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Month: September 2024

Hearty Family Breakfasts for Autumn

Hearty Family Breakfasts for Autumn

People in the 1800s usually ate a hearty breakfast because they worked hard physically. They didn’t waste any food, either. Food left over from the night before was often used for breakfast. Note that none of these recipes use eggs as the main dish. Chickens lay less eggs in autumn and winter, so eggs were scarcer during those times. INFORMATION BELOW COMPILED FROM 1800s COOKBOOKS AUTUMN BREAKFASTS DURING the early part of the autumn, and indeed until late in the…

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To Keep Vegetables for Winter

To Keep Vegetables for Winter

Although you could dry or can vegetables for winter, it was nice to have some fresh ones, too. Vegetables both had to be protected from freezing winter conditions, but also stored so they wouldn’t spoil before spring. People usually had a cellar underneath their house or a root cellar outdoors for food storage. INFORMATION BELOW COMPILED FROM 1800s COOKBOOKS SQUASHES should never be kept down cellar when it is possible to prevent it. Dampness injures them. If intense cold makes…

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The Creation of Margarine and Other Butter Substitutes

The Creation of Margarine and Other Butter Substitutes

Margarine was created in the late 1800s as a cheaper substitute for butter, which is made from the butterfat of milk. Originally, margarine was made from beef fat, and then from lard and various seed oils. Margarine wasn’t accepted right away, and there was often deception in its manufacture. Today, of course, the food industry is much more regulated. INFORMATION BELOW COMPILED FROM 1800s COOKBOOKS BUTTER SUBSTITUTESIn about the year 1870, through a desire to procure a cheaper article than…

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