by Stacy Booth | Jan 8, 2020 | 19th Century, Baking, Dessert, Historic Foodways, Holiday, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Literary Quote, Winter
Happy New Year Everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful December and that January has treated you well! With the start of the New Year I decided to start with the new Historical Food Fortnightly challenge for this year… the Holidays! You’d think after all...
by Stacy Booth | Aug 17, 2019 | 19th Century, Beverages, Historic Foodways, Literary Quote, Summer
“Ma had sent them ginger-water. She had sweetened the cool well water with sugar, flavored it with vinegar, and put in plenty of ginger to warm their stomachs so they could drink till they were not thirsty. Ginger-water would not make them sick, as plain cold water...
