‘An Enquiry into the Derivation of Chowder’ – a Note or Coda

Authors

  • Blake Perkins Independent Scholar Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27988

Keywords:

Captain Hugh Crow of Liverpool, life at sea, chowder, iconic dishes, memoirs, British maritime traditions, late 18th-century

Abstract

This short piece looks at the entry about Chowder in the memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow of Liverpool published in 1830.

Author Biography

  • Blake Perkins, Independent Scholar

    Blake Perkins spends a lot of time in Rhode Island where he writes quarterly posts at www.britishfoodinamerica.com. This is his eighth contribution to PPC.

References

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Anon., ‘The Secret Meaning Behind the Penn Crest,’ http://Universityofpennsylvania.tumblr.com/post43698757756/the-secret-meaning-behind-the-penn-crest (accessed 9 October 2017).

Elizabeth Baigent, ‘Crow, Hugh, (1765-1829), privateer and slave trader,’ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online (accessed 10 October 2017).

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––––, ‘Naval Construction from the Year 1800 to the Present Time,’ Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects vol. IX (London 1868).

Emma Christopher, ‘Reviewed Work: The Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow: The Life and Times of a Slave Trade Captain by Hugh Crow,’ The International History Review vol. 31 no. 1 (March 2009) 124-26, 125.

Hugh Crow, Memoirs of the Late Captain Hugh Crow of Liverpool (Liverpool 1830).

Hannah Glasse, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy (London 1758).

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Esmond Wright (ed.), Benjamin Franklin: His Life as He Wrote It (Cambridge MA 1989).

Published

2018-02-01

Issue

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Perkins, Blake. 2018. “‘An Enquiry into the Derivation of Chowder’ – a Note or Coda”. Petits Propos Culinaires, February, 97-104. https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.27988.