Month: August 2012

Lemon Pie Isn’t Just Made for Meringue: 4 Versions From 1890

Lemon Pie Isn’t Just Made for Meringue: 4 Versions From 1890

Since I baked a modern lemon meringue pie on the Pastry Sampler blog, I’d thought I’d also share versions from the year 1890. Lemon Pie Recipes From 1890 Here are four different recipes for Lemon Pie. Each are completely different: with meringue or without it; 

Wartime Pork Recipes and Old Fashioned Pork Cake Recipe Using Salt Pork from 1927

Wartime Pork Recipes and Old Fashioned Pork Cake Recipe Using Salt Pork from 1927

Pork is known as the other white meat. During WWII and the Depression Era pork was a source of protein nourishment and people were encouraged to use the entire pig for food. The image shown here has many recipes for pork using not only parts