Showing posts with label 1800. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1800. Show all posts
November 3, 2020

What is Election Cake? | Colonial Recipe | Amelia Simmons, 1796

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Many cookbooks include a recipe for Election Cake. What is it? The hallmark of an election cake recipe is the enormous batch size. Some of t...
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October 8, 2020

Civil War Era Honey Soap | Tutorial | How To

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Honey soap was a popular soap before and after the war. It was known for and its supposed "skin whitening" properties. This recipe...
September 9, 2020

How to Render Lard and Tallow for Cooking, Soap Making and Cosmetics

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In early America, grease pots were a ubiquitous part of a kitchen. Grease was collected during cooking and butchering and was later rendered...
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September 2, 2020

Civil War Era Apple Pancakes Recipe

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I was very interested to try this recipe as it has molasses, cornmeal, and apples, three flavors that were very common during the Civil War ...
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September 5, 2019

Civil War Era Cheesikins Recipe, What?

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Yes, I made this recipe just because of the name, and yes, it's an early cheese-based nibble snack. This recipe if from Cre-Fydd...
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August 27, 2019

18th Century Lemon Cheese Recipe from The Cookbook of Unknown Ladies

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I was excited to try this recipe. I have yet to see anyone else attempt it and it is from a handwritten recipe book in Westminster City ...
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August 20, 2019

Amelia Simmons' 18th Century Pound Cake Recipe

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We had a little teaser of fall over the last few days but that light breeze has been replaced with an Indian monsoon season. Again. I h...
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January 25, 2017

18th Century Castile Soap: For Shaving, Laundry and Weight Loss

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I've finally gotten around to making the soap I've been researching for the last few months! Castile soap is one of the most bas...
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October 23, 2016

Hannah Glasse's Revolutionary War Era Lip Salve Recipe

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Mr. Fribble: I’ll endeavour to muster up what little spirits I have, and tell you the whole affair. Hem ! But; first, you must give me leav...
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August 26, 2016

WARNING:PHOTO HEAVY POST- The Mercer Museum and Early American Tools

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I went to the place where they send good historians when they die. As you all know, and pretty much anyone who knows me knows, one of my ...
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