The chickens in bladders are done. HUZZAH! They’re taken off the fire. First one: Then the other: Don’t they look lovely?! Like two rubber balls. And yes, they DO bounce! (How do I know? Well…one fell to the floor and…yep.) Here’s our instructor Clarissa posing with the bladders: The chickens will be “sent to table,” [...]
Archive for March, 2010
boiling bladders, cooked chickens
Posted in Uncategorized on March 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“I’ll have Chicken in Bladder, please”
Posted in historic cooking, tagged annual Historic Foodways Symposium, chicken, cooking in bladders, culinary history, historic hearth cooking on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Each dish made during this past Sunday’s hearth cooking workshop was quite intriguing. As you recall, the class was held in conjunction with Deb Peterson’s Historic Foodways Symposium at Pennsbury Manor. Again, our instructors were Past Masters members Clarissa Dillon and Mercy Ingraham. My favorite, however, of the six items prepared Sunday was the “Pullets, [...]
more liver pudding photos
Posted in historic cooking, historic cooking/classes/events, historic receipts (recipes), tagged cooking liver, culinary history, historic hearth cooking, historic recipes, liver pudding on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To continue with photos from this past Sunday’s hearth cooking workshop in the re-constructed kitchens of Pennsbury Manor, here are additional photos of A Liver Pudding boiled. Cooking has been completed, so now it’s time to remove it from the kettle. Again, Clarissa Dillon of Past Masters in Early American Domestic Arts led the way. [...]
cookin’! (liver pudding)
Posted in historic cooking, tagged Clarissa Dillon, historic cooking, liver pudding, Pennsbury Manor PA on March 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday’s (February 28) hearth cooking class at Pennsbury Manor was a delightful (and delicious!) event. Held in conjunction with Deb Peterson’s Historic Foodways Symposium, it was conducted by Past Masters in Early American Domestic Arts, with two of its members, Clarissa Dillon and Mercy Ingraham, leading the way. The focus of our menu was the [...]


