tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post3872193175497544662..comments2023-12-29T15:48:55.596-05:00Comments on Samurai Knitter: Still with the food.Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11710658334966849773noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-40776950990245035392007-12-10T14:38:00.000-05:002007-12-10T14:38:00.000-05:00Love the post (and comments!)And I was under the i...Love the post (and comments!)<BR/><BR/>And I was under the impression that fruitcake came from the lack of fresh fruit in the middle of winter, so they pulled out all the stops on the dried fruits and made something sweet for the holidays...<BR/><BR/>My favorite cookbok was published in 1907. I have an original. It has the most fabulous recipes, not gunked up by modern ingredients. For example: I could never make biscuits. My mother couldn't make them, my sister couldn't make them. None of us could follow the ubiquitous red-checked book's instructions. The I looked it up in my old, wonderful book, and lo! the Angel of God appeared...<BR/><BR/>Oops! Wrong story...<BR/><BR/>The vintage cookbook had "a large spoonful of" butter, flour, milk, baking powder, and a pinch of salt. The modern recipe: 10 ingredients. What were they for? I still don't know - but everybody loves my fluffy biscuits now!<BR/><BR/>Technology has a way of mucking up all kinds of things. Cooking, included. Don't tell me an electric oven makes as good-tasting bread as a wood-fired one! (It's just a little more reliable about cooking evenly...)historicstitcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17370128908373990078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-67109160407082926722007-12-10T11:10:00.000-05:002007-12-10T11:10:00.000-05:00One of the things I try to read every Christmas is...One of the things I try to read every Christmas is "A Christmas Carol," and Scrooge asks the spirit of Christmas Present about closing the public ovens/bakeries on the seventh day and depriving the poor of their only hot meal. That's 1843.<BR/><BR/>Oh, yeah, and the Cratchits go and fetch their goose from the baker's, they don't cook it at home. The things they make at home are the boiled pudding and other things that can be boiled.<BR/><BR/>I remember reading that for a long time (was it in Tannahill's "Food in History"?) the milk animal of choice was either a goat or a sheep (yeah! sheep!), not a cow, because even a smallish cow will darn near drown you in milk, whereas goat/sheep quantities are more manageable.Alwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03200150883889857882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-66181255328369681022007-12-10T09:00:00.000-05:002007-12-10T09:00:00.000-05:00Ah yes, but what was the person who discovered mil...Ah yes, but what was the person who discovered milk *up to* hey? That's what I want to know!Louizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691100508790921779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-49911014061293554102007-12-09T20:45:00.000-05:002007-12-09T20:45:00.000-05:00And I'd like to know about the people who discover...And I'd like to know about the people who discovered the yumminess of artichokes and lobster.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06025212419444729424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21397483.post-57826084365493295552007-12-09T20:07:00.000-05:002007-12-09T20:07:00.000-05:00OKay--so, when did people start deciding raw fish ...OKay--so, when did people start deciding raw fish was a delicacy and not a survival tactic? I mean, now that you got me thinking!!!!Amy Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885706951931450373noreply@blogger.com