If you’ll allow me to indulge just a little longer. I’ll return to historic foodways with the next post. I promise. In fact, here’s a preview: Sandwich carrots. With a capital “S.” Now for a little trip down memory lane. Here are some of my favorite photos of my now-gone beloved kitty: I’m reminded of [...]
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purr-fect photos
Posted in up close & personal, tagged cats, death of a pet, my beloved pal Kitty-Pooh on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In Memoriam
Posted in up close & personal, tagged cats, death of a pet, my beloved pal Kitty-Pooh on July 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Seventeen years ago, when I was living in Indianapolis, Indiana, I discovered a stray cat sleeping now and then in an unused dog house in my back yard. As time went on, I saw him more frequently, and I began to set out some food. Occasionally, I’d come home from work, and there he’d be [...]
more mulberries
Posted in historic cookbooks, historic receipts (recipes), research & experiments, tagged historic cookbooks, historic receipts (recipes), mulberries on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, whadaya know?! The receipt for preserving whole mulberries that’s in The Frugal Housewife and American Cookery is also in Eliza Smith’s The Compleat Housewife (London, 1758). Eliza’s version is exactly the same as Frugal’s, “pretty thick” segment and all. Which makes me wonder even more about Simmons’ little, yet somewhat major, switch to “thin.” [...]
mulberries
Posted in culinary history, historic cookbooks, historic receipts (recipes), research & experiments, tagged food history, muberries, plagiarism on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I mentioned previously that there’s a receipt (recipe) for preserving mulberries in Amelia Simmons’ American Cookery. Then later, while looking for something else, I noticed yet another one in The Frugal Housewife, by Susannah Carter. It’s also for preserving mulberries. Thing is, it looked familiar. I’d seen it somewhere. Well, turns out that the one [...]
“here we go ’round the mulberry bush…”
Posted in culinary history, historic cookbooks, research & experiments, Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, tagged food history, mulberries on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
At this season’s first Fireside Feasts historic cooking workshop a couple of weeks ago out at Wyckoff, I was asked if mulberries were ever used in dishes of centuries past. The person who posed the question was Dave Cook of EatingInTranslation.com. Seems he’d found mulberries growing on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. I told him that [...]
dagnabit
Posted in Uncategorized on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well, it finally happened. Yesterday’s Fireside Feasts workshop out at Wyckoff was rained out. dagnabit. It’s the first time this has happened. My historic cooking program has always been blessed with excellent weather. And since it has to be done outside at the firepit, that’s a major issue. I was disappointed, for sure. I was [...]
raspberries
Posted in Uncategorized on July 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
wow. Guess I hit pay dirt last week when I purchased raspberries with which to make raspberry shrub for this Thursday’s session of Fireside Feasts out at Wyckoff. As I mentioned previously, I was able to get two six-ounce packages for only $4. Well, yesterday while I was out obtaining a few last- minute items [...]
Raspberry Shrub
Posted in Uncategorized on July 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
While at the grocery store early last week, I noticed that raspberries were abundant AND on sale. They were only $4 for two six-ounce packages. HUZZAH! I’d been in another store earlier where they were that amount just for one container. And having bought them numerous times before, particularly in summers past, I am well [...]
breakfasts and suppers–Dutch style
Posted in Uncategorized on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s another intriguing tidbit that I found while researching breakfasts and suppers of centuries past for the first Fireside Feasts historic cooking workshop: Material in quotes from The America of 1750, Travels in North America, by Peter Kalm, in two volumes; originally written/published in Swedish, translated into English in 1770; reprint, Dover Publications, New York, [...]
hot pan, burnt face?!?
Posted in historic cookbooks, tagged historic cooking, is it done yet?, oven/cooking temperature on July 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been nose-deep in historic cookbooks the past couple of days, conducting research for my second Fireside Feasts workshop next week out at Wyckoff. The topic of discussion and food preparation will be “Let them eat cake.” Mmmmm, sweets! So, I’ve been busy studying historic reference materials, hunting for receipts, selecting those we’ll use, and [...]
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