Class in a marmalade jar?Sourced
Marmalade, meal names, fish knives.
All became class clues in a satire.
Jilly Cooper's 1979 book Class satirised British social rank through fictional caricatures. A later food history used examples from it—including marmalade brands, what people call their meals, and fish knives—to discuss how everyday details can signal class.
Ordinary habits
can carry social meaning.
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