Foodsville Notes
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The favorite recreation of the man living in the Balaton region is the cellar gathering. For the country man this is the substitute of the club or coffee-house where the townsman finds his amusement. The wine grower works from morning till noon and four or five hours after noon but at five o'clock he slings his knapsack over his back, wraps some ryebread, b...
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The Young Housekeeper's Friend was originally published before the Civil War, and was extensively revised by the 1870s, most notably to accomodate the increased popularity of stoves. It has a very interesting section regretting the loss of the kitchen hearth. The later editions are much easier to find, and there was a (not very common) facsimile reprint of one of them. Early editions are not easy to find and on my one cursory examination, the differences are significant.
None of the other cookboo...
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This 1900 recipe for tamale pie (the second one) is 14 years earlier than any I have seen up to now.
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How the name of Strawberry came to be applied to this fruit is unknown, as the old authors do not agree ; some asserting that it was given it because children used to string them upon straws to sell, while others say that it took its name from the fact of straw being placed around the plants in order to keep the fruit clean. Its name may not have been derived from either of these, but...
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ON THE BEST METHODS OF
MANUFACTURING CHEDDAR CHEESE
The making of a good Cheddar cheese
depends largely on conditions which are con-
veniently summarized by the word " medium."
A first-rate quality of Cheddar can be made in
any district, provided that you have soil of
medium quality, which will grow a short, sweet
herbage. Soils resting on and derived from
limestone rocks are ideal ; yet any soil of fair
body, growing ...
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From The Blue Grass Cook Book by Minnie C. Fox (1917)
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PENDENNIS CLUB MINT
JULEP
By a well-known member of the club, Louisville,
Ky.
These are some essentials .
1st. Fine, straight, old Kentucky Bourbon
whisky blended whiskies do not give good results.
2d. An abundant supply of freshly cut sprigs
of mint preferably young shoots no portion of
which has been bruised.
3d. Dry, cracked flint ice. A glass will an-
swer the purpose, but a silv...
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Worcestershire Sauce: Take 3 quarts of strong
vinegar, 1 lb. of split raisins, 1 lb. garlic, 1/4 lb.
eschalot, 1/2 ounce cayenne, 1/2 ounce powdered
ginger, salt to taste, small bottle of anchovies,
and mushroom ketchup. Boil the anchovies,
garlic, eschalot, and raisins in a quart of the
vinegar in an iron saucepan until it can be pulped
through a hair sieve, then boil all together for
a few minutes. Bottle when cold. It is essential
that the ingredients should be thoroughly boiled
before being ...
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Pendennis Club Mint Julep
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From The Blue Grass Cook Book by Minnie C. Fox (1917)
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PENDENNIS CLUB MINT
JULEP
By a well-known member of the club, Louisville,
Ky.
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