Food from the past and the history of illegitimacy

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🗓️ 12 March 2015

⏱️ 55 minutes

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As the new BBC TV series Back in Time for Dinner is due to air, we talk to food writer Mary Gwynn about how our mealtime tastes have changed over the past 70 years. Meanwhile, historian Jane Robinson discusses her new book In the Family Way, which looks at the stigma that often used to be faced by unmarried mothers and their children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's a Peugeot SUV for everyone and every need.
0:04.3	Sport for choice.
0:05.2	I like it.
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0:11.5	Weekend adventures, here we come.
0:13.3	Now available on 0% APR with a minimum 20% deposit.
0:17.1	Sounds like 100% match.
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0:23.8	Offer ends 30 of September 2025.
0:27.5	Personal contract purchase, subject status and availability, T's and Zs 18 plus,
0:29.8	excludes plug-in hybrids, Delantis Financial Services. Order a sheep's head already divided by the butcher.
0:43.0	Remove the brain and soak it in cold water and vinegar to whiten it.
0:47.4	Soak the head in tepid water and sort for half-n-n-naw scrape the small bows from the nostrils,
0:52.7	cleans the head thoroughly, blanche and wits.
0:55.4	That was Mary Gwynne describing a delicious recipe from many decades ago.
1:00.8	Illigitimacy has been airbrushed out of social history.
1:05.7	And that does a disservice not only to the veracity of history, but also to the people who were
1:12.3	involved. And that was Jane Robinson, talking about the importance of studying the history
1:17.9	of legitimacy. You're listening to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine.
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