https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2024/12/19/how-premodern-energy-shaped-britain
"Among its many sins, coal made British food awful"
"Women began to devote more hours to cleaning soot from walls, surfaces and dishes (and less time on outdoor chores like going to the market or ploughing fields). Britain’s medieval cuisine, cooked over the low and stable heat of wood, was replaced with boiled vegetables and baked meat, easier to manage with the hotter and more variable flame of coal. Britain’s reputation for cookery has never recovered."
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