Old School Pastry from PastrySampler.com
Okay, this is a combo pastry-savory item. It uses organ meats, and is heavily spiced with cloves, mace and cinnamon, and is even laced with both white wine and brandy and perfumed with rose water. This recipe is from Miss Leslie’s book Seventy-Five Receipts for …
Here’s a good tip from Miss Leslie’s book Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats, published in 1832: There can be no positive rules as to the exact time of baking each article. Skill in baking is the result of practice, attention, and experience. Much, …
I just posted links to favorite old time candy that have been discontinued for various reasons by their manufacturers. Let’s see if you remember any of these:
I also listed my top candy that I’ve never tried but would love to now simply for its name: Chicken Dinner Candy Bar.
The chocolate themed cookbook from 1909, Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes, by Miss Parloa has many great recipes all revolving around chocolate products such as chocolate blocks, cocoa powder, baker’s chocolate squares, and German sweet chocolate. The book also contains Home Made Candy Recipes by Mrs. …
This Foodie Friday is all about the Barbecue. If you’re looking for a good mopping sauce, one from 1913 may inspire you to create your own. What is a mopping sauce? It is a sauce that is brushed or ‘mopped’ on the meat as it …