SS GREAT BRITAIN PRESENTS: YOUR TICKET TO TASTE THE WORLD Embark on a global voyage of taste without leaving Bristol this summer at Brunel’s SS Great Britain with Dishes of Discovery from 23 July until 4 September 2022 Brunel’s SS Great Britain, the world’s first great ocean liner, is inviting visitors to ‘Taste the World’ this summer, as it offers guests the chance to sample delicacies inspired by Victorian voyages to destinations visited by the ship in the 18th Century. From 23 July to 4 September, visitors who step aboard the SS Great Britain will taste historic recipes from Mumbai, Cape Town and Crimea - discovering how the SS Great Britain connected people and places around the world.
SS Great Britain’s interpretation team studied diaries and documents to create these authentic recipes. As Joanna Mathers, Head of Collections, at SS Great Britain explains: “We have made some fascinating discoveries as part of this project. One of the dishes - the green coriander and coconut chutney - was inspired by Samuel Archer, the ship’s surgeon on a voyage to Mumbai in 1857. We have access to his diary, which describes the food he experienced and this process gives visitors to the ship a chance to step back in time to the days before mass travel.
The dishes have been created by Bristol-based social enterprise, Travelling Kitchen, whose team worked with the ship’s archivists to explore historic recipes from These flavours would’ve been brand new and around the globe. The dishes created include exotic, and for many, their first time encouna zingy Melon and Ginger Jam from Cape tering the likes of coconut, ginger and melon.” Town, traditional Borsch from Crimea and a tropical green coriander and coconut chutney from Mumbai - and are typical of those that passengers would have encountered as they disembarked in the faraway destinations. 4
