Lucille
We may live without poetry, music and art;
We may live without conscience, and live without heart;
We may live without friends; we may live without books;
But civilized man cannot live without cooks.
Edward Lord Lytton
Putting this web site together has been a labor of love.I remember back to my childhood and how daily life was then. A great many wood stoves were still being used. Ice boxes and ice men were still around. You canned all the food from your garden and fruit trees. The recipes for the family meals have changed so much.To much salt was used in some and most dishes were cooked to long, vegtables in particular. Some of these old recipes are wonderful and update well, so give a few of them a try.
If there is an old family recipe that has been
lost, let me know. Send the name , decade and some of the ingredients, I might have it.
If you have some thing you'd like to share, an old wives tale, a remedy, or an old recipe,
please join in the fun and send it along via e - mail or to:
Take common furniture glue from the pot, spread it on a linen rag or piece of brown paper, and apply hot to the chilblain, letting it remain till the glue wears off. Circa 1870.
Old Wives Tale
Hair and Heartburn
It is a known fact to all women expecting a child. The amount of hair the baby will
have is in direct per portion to the amount of discomfort from heartburn of the expectant
mother. If a lot of heartburn is experienced, the baby will no doubt have a full
head of hair at birth.
What do they mean???
Old Sayings
I thought I would start printing these old sayings I've heard all my life.
A great many don't make much sense while others make perfect sense. But I
need your help. Please send me your favorites, with your help we can continue
to enjoy "Yesteryear "
Sold faster than hotcakes
He would gripe if they hung him with a new rope
It was flater than a pancake
Home
Economics:
Onions
A little onion is not an injurious article of food, as many believe. A judicious use
of
plants of the onion family is quite as important a factor in successful cookery as
salt
and pepper. When carefully concealed by manipulation in food, it affords zest and
enjoyment to many who could not otherwise taste of it were its presence known. A
great many successful compounds derive their excellence from the partly concealed
flavor of the onion, which imparts a delicate appetizing aroma highly prized by
epicures. Circa - 1875
Oven
Temperatures - 2000
The recipes on this web site will be old. They will date from 1859 to 1969. You will see
how recipes have evolved through the years. The very old recipes will have been cooked on
wood stoves that did not have temperature controls, so this chart will be posted to help
with those recipes.
250
- 275 - Very Slow
300 - 325 - Slow
350 - 375 - Moderate
400 - 425 - Quick or Hot
450 - 475 - Very Hot
Oven
Temperature - 1885
The heat should be tested before the cake is put in, which can be done by throwing on the
floor of the oven a tablespoonful of new flour. If the flour takes fire, or assumes a dark
brown color, the temperature is to high and the oven must be allowed to cool; if the flour
remains white after the lapse of a few seconds, the temperature is to low. When the oven
is of the proper temperature the flour will slightly brown and look slightly scorched.
Great care is requisite in heating an oven for baking pastry. If you can hold your
hand in the heated oven while you count twenty, the oven has just the proper temperature
and it should be kept at this temperature as long as the pastry is in.
Putting this web site together has been a labor of love.I remember back to my childhood and how daily life was then. A great many wood stoves were still being used. Ice boxes and ice men were still around. You canned all the food from your garden and fruit trees. The recipes for the family meals have changed so much.To much salt was used in some and most dishes were cooked to long, vegtables in particular. Some of these old recipes are wonderful and update well, so give a few of them a try.
It is a known fact to all women expecting a child. The amount of hair the baby will
have is in direct per portion to the amount of discomfort from heartburn of the expectant
mother. If a lot of heartburn is experienced, the baby will no doubt have a full
head of hair at birth.
