Saturday Morning With Jack Tame

I hear the ads ZB is running for Downtown Abbey competition and so with this being Anzac weekend, I thought we might look at something of that era, not just the usual Anzac Day biscuit. Downtown Abbey is a worldwide TV series sensation – plus there are movies.It was the most watched television series on both ITV and PBS, and subsequently became the most successful British costume drama series since the 1981 television serial of Brideshead Revisited.By the third series, it had become one of the most widely watched television shows in the world.People became so interested in the kitchen and house management parts of the series that it resulted in Penguin re-printing an absolute classic book - Arabella Boxer’s Book of English Food.It’s a disjointed but charming collection of recipes and stories of food of the Edwardian era – the time Downtown Abby was set in.That said simplicity in the Edwardian era in a grand home was very different to the poorer classes.A quick pre-dinner drink would involve handing around 7-9