In the Victorian Age, funeral biscuits, along with all other customs related to death and mourning, became more formalized and baroque. Like wedding cakes, funeral biscuits were a staple of the bakery business, and competition for customers was brisk.

The Final Episode represented a more refined, late Victorian, era when bakers introduced elaborate confectionery and fancy wares. This was filmed at Dunns Bakery in Crouch End, London. Dunns Owner Mr Freeman allowed parts of his bakery to be sectioned off and transformed into a film location. Tomatoes, onions, lebanese cucumbers (or 1 large burpless cucumber, or a couple of ordinary cucumbers, but, because you need to use the), salt, sugar (white, brown or half white or half brown ), malt vinegar or 0.5 (1687 ml) bottle white distilled vinegar, mustard, cayenne pepper, flour (for thickening), curry powder (use clive of india if available). This Victorian turkey recipe, pulled from Mrs. Crocombe’s own 1880s-era recipe book, calls for a whole turkey, with bones removed and stuffed with a sausage and pistachio stuffing, to be wrapped, boiled in stock, and served cold, jellied, and covered with mayonnaise.

The Industrial Age (1700 – 1887)

Victorian Era Names

Victorian Era Bakery

In Georgian times the introduction of sieves made of Chinese silk helped to produce finer, whiter flour and white bread gradually became more widespread. Today more than 70% of the bread we eat is white. Tin from the flourishing mines in Cornwall began to be used to make baking tins. Bread baked in tins could be sliced and toasted – and it was not long before the sandwich was invented. In the early 19th century, life was dramatically changed by the Industrial Revolution. As large numbers of farmworkers moved from the country into cities to work in the new factories, less food was produced. When the Corn Laws were passed prohibiting the importation of grain, starvation became a serious problem.