Culture Club - Christmas Sweets

Welcome to Culture Club

Hands on for this session, we'll be playing with our food.

Back in the 70s Helen's Gran used to make the most marvellous marzipan sweets for Christmas, she's dug out the original magazine cutting for this and everything! Many years later Helen went on one of Ivan Day's historic food courses exploring marchpane, gingerbreads and sweetmeats.

So this evening will be an informal exploration into some of these things, with the chance to make sweets and taste the odd sample. There's only so much we'll be able to do at this session but it will definitely involve sugar, nuts and maybe some quince too.. 

Bring your aprons, and any recipes for sweet treats you'd like to share for Winter holiday celebrations.

Culture Club aims to create a collaborative community, for sharing knowledge and experiences around food processing and production. This can be anything from curing and fermenting to foraging and preservation, there will be something for everyone.

When?

Thursday 4th December, 6:30-8:30

How much?

£8.00

Who?

This event is open to all. (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

What?

This session will be hands on, making Christmas sweets from Marzipan

Introducing the Spice Co-op

Helen founded the Spice co-op, buying high quality, often organic and sometimes fairly traded spices from Steenbergs - a thoughtful company based in Ripon who provide information on where and how their products are sourced.

Some will be bought in (relative) bulk so you can stock up on the standards such as Organic Cumin, Coriander and Fennel seeds; Sumac and dried Tumeric. In addition, each month we’ll get one or two jars of a more unusual spice to share and experiment with at home - without having to buy a whole jar that - lets face it, - may never get used. Think Grains of paradise, Cubebs or Long pepper.

You’ll be able to buy by the gram at just a little over cost price.

• All ingredients and equipment to make your Christmas Sweets
• Recipes to take home
• Hot/cold drinks and snacks

Access: If you have additional access needs (e.g. large print, BSL interpreter, level access) Please let us know by emailing or sending us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790‬

These sessions are in our upstairs workshop space. There is currently no level access. It’s a single flight of 14 steps then you go around the corner and there are two small steps. Once you’re upstairs there’s a loo. You shouldn’t need to come downstairs for anything until the end of the event.

If you can’t manage the stairs but really want to attend, please let us know by emailing (using the contact organiser button/link) or sending us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790 and will try our best to accommodate.

Getting here

• Tram to North Pier
• Bus:
• No 6 or 18 bus to Topping St.
• No 3, 3a, 5c, 6, 18 to Church St (Stanley Buildings)
• No 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 7a, 14 to Talbot Rd
• Driving: The closest pay and display car parks are on East Topping St and Talbot Road multi storey. There is also parking at the nearby Sainsbury’s supermarket, please make sure that you check the terms before you use the car park.

REFUNDS

• If you can no longer attend, please request a refund using the link in your confirmation email.
• Orders can be refunded up to 7 days before the event.
• Refunds will be subject to the Eventbrite booking fee of 6.95% + £0.59 per ticket

Host or Publisher Aunty Social