Tag: workhouse

Charles Dickens Part 2: gruel

by Eric | Dec 15, 2017 | Appetizers, Mains, Recipes | 0

To make gruel, I took the basic ingredients that the workhouse would have on any given day and made the cheapest but tastiest soup possible…

Oliver Twist was not your average Victorian novel – it was a brave satirical criticism of contemporary treatment of the poor and vulnerable…

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