A couple-three years ago I found this gridiron on eBay: Now, it’s quite similar to those offered by Historic Housefitters and Landis Valley Museum, so it’s possibly just a reproduction. At the same time, however, it’s rather uneven and wobbly and looks handmade, so it may be a bona fide antique. It’s very like these [...]
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more treasure
Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
picture show
Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Speaking of the upcoming Fireside Feasts program this summer out at Brooklyn’s Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum, click here to see a slide show depicting scenes from past sessions.* Good company and great food were had by all. HUZZAH! ________________________ *All photos copyright 2007-2009, The Wyckoff House and Association, Inc.
2010 Fireside Feasts
Posted in Uncategorized on February 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yep, it’s still winter, and there’s plenty of snow all over, piled up on sidewalks and at every street corner. Fear not, however. The heat and humidity of summer will be here soon enough! And with that comes another round of my historic cooking series Fireside Feasts out at Brooklyn’s Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum. HUZZAH! I [...]
treasure hunt
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cast iron tea kettle, eBay, historic cooking equipment on February 18, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A recent purchase through good ol’ eBay. I’d been looking for something like it a long, LONG time. Reminds me of what I used back in the day while at Conner Prairie (when the interpretive emphasis was on life of the 1830′s and not the mish-mash it is today). I love just gazing at it! [...]
“Meats…for the use of the table”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged annual Historic Foodways Symposium, culinary history, Deborah's Pantry, Pennsbury Manor PA on February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
…is the title of the third annual Historic Foodways Symposium, sponsored by Deborah Peterson’s Pantry, to be held Saturday, February 27, 2010. I urge any and all folks who are interested in learning more about the who, what, when, where, why, and how of historic foods (in this case meat), during the 18th Century and [...]
I’ll have a New Year’s and…a New-York?
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Something else that begins to show up in 19th century published cookbooks here in America are receipts for New-York Cup Cake. Yep, New Year’s and now, New York. Before I go any further, we need to look at those two little words “cup cake.” What they do NOT refer to are those small individual fluffy [...]
“where ya been?”
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Howdy. Yeah, I’m still here. Gee, what has it been? Ten days?!? eeegad. It’s amazing how chunks of time can pass by basically unnoticed. It sure flies when you’re…doing other things! dagnabit. There was some personal business, feeling under the weather, then a bit of…well…oh, blah, blah, blah. Excuses, mckooses! My apologies. Now let’s get [...]


