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Food Fit for Heroes

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Three programmes in which culinary challenges are issued to the armed forces. The Spanish Armada
This week Dylan Winter challenges the Royal Navy to prepare the same kind of dinner that might have been served to Sir Francis Drake and his captains in 1588. Chefs Steve Pugh and Graham Wilkinson travel to Drake's home at Buckland Abbey and visit Plymouth Museum to learn about cooking aboard galleons. They talk to historians Sir Roy Strong and Peter Brears about Tudor recipes and the etiquette Of dining without plates orforks. Producer Peter Everett

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Sir Francis Drake
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Steve Pugh
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Graham Wilkinson
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Sir Roy Strong
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Peter Brears
Producer:
Peter Everett
Source: Radio Times

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