Create your own meals that travel through time.
Your mother’s or grandmother’s recipe box is a wonderful place to start. Look through those recipes and ask family members what they can tell you about how and when they were served. Go to your library and look at old newspapers on microfilm. The food ideas, grocery store ads and even food columns will have great ideas. Make copies of the front pages and have your family or guests discuss “current events.” Read the “Tips for Using Old Recipes” in this section for some guidelines for cooking with these recipes in today’s kitchens.
Copyright 2008 Rae Katherine Eighmey. All rights reserved.
Tips_for_Using_Old_Recipes
Monday, September 29, 2008
Jumbles, George Washington Cake, Mulligatawny Soup, the names of old recipes tantalize the mind and the taste buds. Ingredient lists with mace, marjoram, cardamom and other uncommonly used spices arouse curiosity. Working with old recipes is rather like treasure hunt. You have to follow the
Thresher’s_Dinner_1905
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Preparing and Serving a Dinner for Threshers
“Beef is the best and most convenient meat to serve. If you buy a pound for each man to be fed and two or three pounds extra, you will always have enough meat and just a little extra.
“Be sure to have your pickles ready and put aside for use, as
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Time Travel
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Delicious meals that take you back!
Savor a time and place different from our own. Each menu has recipes to serve your guests, a few interesting facts and maybe a reading suggestion.
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Fall 2008
Sample a 1905 Thresher’s Dinner
