Regency Romances

April 14, 2021 | Regency Life & Times | Leave A Comment

From books to movies to TV shows, why do we love Regency romances so much?

Why Are So Many Romances Set in the Regency Period?

The Lighting of Regency Balls

March 31, 2021 | Regency Life & Times | Leave A Comment

Regency balls were a most exciting event. Some would be shorter events, lasting about 4 hours, and some could last up to 8 hours, well into the night. How did they determine the length of a ball? By the candles they selected. Candles had different burn lengths, so they would purchase the candles according to how long they wanted the ball to last. Lighting a ballroom could take up to 300 candles, so having an 8 hour ball required quite an extravagant lighting purchase!

Regency Tea Time

March 25, 2021 | Regency Life & Times | Leave A Comment

During the Regency, tea was served in the evening, after dinner. Some guests would be invited for both dinner and tea, some just for tea.

White Soup

March 9, 2021 | Regency Life & Times | Leave A Comment

Would you like to dine like you’re at a Regency ball? Prepare some white soup with this recipe:

Put a knuckle of veal into six quarts of water, with a large fowl, and a pound of lean bacon, half a pound of rice, two anchovies, a few pepper corns, a bundle of sweet herbs, two or three onions, and three or four heads of celery cut in slices. Stew them all together, till the soup be as strong as you would have it, and then strain it through a hair sieve into a clean earthen pot. Having let it stand all night, the next day take off the scum, and pour it clean off into a tossing-pan. Put in half a pound of Jordan almonds beat fine, boil it a little, and run it through a lawn [fine cloth] sieve. Then put in a pint of cream, and the yolk of an egg, and send it up hot. ~ John Farley’s London Art of Cooking (1783)

If you prefer a more modern version of the recipe, try this one:

https://itsallfrosting.wordpress.com/2015/09/06/readers-digestibles-mr-bingleys-white-soup/

Regency Spring Flowers

March 3, 2021 | Regency Life & Times | Leave A Comment

Flower gardens were quite popular during the Regency, and as spring began to peek through the end of winter, they became a wonderful place to walk, read, and socialize. What is your favorite spring flower?