The Official Narnia Cookbook
The only OFFICIAL Narnia cookbook! Explore over 60 illustrated recipes inspired by the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, including the prize-winning recipe from the Narnia Nosh and Recipe global contest.Illustrations in this ebook appear in vibrant full colour on a full colour ebook device, and in rich black and white on all other devices.From the White Witch’s spellbinding Turkish Delight to the centaurs’ mouthwatering oatcakes and the Dryads’ favourite gooseberry fools, each recipe in The OFFICIAL Narnia Cookbook is a culinary tribute to the overwhelming influence The Chronicles of Narnia has had on generations of readers.With anecdotes by C.S. Lewis’s stepson, Douglas Gresham, and illustrations by the original artist, Pauline Baynes, this is a delicious way to expand your journey into Narnia whether you are a fan of the books or like to cook and read about food. See the contest-winning recipe and then try your hand at Narnia nosh of your own.Enjoy these treats with any or all of the seven books from The Chronicles of Narnia — The Magician’s Nephew, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, and The Last Battle.
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CONTENTS
Mrs. Beaver’s Marmalade Roll-on-the-Run
Scrambled Eggs and Toast (Mumbled Eggs)
Chicken Breasts Masquerading as Snipe
When you work in the kitchen, it is important to be very careful not to cut or burn yourself. You may need the help of an adult to prepare many of the foods in this book, especially if you are going to use a sharp knife and electrical appliances, and work with a hot stove or oven. Be sure an adult is present with you at all times when you are in the kitchen, ready to cook these wonderful recipes. By following some simple rules, you will be able to work safely and have fun!
• If you have long hair, tie it back, and roll up long sleeves carefully.
• Ask an adult for help when using sharp knives or shears and appliances such as electric mixers, blenders, can openers, etc.
• Pick up knives by the handle, never by the blade.
• Always have an adult handle hot or boiling liquids. Do not fry foods yourself.
• Use heavy pot holders for handling hot pots and pans on the stove and baking dishes from the oven.
• Never leave the stove unattended.
• Be sure to ask an adult to light an oven for you, if it is not self-starting.
• Do not ever light matches yourself!
• Be sure to turn off electric appliances such as mixers or blenders before taking the lids off.
• Never place any electrical item in water.
• Use a plastic cutting board to cut up raw poultry, meat, or fish. Wash the board with hot soapy water after every use and before using it with another type of food.
• Never put cooked poultry, fish, or meat on the same board or in the same container that held the raw meat, unless you have washed the container well first.
• Don’t use cracked or dirty eggs. They may have been contaminated with harmful bacteria. Be sure to wash your hands, the equipment, and the countertop after working with eggs. Avoid eating raw eggs.
• Keep hot foods hot. Raw eggs, fish, poultry, and meat must be cooked well to kill harmful bacteria. If you have leftovers, put them into covered containers and refrigerate or freeze them as soon as possible.
• Keep cold foods cold. Foods that are meant to be refrigerated should be cold when you touch them. Frozen foods should be extremely cold and hard as a rock. Thaw foods in the refrigerator, not on the countertop.
This cookbook is about more than just cooking or food. It’s about Narnia and Jack (C. S. Lewis), the man who wrote The Chronicles of Narnia, and food and you and me. But mostly it’s about Narnia, food, and fun.
Jack was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1898. When Jack was a boy, Belfast was an unhealthy place to live and his parents were very careful about not letting him and his older brother, Warnie, get cold and wet, so the boys spent a lot of time indoors. As a result, Jack became quite interested in what went on in the kitchen. Jack’s mother, Flora, used a book already famous in those days called The Book of Household Management, by Mrs. Isabella Beeton, that contained several thousand recipes; and many of Jack’s favorite dishes originally came from this book. Many years later it was Jack himself who showed me how to cook things like grilled kippers (smoked herring), which he had learned from watching the cook in Belfast all those years before.
Many of the foods Jack preferred might be considered old-fashioned in today’s world. In the days of his youth, many of the ingredients available were fresher than those available today. There were no supermarkets or freezers or even refrigerators, and things like meat, dairy products, fish, and bread were brought to the house each day by the butchers, milkmen, fishmongers, and bakers (although many people made their own bread at home). Vegetables were often grown at home in kitchen gardens just as they are in Narnia, or if you lived in a town, they were often delivered by a greengrocer. Old-fashioned foods like those preferred in Narnia are some of the very best-tasting foods, and quite often the most nutritious as well. Remember that in those days, as in Narnia to this day, there were no prepackaged foods or processed foods, no chemicals were added, and no artificial fertilizers or pesticides were used in growing foods. Fruit and vegetables might not have looked as beautiful as they do today, but they tasted better. If you have been to Narnia or if you grow your own vegetables at home, or if you have relatives or friends who have their own gardens, you will know the difference in taste between those and the ones from the supermarket. Free-range eggs are another example. They are rich-tasting, richly colored eggs, which are always better than those produced in factory farms.
