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Month: January 2025

Hearty Family Breakfasts For Winter

Hearty Family Breakfasts For Winter

When I was growing up, we mostly ate buttered toast, or Raisin Bran and Cheerios cold cereal before we went to school.  On weekends, my mother cooked eggs, French toast, or pancakes. Now, as an adult, I like bacon or sausage with eggs, adding cheese, chopped green onion and mushrooms if I have them. But I’ll eat anything, even leftovers from lunch or dinner. In the 1800s, people ate eggs for breakfast if they had them, and most of the…

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Canapés or Party Appetizers

Canapés or Party Appetizers

The canapés from 1800s cookbooks sure have some unusual ingredients, such as tongue, anchovy, sardine, and more. And of course, with no electricity and only wood burning stoves, it took a lot more work and skill to make them. INFORMATION BELOW COMPILED FROM 1800s COOKBOOKS: CANAPÉSThese are slices of bread 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…

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