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Some recipes still stand the test of time, simply because they use ingredients that are used across different time periods or because the flavor combinations are still favorable years later. Here are such recipes, dating almost a hundred years ago. Some of the recipes from …
Saffron is used to both flavor and color a dish. Yellow food coloring is easily made through the use of saffron, and different shades of yellow uses different strength, or a mixture of saffron and other other colors. These authentic food color recipes come from …
Green food coloring is important in confectionery work, as with all the other colorings. There are many different ways to make a greed food coloring using vegetables and other ingredients. These authentic food color recipes come from The Complete Confectioner, Pastry-Cook and Baker. Sap Green …
I don’t think squirrel soup would make as nice a dish now as it did back in the late 1800’s. This recipe is from The White House Cook Book. Squirrel Soup – Wash and quarter three or four good sized squirrels; put them on, with …
Here are several unusual recipes. Will you recreate them? These pies are from American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons from 1798. Tongue Pie: Made with tongue, apples, sugar, raisins & currants, and spices. Foot Pie: Made with calf’s feet that was first placed in a vessel …