Showing posts with label Revolutionary War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Revolutionary War. Show all posts
September 23, 2020

18th Century Wash-Balls: Scented Body Soap | How To

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Bathing in colonial times evokes images of dirty rags and lard soap. In reality is there were many scented, colored, and augmented soaps ...
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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December 12, 2016

18th Century Syringe Biscuits

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This is a great recipe to break your mom's ancient syringe cookie maker from the cabinet! The taste, and recipe is almost identical ...
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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June 16, 2014

Historical Food Fortnightly: 1700s Mushroom Ketchup

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I'm very excited for challenge 2 of the Historical Food Fortnightly . It was so much fun seeing all of the delicious dishes from the...
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May 3, 2013

How to Make a Colonial Era Sugar Cone or Sugar Loaf

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During the Colonial period, refined white sugar was commercially available in the shape of cones, or loafs because of the processing tech...
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September 28, 2010

Brandywine Revolutionary War Reenactment

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 The Brandywine Reenactment last weekend was great! There were over 700 soldiers. It was definitely one of the bigger reenactments. We ...
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