Gingerbread

There are only three of us at the firm where I work. When one of us goes on holiday, we usually bring a small gift back for each of the others.

Last week, one of my beloved leaders went to Sussex for a break. He returned, bringing the other two of us a pack of 'Horsham's Regency Gingerbread' each.

Not sure if you can read the front, it says* -

'A 200 year old recipe from the family of the celebrated poet Shelley

Handmade in Sussex with Lurgashall Flour, this Gingerbread has a deliciously rich taste of Regency England** that blends the fruity sweetness of molasses, the sharpness of oranges and lemons with an oriental hint of ginger'

The back of the packaging says -

'In 1803 Shelley asked his aunt to buy a type of gingerbread known as fairings, from Horsham fair to take on a picnic at Warnham pond. It was more like a biscuit than bread. The local industry was at its height in 1866 and when the last Horsham gingerbread maker died in 1917 the recipe died with him. In 2009 Horsham Museum bought a Shelley family manuscript which included a Regency recipe for gingerbread. We hope you like it as much as he did.'

I would like to point out, after yesterday's extravaganza that I have not yet opened this. No, REALLY, I haven't (YET!!!)***

*Punctuation and grammar is theirs
**I am quite interested to know what the taste of Regency England might be....??
***Correct at time of publishing