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Sauces for Meat, Fish, Poultry and GameIt’s often hard to give cooked meat a good flavor, especially if it’s lean. Although it’s easy to open a packet or jar of gravy...
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Flavorings to Enhance FoodsI have a variety of spices in my kitchen but seldom use more than salt and pepper .And when I do decide to use spices, onion, garlic or other...
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Recipes Using Fresh OrangesDuring the 1800s, oranges were a seasonal crop and not available year-round. INFORMATION BELOW FROM 1800s COOKBOOKS:Oranges may be kept fresh for...
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Ways to Cook Fresh RhubarbRhubarb has a sharp, tart taste, but only the stalks are edible; the leaves are poisonous. Rhubarb is usually considered a vegetable, but in 1947,...
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To Bake Bread in a Brick OvenCookbooks in the 1800s were vague on how to heat a brick oven (and even a wood burning stove). People had to know what type of wood and what size...
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How to Make Fish BallsBack in the 1800s, codfish was plentiful along the east coast in the U.S. and cookbooks often had recipes for fish balls. Fish balls are no longer...
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Making Homemade FudgeFudge is expensive when you buy it in candy stores, but it’s easy to make. The hard part is beating the mixture because it gets so thick....
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Vintage Cake RecipesCake recipes in 1800s cookbooks provided ingredients and amounts, but no real cooking instructions. Stoves were fueled with wood and cooks had to...
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Medicinal, Herbaceous, and Other Drinks for Invalids, etc.Cookbooks published in the 1800s often contained household hints and medical advice. Of course, this advice is from over 200 years ago! I...
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Making Cheesecake the Old-Fashioned WayCheesecake is made with a soft cheese and usually with only a bottom crust. It contains no yeast, so the flavor is more like a dessert, similar to...
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Cooking Codfish Heads, Tongues, and SoundsI’ve seen a whole fish for sale in grocery stores, but not just the fish’s head. I never heard of a fish sound and didn’t even...
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Using Dried Fruits for CookingIn the 1800s, most fruits were only eaten while in season unless they were canned or dried. Fresh bananas and oranges were often shipped long...
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Farina Recipes for Breakfast or DessertFarina is made from the germ and endosperm of hard wheat. It’s finely ground and sifted to become similar in texture to flour. Usually...
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Ways to Preserve PeachesPeople who lived during the 1800s ate fresh fruit in season, but they needed ways to preserve fruit for other times. Apricots, nectarines and...
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How to Make a Variety of White SaucesSauces may be a little more trouble to add to a cooked meal, but they can certainly enliven a plain dish. Although we can buy ready-made or...
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The Wonderful Flavor of CreamIn the 1800s, milk products were not pasteurized, so cream was created by letting it rise from whole milk at room temperature. If you didn’t...
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How to Make Perfectly Poached EggsA poached egg is an egg that has been broken, gently slid into boiling water, and gently cooked. The egg should have a runny yolk, while the white...
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Making Fruit and Vegetable RelishesMaking relish was a good way to preserve fruits and vegetables. Plus it added flavor to a plain meal and was especially welcome in the winter when...
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Making Fresh Home-Made Yeast for BreadUntil the mid-1800s, people made their own yeasts to use in baking bread. They made fresh yeast from hops, potatoes, pumpkin, and more. In 1868,...
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The Many Ways to Use Anchovies in RecipesAnchovies is a name given to approximately 140 species of small “forage fish.” This means they are foraged and eaten by larger fish,...
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Fresh Homemade Egg Nog RecipesEggnog (also known as milk or egg milk punch) was originally made of milk or cream, sugar, raw eggs, some type of alcohol, and various spices....
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Nourishing Drinks for Invalids and ConvalescentsIn the 1800s, people often lived far from a doctor or couldn’t afford to pay one. So they treated illnesses by following advice from...
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Best Ways to Prepare Vegetables for CookingIn the 1800s, vegetables were mostly picked from gardens, bought fresh from the market, or stored in cellars for future use. People...
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How to Make Christmas Plum PuddingChristmas pudding is sometimes known as plum pudding, although recipes don’t call for plums. In pre-Victorian times, raisins were called...
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How to Make Mincemeat For PiesMy mother only made mincemeat pies at Thanksgiving, when we had lots of relatives visiting. She used mincemeat from a jar and filled her own pie...
