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Advice about the Woodburning Oven
In nine out of ten kitchens, when there is any cooking to be done the range is made red hot; when the cooking is done, the fire is left to go down to ashes, and is then raised by...
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Pastry
Great Tips on making a pie crust 1850's style....
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TWELVE BILLS OF FARE
A Bill of FARE for JANUARY. First Course. 1 Cod's Head. 2 Soup Sante. 3 Roast Beef. 4 Scotch Collops. 5 Leg of Lamb. 6 Plumb Pudding. 7 Petit Patties. 8 Boiled Chickens. 9 Tongue. Second Course. 1 Roast...
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Loaf Sugar
The old loaf sugar came from wooden molds that were conical shaped. Thus they themselves were cone shaped and a cook would have to pound the loaf to get loose sugar for cooking. They had to use special tongs/cutters...
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Horsehair Sieve
A kitchen utensil often used in sifting bran. A man named Benjamin Gilbert was a tanner/currier/shoemaker by birth, but he percieved a market in making horsehair sieves for the common people who already used these in the making of...
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General Observations on Cakes
It is an excellent plan for the mistress of a household to keep always a tire*, high in the neck, with short sleeves, for herself or her domestic to put on, when either bread or cake is to be made....
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Kitchen Pepper Sauce
Mix in a fine powder one ounce of ginger; of cinnamon, black pepper, nutmeg and Jamaica Pepper, half an ounce each; ten cloves and six ounces of salt. Keep it in a bottle. It is a pleasant addition to any...
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Sweet Potato Waffles
Two table-spoonfuls of mashed potato; one of butter; one of sugar; one pint of milk; four table-spoonfuls of wheat flour. Mix these together and bake in a waffle iron....
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Chicken Salad
Roast or boil either chickens, turkey or veil; remove all the skin and gristle, and chop it very fine. Put the lettuce into cold water. If made with celery, it should be slivered very fine, and put into iced water...
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Sweet Potato Pudding
Boil or bake the potatoes; rub them through a sieve. Three pints of milk; thirteen eggs; three pounds of potato; a little butter; nutmeg, cinnamon, and mace; a tea-spoonful salt. This pudding may be made in a less expensive manner,...
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Tomato Sauce
Skin the tomatoes; stew them till tender; season with pepper; a bit of butter; a few cloves. Let these boil together. Strain it and serve hot. - American Matron 1851...
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Cranberry Sauce
Pour boiling water over the cranberries; this instantly swells all the good ones, and makes it easy to pick out decayed ones. Stew the fruit, until soft, in a very little water. When soft, add sugar to your taste. -...
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Advice about the Woodburning Oven
In nine out of ten kitchens, when there is any cooking to be done the range is made red hot; when the cooking is done, the fire is left to go down to ashes, and is then raised by...
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