Authentic recipes and housekeeping tips, shared from nineteenth century cookbooks & housekeeping manuals. We're eating well, 1800's style.
An 1890 recipe for FRIED HAM AND EGGS
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{Editor's note: This is the first Sunday email I'm sending in the voice of my "living history project" alter-ego, Florence. It's the approach you'll find on the blog posts, and I'm trying it on for size here in a once-weekly Sunday edition of the email. You'll hear from me like usual tomorrow. Until then, Anna} My dear Hattie - In your last letter, you asked for some of my favorite breakfast dishes to make, wanting to vary the routine of your morning meals. It can be so easy to fall into habit, making the same dishes until you and everyone else grow a bit weary of them. I have certainly found that regularly trying something new can add such joy to daily life, for all members of the household. I am enclosing for you a receipt for a dish that is the "very favorite" of my little Thomas. He would have this every day if he could have his wish. It is a simple and easy breakfast dish, but I have copied it exactly from "The Compendium of Cookery and Reliable Recipes", which is one of the cook books I find myself reaching for most often. Like you, I am already looking forward to spring, and dreaming of planting seeds and tending the gardens. The seeds that you will find enclosed are some I saved from the beautiful foxgloves that my neighbor, Martha, grows. I hope they bring you joy when the weather turns warm again. Ever your loving cousin, Florence
{Feel free to let me know what you think of the Sunday newsletter idea. I'm still finding my groove with this project, and love hearing from you! Stay tuned tomorrow for an 1883 recipe for Baked Pears. ~ Anna} |
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The 1800's Housewife
Authentic recipes and housekeeping tips, shared from nineteenth century cookbooks & housekeeping manuals. We're eating well, 1800's style.
Sweet Potatoes From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book and Marketing Guide, 1881 {Editor's note: I'd promised lentil soup, but forgot today's is a Sunday newsletter, where I where I write in the voice of my "living history project" alter-ego, Florence. Since I want to gush a bit from a modern perspective about that cook book, I'm saving it for tomorrow (when I'll show up in your inbox like usual), and we'll enjoy some simple sweet potatoes today. ~ Anna} My dear Hattie - Received your letter, which...
Lemon Snaps From Practical Housekeeping, 1881 {Editor's note: In Sunday emails, I've been writing in the voice of my "living history project" alter-ego, Florence. It's the approach you'll find on most of the blog posts, and I'm trying it on for size here in the Sunday edition of our daily newsletter. You'll hear from me like usual tomorrow. Until then, Anna} My dear Hattie - Received your letter this week, and smiled to hear you so warmly remember the cookies I served, during your last visit...
Composition Cake From the Snow White Cookbook, 1892 Hey there, all - Composition Cake seems to have been, in many ways, a bit like today's chocolate chip cookies. Every cookbook has a recipe for it, and they're all a little different. Let me tell you, the Composition Cake I made yesterday, from an 1892 recipe, deserves a country fair blue ribbon. It is just that good. Slightly crackly on the top, a nice crumb throughout, and with a lovely combination of spices and raisins. I hope you enjoy it...