Showing posts with label 1860s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1860s. Show all posts
December 12, 2021

"Mostly Dutch" | Civil War Era Sauerkraut Recipe

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  Jun 27 . Marched today by the following name towns 1stWaynesboro, 2ndDunoy, 3rd Funkstown 4th Fayettsville & stopped at Greenwood for ...
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November 11, 2020

Civil War Cider Cake Recipe

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Clifton, Va Sept. 18, 1864 [79th Regiment, New York Infantry] Dear Mother; Punch would find rare pickings in the army. The everyday jokes...
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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 30, 2020

Civil War Popcorn Balls Recipe

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Sept 21st After supper last night, by way of variety Anna, Miriam and I came up to our room, and after undressing, commenced popping corn...
September 15, 2020

Civil War Era Kids Craft: Paper Boats | How to

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What kid doesn't like playing with paper boats? It seems like magic that you can make a boat out of paper and even more so that paper ca...
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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July 15, 2020

Civil War Era Pickled Limes Recipe like in Little Women

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'In debt, Amy; what do you mean?' and Meg looked sober. 'Why, I owe at least a dozen pickled limes, and I can't pay t...
December 22, 2019

Civil War Fruit Cake Recipe -150+ Years Old!

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Fruitcake. I'm young enough to have never encountered a fruitcake in the wild. Its reputation had been cemented before I was a chil...
September 18, 2019

Civil War Pumpkin Bread Recipe from the Confederate Receipt Book

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The blockade hit hard. Wheat prices rose fast. Speculators hoarded flour. By 1863, women were rioting in the streets of the South beca...
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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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December 12, 2018

Civil War Era Orange Nuts Recipe

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The holidays are coming and that means acres of oranges will enter our homes to grace tables, bob in punches and add tang to cider.  ...
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March 21, 2018

Civil War Era Snow Cream Recipe

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I'm enjoying my snow day off after that busy weekend at Military Through the Ages . This is one of those recipes that sounds like...
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