Welcome to Shackbaggerly, the foodie type podcast which has now reached 68 countries, all of them probably thinking, ‘what the devil are they talking about?!’

Your hosts are good pals, Katie Johnson and Howard Middleton, who you may recognise from series 4 of the Great British Bake Off.

This episode, as always, old cookery books feature, alongside some unexpected news regards Howard’s time on Bake Off, plus, exactly when was the sausage acknowledged?

If you enjoy Shackbaggerly, please tell your friends, and if you want to find out more about the podcast, our Facebook and Instagram pages are the places to go.

Please note:

unfortunately, our email is down at the moment.

Until the next time,

Katie & Howard x

See you again on Friday 6 February

Happy New Year and welcome to the first episode of Shackbaggerly for 2026, and it’s a cold one here in the UK, so to keep warm, we revisit the Nun’s Cookbook, and discover an old name for Rhubarb. Speaking of old, there was a patent given back in 1791, with a method on how to keep eggs for longer than we would probably want to (and indeed should), and have you ever heard of a talking candle?

Thank you for your lovely messages over the Christmas period, including kind words regards the song. We love hearing from you on our Facebook and Instagram pages, just look for Shackbaggerly. Sadly our email is still down at the moment, but fingers crossed for news soon.

Until the next time,

Katie & Howard x

See you again Friday 23 January

Welcome to Shackbaggerly, the podcast from good friends, Katie Johnson and Howard Middleton, who you may recognise from series 4 of the Great British Bake Off.

This episode, as we build up to our Christmas song (yes there is chance for you to bale out in plenty of time)! we’ll discover the identity of Lady Maria Clutterbuck and the link to Charles Dickens.

Why are we rolling in crushed cornflakes this Christmas? and there’s the occasional cracker joke.

If you enjoy Shackbaggerly, we’d love it if you could kindly leave a comment and/or review please, and do keep spreading the word.

Thank you as always for getting in touch, we love hearing from you on our Facebook and Instagram pages - unfortunately, our email is down at the moment.

Until the next time, wishing you a very Happy Christmas to you and yours.

Katie & Howard x

See you again next year, on Friday 9 January

Welcome to Shackbaggerly, the podcast from good friends Katie Johnson and Howard Middleton, who you may recognise from series 4 of the Great British Bake Off.

This episode, we’ll chat old cookery books, including the discovery of how many eggs we all should have in our fridge, just in case, plus a sneak preview of our Christmas song.

If you enjoy Shackbaggerly, we’d love it if you could leave a comment and/or review please, and do keep spreading the word.

Thank you as always for getting in touch, we love hearing from you on our Facebook and Instagram pages, and who knows, we could be mentioning you in the next episode, which we are releasing slightly earlier, on Christmas Eve.

Please note:

unfortunately, our email is down at the moment.

Until the next time,

Katie & Howard x

See you again on Wednesday 24 December

Welcome to the podcast Shackbaggerly, an adjective to describe absolutely anything loose and disorderly, which sums our conversations up rather well!

This episode, we’ll chat old cookery books, strange encounters, parsnip advice for those of us of a certain age and how marshmallows and mayonnaise can go together, plus the usual happenings that we seem to attract!

If you enjoy Shackbaggerly, we’d love it if you could leave a comment and/or review please, and do keep spreading the word.

Thank you as always for getting in touch, we love hearing from you, be it via our Facebook and Instagram pages ‘Shackbaggerly,’ or email podcast@theshackbaggerly.co.uk

Until the next time,

Katie & Howard x

See you again on Friday 12 December

Welcome to our podcast Shackbaggerly, and as always, there’s a lot going on!

Old cookery books, a possible song for Christmas, a bucket list item helped by a listener in New York and what was Mrs Beeton cooking last time?

If you enjoy Shackbaggerly, we’d love it if you could leave a comment and/or review please, and do keep spreading the word.

Thank you as always for getting in touch, we love hearing from you, be it via our Facebook and Instagram pages ‘Shackbaggerly,’ or email podcast@theshackbaggerly.co.uk

Until the next time,

Katie & Howard x

See you again on Friday 28 November

Welcome to another episode of Shackbaggerly, and it’s one of those where Katie and Howard keep on learning!

There’s a vintage recipe book from 1846, a food item around for 4 decades, and one perhaps we should bring back, or maybe not.

The book ‘Reluctant Hostess’ has arrived, and we love Ethelind Fearon even more now, and it’s time for another ‘What’s Cooking,’ this time from Mrs Beeton.

If you enjoy Shackbaggerly, please do leave a comment, and please keep spreading the word, and if you haven’t already done so, you can subscribe, so you don’t miss a thing.

Thank you as always for getting in touch, we love hearing from you, be it via our Facebook and Instagram pages ‘Shackbaggerly,’ or email podcast@theshackbaggerly.co.uk and if you feel an urge to leave a review, please don’t fight it.

K&H x

See you again on Friday 7 November

Welcome to another episode of Shackbaggerly, and as always, there’s a lot going on.

Advice for wives from 1858, an Author with the most incredible name, and what exactly was cooking the last time we caught up.

Howard at 64 still receives his Mum’s advice, and Katie is asked if she makes any difference to the World!

If you enjoy Shackbaggerly, please do leave a comment, and please keep spreading the word, and if you haven’t already done so, please subscribe, so you don’t miss a thing.

Thank you as always for getting in touch, we love hearing from you, be it via our Facebook and Instagram pages ‘Shackbaggerly,’ or email podcast@theshackbaggerly.co.uk and if you feel an urge to leave a review, please don’t fight it.

K&H x

See you again on Friday 31 October