The Museum of Royal Worcester will hold a special event featuring poetry readings and historic food workshops. The event, titled “The Language of Porcelain and Food,” is scheduled for Sunday, October 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Visitors can participate in the activities with a standard entry ticket.
Kate Travers, the museum director, expressed excitement about the event. She said, “Thanks to an Arts Council England grant, we can provide insight into how food has been prepared, shared, and enjoyed over time through a new display of ‘Dr. Wall’s Dining Table,’ historic food workshops, and new poems from local writers.”
The day will include various activities. At 11 a.m., refreshments will be served on Royal Worcester china. A festive Georgian pudding demonstration and tasting will follow at 11:30 a.m. A mini poetry workshop titled “From Pen to Plate” will take place at 1 p.m.
At 1:30 p.m., Worcestershire LitFest poets will present new food and drink-themed poetry readings. They were invited by the museum to find inspiration in the new immersive food history displays. Throughout the day, visitors will also have the chance to paint pineapple lanterns in the museum’s ceramic studio.
The museum has reimagined dishes enjoyed at the dining table of its founder, Doctor Wall. Visitors can sample items such as mince pies made with real meat, pheasant, plum pudding, and a unique “trick of the eye” hen’s nest jelly.
Award-winning food historian Dr. Neil Buttery has developed a series of hands-on historic food workshops. These workshops will be available for families during the October half term and for adults in November.
Dr. Buttery stated, “Pupils will be able to get hands-on experience and explore the historic process of making junkets, a Georgian milk-based dessert, with fruit compote. They will learn about the laborious and often overlooked roles of kitchen workers in 18th and 19th-century Britain, taking on these roles themselves to create this popular dish from the past.”
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