Apricot Ice Cream from the 18th Century
When you think about food in the 18th century you probably don’t think about ice cream, do you? You will after reading this post about an 18th-century apricot ice cream! While ice cream may...
Category: Dessert
Junket with Strawberries and Whipped Cream
Have you ever heard of junket, or junket tablets? Probably not. I first heard about junket tablets, a form of rennet, from a cheesemaking book several years ago, about the same time I first...
Dandy Pudding
I think anyone who has been reading this blog for some time knows that I am very much attracted to sweet things, and that when I look for recipes to recreate here, gravitate towards...
Mousse For Valentine or Washington’s Birthday
A couple of years ago I was at a food history conference (they DO happen!) and one of the attendants gave me a neat little stack of papers, sandwiched between two layers of cardboard...
Christmas Cake: a Mrs. Beeton Recipe
In case you have not figured this out, I have a huge sweet tooth. Not only that, but I prefer baking over all other kitchen activities. One of my goals for this blog for...
To Make An Orange Pudding
Last year, sometime during the fall semester, I was reading a book about the colonial American Southeast and came across a brief reference to an illicit orange trade between Spanish Florida and some of...
A Tasty Indian Pudding
I had every intention of making an effort on the Historical Food Fortnightly, but reality happens. This semester is the the semester when I am writing the big research paper that the department requires...
Historical Food Fortnightly #12 If They’d Had it… : To Make Cheesecakes
The Challenge: “Have you ever looked through a cookbook from another era and been surprised at the modern dishes you find? Have you ever been surprised at just how much they differ from their...
Historical Food Fortnightly #11 Foods Named After People: Victoria Sandwiches by Mrs. Beeton
Not, THOSE sandwiches, the sweet, cakey ones! The Challenge: “Beef Wellington? Charlotte Russe? Choose a dish named after a person, either fictional or real, to create. Bonus points if you can tell us about...
Amelia Simmons Pompkin Pudding No. 1
After I made the American Cookery Pompkin Pudding No. 2, I still had quite a bit of pumpkin puree and pie pastry left, so I decided to tackle the other pumpkin pudding recipe in...