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History through Food? - 5/8/2008 8:31:36 PM
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Sideways
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Does anyone else out there enjoy learning about times gone by through typical recipes/food stuffs of that era?
For Mother's Day I ordered a few booklets from THIS site, and I'm really looking forward to reading them. I already own two booklets, and I've actually used some of the recipes. Of course the author had to adjust some recipes for modern day ingredients, but it's still pretty cool, because she includes a lot of history along with the pure recipes.
I suppose for homeschoolers this would be a good way of combining history with Home Ec!
Does anyone else have a "old school" recipe books they use?
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RE: History through Food? - 5/8/2008 10:23:43 PM
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spiritchsr1
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Here is something you might like; It's called FEEDING AMERICA-THE HISTORIC COOKBOOK PROJECT.
This project is put out by the Michigan State Library and Museam.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/index.html
Hope this helps you out, I think it's kind of a neet web site
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RE: History through Food? - 5/9/2008 1:31:35 PM
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miasma
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Here's a fun site for you.
I (try not to) collect cookbooks, but I have aquired many medieval/Renn. ones through the year, through involvement in the S.C.A. I tend to be especially fascinated by cookbooks that give a feel for how...everything was done. Not just recipes, but the importance of napkin placement, dinner conversation, etc. Reading them makes me feel sooooooo lucky to be a woman in this day and age!
This and the Omnivore's Dilemma are excellent reads.
Most of my "old school" recipes, I guess, are just handed-down family stuff that hasn't changed over the years. How to make collards and pies and such.
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