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“Rough and ready” is coined with the culinary term of something quick and easy to put together, or unrefined and uncomplicated. That term goes back a long time, and in A Practical Guide for the Cake and Bread Baker (C. W. Schlumpf, 1884), there are …
Sometimes an old recipe isn’t so hot, especially when it contains an ingredient that could be harmful to your health. Especially in the case of old recipes using the imitation vanilla flavors ‘Imitation Vanillin,’ ‘Coumarin,’ and ‘Vanilla and Tonka Flavor.’ I was intrigued by these …
This is another old-fashioned advice recipe, this time – how to preserve a wife, or ways to keep her happy and satisfied. Other old time advice recipes: How to Preserve Children, and How to Preserve a Husband. How to Preserve a Wife Forget not to …
Many older community cookbooks had advice recipes, like How to Preserve a Wife, and How to Preserve a Husband. This one is how to preserve children, or ways to keep them happy. The recipes change and evolve, and different ‘ingredients’ are added and subtracted, depending …
Old community cookbooks are fun to read. They were printed to share recipes of family favorites in order to support a charity, community project, church, or even a hospital. Some were also there to share helpful advice. Whether these advice recipes were actually ‘tested’ or …