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Cauliflower Recipes from the 1800s

Cauliflower Recipes from the 1800s

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Cauliflower wasn’t very popular during most of the 19th century because it was expensive to buy. In the latter part of the century, though, when hot houses became common, cauliflower became more affordable. The recipes and advice below are from cookbooks published in the 1800s. INFORMATION BELOW FROM 1800s COOKBOOKS CAULIFLOWER Cauliflower is similar to cabbage, but its flavor is a little more delicate. The cauliflower possesses a most agreeable flavor and is sufficiently delicate to be served at the…

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Green unripe gooseberries
Old-Fashioned Gooseberry Recipes

Old-Fashioned Gooseberry Recipes

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When I was in grade school in the 1960s, we visited our grandparents every summer and they grew gooseberries. We picked and ate green gooseberries right off the bushes. They were certainly sour, but that was the attraction.  We had contests to see how many we could eat before having to spit them out. We never did get to see them as red berries. They must have ripened in late summer or early fall after we went back home.  I…

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How to Make Fondant and Bonbon Candy

How to Make Fondant and Bonbon Candy

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There are basically two types of fondant that are used for making bonbons. The first is poured fondant, a creamy mixture used as a filling, and the other is rolled fondant or fondant icing, which is of a thicker texture and used for coating candy or icing cakes.  INFORMATION BELOW FROM 1800s COOKBOOKS CANDY MAKING AT HOME The proverbial “sweet-tooth” is a characteristic of the American people. Hundreds of tons of candy are annually consumed, and fortunes have been made in…

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Whey made from homemade cottage cheese
Making Milk Curds and Whey

Making Milk Curds and Whey

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The first time I ever heard of curds was in the nursery rhyme “Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey.”  Curds look similar to cottage cheese, but in the recipes from 1800s cookbooks, they used rennet for milk curds, but not for cottage cheese. Today, you can buy rennet powder and rennet tablets at stores or online. INFORMATION BELOW COMPILED FROM 1800s COOKBOOKS TO PREPARE A RENNET A rennet is the stomach of the calf….

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