fool 500dpo 5x5cm</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Invalid cooking</title>
		<link>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2012/04/05/invalid-cooking/</link>
		<comments>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2012/04/05/invalid-cooking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennyridgwell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boys cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cookery exams in the 1970s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foods of the 1970s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invalid cookery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[invalid cookery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[junket]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/?p=547</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why, oh why do we have to teach Invalid cooking? Is it a spill over from Victorian days when women had the vapours and collapsed on the chaise longue to be attended by servants and nurses? If so, Invalid cookery &#8230; <a href="http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2012/04/05/invalid-cooking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jennyridgwell.co.uk&#038;blog=8382563&#038;post=547&#038;subd=playlister2007&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2012/04/05/invalid-cooking/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jennyridgwell</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Mock Home Economics exams</title>
		<link>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2012/03/02/mock-home-economics-exams/</link>
		<comments>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2012/03/02/mock-home-economics-exams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennyridgwell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/?p=1011</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[January 1973.  It’s the mock Home Economics CSE exams. Judgement time for me.  And judgement time for everyone  I’ve taught for just one term. In two hours they must spill out the limited knowledge that I have drilled into them &#8230; <a href="http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2012/03/02/mock-home-economics-exams/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jennyridgwell.co.uk&#038;blog=8382563&#038;post=1011&#038;subd=playlister2007&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2012/03/02/mock-home-economics-exams/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jennyridgwell</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/exam_hall_large.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">exam_hall_large</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Peppermint creams &#8211; Christmas lesson 1972</title>
		<link>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/12/08/peppermint-creams-christmas-lesson-1972/</link>
		<comments>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/12/08/peppermint-creams-christmas-lesson-1972/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennyridgwell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Boys cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foods of the 1970s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Economics in 1970]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peppermint creams]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/?p=1002</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For days pungent smells of cinnamon and nutmeg have wafted out my cookery room as we mass produce mince pies for carol services and staff Christmas parties. We’ve had lessons making marzipan fruits, coconut ice, chocolate truffles and Christmas logs &#8230; <a href="http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/12/08/peppermint-creams-christmas-lesson-1972/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jennyridgwell.co.uk&#038;blog=8382563&#038;post=1002&#038;subd=playlister2007&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/12/08/peppermint-creams-christmas-lesson-1972/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jennyridgwell</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/christmas-cake.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Christmas-cake</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/peppermint.jpg?w=230" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">peppermint</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Angel Delight and all that</title>
		<link>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/09/28/angel-delight-and-all-that/</link>
		<comments>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/09/28/angel-delight-and-all-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennyridgwell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Convenience food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foods of the 1970s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Economics in 1970]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angel Delight]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/?p=984</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1972 Angel Delight is a magical new food and we&#8217;re making Angel Delight tart  for  our lesson on Convenience Foods. I’ve told them to bring in the flavour of their choice or  a packet mix of something that they &#8230; <a href="http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/09/28/angel-delight-and-all-that/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jennyridgwell.co.uk&#038;blog=8382563&#038;post=984&#038;subd=playlister2007&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/09/28/angel-delight-and-all-that/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jennyridgwell</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/angeldelightad.jpg?w=226" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">angeldelightad</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Teaching bread</title>
		<link>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/08/10/teaching-bread/</link>
		<comments>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/08/10/teaching-bread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennyridgwell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foods of the 1970s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Ridgwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/?p=897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My first full time teaching job in 1970 was in a large north London comprehensive school, just east of Finsbury Park. Schools in inner London were under the control of ILEA – the Inner London Education Authority, and I’d been &#8230; <a href="http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/08/10/teaching-bread/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jennyridgwell.co.uk&#038;blog=8382563&#038;post=897&#038;subd=playlister2007&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/08/10/teaching-bread/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jennyridgwell</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/countyhall.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/cookingisfun.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">cookingisfun</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/yeast.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">yeast</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/gas.png?w=153" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">gas</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/wheat.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">wheat</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/barley.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">barley</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/oats.jpg?w=159" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">oats</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>My grandmother taught me to cook</title>
		<link>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/08/08/my-grandmother-taught-me-to-cook/</link>
		<comments>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/08/08/my-grandmother-taught-me-to-cook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennyridgwell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cooking in wartime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bero flour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bisto gravy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Borwicks baking powder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bottling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kliner jars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saxa salt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/?p=872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Grandma in the 1970s My grandmother is the only person that really showed me how to cook, and her recipes were trapped in a time warp and taken from the Bero Home Recipe book with its battered cover Born in &#8230; <a href="http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/08/08/my-grandmother-taught-me-to-cook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jennyridgwell.co.uk&#038;blog=8382563&#038;post=872&#038;subd=playlister2007&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/08/08/my-grandmother-taught-me-to-cook/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jennyridgwell</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/bero.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">bero</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/pears.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">pears</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/borwicks.jpg?w=225" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">borwicks</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/maggots.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">maggots</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/evac.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">evac</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Silly fussy salad</title>
		<link>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/07/26/silly-fussy-salad/</link>
		<comments>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/07/26/silly-fussy-salad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennyridgwell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foods of the 1970s]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jenny Ridgwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1970s salads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salad cream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stuffed tomatoes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/?p=186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My 1970 salad lessons teach students how to make elaborate plates of over fussed food. We don’t have exotic things like avocados or alfalfa, so we fiddle about instead. Radishes become roses, tomatoes turn into lilies, cucumber is stripped and &#8230; <a href="http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/07/26/silly-fussy-salad/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jennyridgwell.co.uk&#038;blog=8382563&#038;post=186&#038;subd=playlister2007&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/07/26/silly-fussy-salad/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jennyridgwell</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/radish.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">radish</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/heinz.jpg?w=225" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">heinz</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/eggsstuffed.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">eggsstuffed</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Beryl ware</title>
		<link>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/07/21/beryl-ware/</link>
		<comments>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/07/21/beryl-ware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennyridgwell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home Economics in 1970]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beryl ware]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/?p=852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wonder how many schools, village halls, scout huts and hospitals in the seventies were stocked with pale green, blue or yellow Beryl Ware. The store cupboard shelves were stacked with the stuff when I arrived for my new job. &#8230; <a href="http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/07/21/beryl-ware/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jennyridgwell.co.uk&#038;blog=8382563&#038;post=852&#038;subd=playlister2007&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/07/21/beryl-ware/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jennyridgwell</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/beryl.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">beryl</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://playlister2007.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/beryl_ware.jpg?w=300" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">beryl_ware</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cookery exams in the 1970s</title>
		<link>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/07/04/cookery-exams-in-the-1970s/</link>
		<comments>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/07/04/cookery-exams-in-the-1970s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jennyridgwell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/?p=821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[They asked some surprising questions in the 1970s These are some questions from the cookery exams of Oxford Local Examinations, GCE  at the time. Candidates have two and a half hours to prepare their dishes which must feed two people. &#8230; <a href="http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/07/04/cookery-exams-in-the-1970s/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jennyridgwell.co.uk&#038;blog=8382563&#038;post=821&#038;subd=playlister2007&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://jennyridgwell.co.uk/2011/07/04/cookery-exams-in-the-1970s/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">jennyridgwell</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
