Century of Magazine Recipes Traces UK's Narrowing Seafood Palate

100-year magazine study reveals ‘narrowing’ of UK seafood recipes

Discover what's happening in retail today, Retail Times publishes international & UK retail news covering products, data, tech, packaging, people, research, comment and much more. A century of recipes published in the magazine Good Housekeeping reveal how the variety of seafood presented to UK readers has “narrowed”, new research shows. Dr Ruth Thurstan, from the University of Exeter, studied seafood recipes published in the magazine from 1923 t…

Whale meat curry for dinner? Study of bygone seafood recipes shows how UK tastes have narrowed | Fish - Dining and Cooking

In days gone by, the UK’s domestic cooks were an adventurous lot when it came to seafood, prepared to dish up anything from an oyster cocktail to whale meat curry. But an academic investigation of more than 1,000 fish and shellfish recipes published in a lifestyle magazine over the last century suggests tastes have become [...]

Century of magazine recipes traces UK's narrowing seafood palate

A University of Exeter analysis of 1,192 recipes from a century of British Good Housekeeping issues shows the variety of seafood presented to UK home cooks has narrowed sharply toward cod, haddock, tuna, salmon and prawns.

Whale meat curry for dinner? Study of bygone seafood recipes shows how UK tastes have narrowed

Herring, flatfish and oysters are increasingly off the dining table, with just five fish species now dominatingIn days gone by, the UK’s domestic cooks were an adventurous lot when it came to seafood, prepared to dish up anything from an oyster cocktail to whale meat...