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To Make Apple Frazes
Hello my friends! I'm back! It was quite the busy October, with three reenacting events and preparations for my upcoming talk in a few weeks. But I wanted to get some new recipes in before the abundant harvest of fall was gone, so here we go! Fall and apples go hand...
HFF #19: Fried Sausages
Though I finished this challenge over a week ago it's only now that I've gotten a moment to finally put it all in a post. So many things going on, but the best part is.... I WON!!! My hedgehogs from "A Tale of Two Hedgehogs" won the competition. I'm so excited about...
A Tale Of Two Hedgehogs…
It's time for another Historic Foodway's Challenge!!! This particular one comes from the magazine "Eaten". It was through this challenge that I figured out this magazine existed (and promptly purchased several editions because I needed to). This cooking...
To Make a Paste of Peaches
It wouldn't be a "Preserve" month if I didn't include one of Martha Washington's receipts from her "Booke of Sweetmeats". There are SO MANY different receipts! Which one to choose? I finally narrowed down my choice for two reasons. The first being that peaches were in...
HFF #18: Piccalilli
This particular Historical Food Fortnightly Challenge was called "Eat Your Veggies" and, as you can guess, the focus is on dishes full of vegetables! So, in keeping with the theme of "Preserves" this month, I chose one preserve in particular that is a celebration of...
Cucumber Catsup
Our preserve adventure continues! I'm particularly excited about this receipt because it comes out of a cookbook that I was lucky to find in a rare cookbook store I found in my area! I was SOOOO excited when I found this one! And I got a really great deal for it from...