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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 …
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 …
For this Foodie Friday, here are some homemade seasonings and spice mixtures that were used in cooking. From The New System of Domestic Cookery, by “A Lady,” from 1807 – Recipe for Kitchen Pepper. Kitchen Pepper: a mixture used to flavor meats, sauces and soups. …
Here is an entry in Foodie Friday – non-pastry recipes and food info from archival and historical cook books. Think ketchup is something that Heinz made up? The tomato preserve called ketchup, or catsup, or any other variation to the name, has been around a …