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,
vegetables 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:
A cupful of strong coffee will remove the odor of onions from the breath. Circa 1865.
Old Wives Tale
Falling Picture
A picture that falls from the wall is thought to foretell a death in the family. Since there seems to be no time limit for this happening, it will always come true. Early 1800
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 "
Take the bull by the horns
Crooked as a dogs hind leg
Like shooting fish in a rain barrel
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Easter Eggs
Take a clean egg, rub a little annatto on one or two places, drop a little finely
powdered cochineal on one or two other places, and, if desired, rose-pink and
cudbear on different places; these all on one egg Then tie the egg in a piece of rag,
and place it in a pan of cold water; when it boils take care not to let it boil to
fast, but
just to simmer for half an hour. It makes a pretty variety to tie an egg up in onion
peel
and boil it in cochineal water. To dye plain mauve, put a very little finely powdered
cochineal in water; when dissolved, boil the eggs in it half an hour. To dye plain
yellow
use annatto or saffron. Logwood dyes black; rose pink or cudbear are both pretty
colors You can boil as many eggs at once as your pan will hold, taking care they do
not boil to fast to knock against and break each other Circa - 1872
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,
vegetables in particular. Some of these old recipes are wonderful and update well, so give a few of them a try.
A picture that falls from the wall is thought to foretell a death in the family. Since there seems to be no time limit for this happening, it will always come true. Early 1800
