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Archive for June, 2010

As you know, I found a curd fritter receipt to use out at Wyckoff this coming Saturday in E. Smith’s The Compleat Housewife (1727). I also looked “to the future,” if you will, to see what I might find in early 19th century works (turns out, not much). Then later, I wondered, “What might I [...]

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About a week or so ago, I started thinking about what to cook out at Wyckoff during the “Kinderdag: A Children’s Day” program. I browsed through various historic cookbooks with the goal of finding an appropriate receipt. I wanted one that would make alot of whatever, in a short amount of time, with lots of [...]

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In addition to parmesan and Jefferson’s vanilla, I also made strawberry ice cream for the Culinary Historians of New York’s recent program. I found the perfect historic receipt in Mrs. Lettice Bryan’s The Kentucky Housewife (1839). However, it was a bit more involved than I wanted. Plus, it was yet another custard-based concoction. My plan [...]

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