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Month: August 2022

Start With Plain White Soup Stock

Start With Plain White Soup Stock

  Cooks in the 1800s often made soup stock and used it for a base, adding various ingredients. Making homemade soup was a necessary skill because commercially prepared soups weren’t readily available until 1869. That’s when Joseph Campbell and Abraham Anderson began a company to produce canned foods (including soups). This was certainly a convenience! INFORMATION BELOW FROM 1800s COOKBOOKS White stock is an especially nice broth having a delicate flavor, made from veal and fowl. If allowed to remain…

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Cooked Celery Recipes, Vinegar, and Essence

Cooked Celery Recipes, Vinegar, and Essence

Celery is valuable for its mineral salts and bulk. The chief use of celery is as a relish when it is eaten raw, but it is also valuable for flavoring soups and making salads, pickles, and various other dishes. When celery is in season and can be purchased at a reasonable price, it should be cooked to give variety to the diet.  INFORMATION BELOW FROM 1800s COOKBOOKS BAKED CELERY Cut two bunches of celery, the best stalks only, into inch-lengths,…

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How to Make Delicious Canapes

How to Make Delicious Canapes

A canape is half of a sandwich. Slices of bread are cut into fancy shapes, toasted or quickly fried in hot oil, or they may be spread with butter and browned in a quick oven. One slice only is used for each canape. The mixture is spread on top, the top garnished, and the canape used at once.  INFORMATION BELOW FROM 1800s COOKBOOKS Cold canapes are placed always among the appetizers and served before the soup. They are made of…

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