Adding to my previous attempts to clarify some of the imprecise ingredient amounts in old cookbooks etc., here are a few clues that I just saw in a piece of...

Could someone please fill me in on this or point me to a site. I was wondering what the origin of Steak American is and why it is called what it is. The only...

Hi, Does anyone here know the years that Carrie M. Dearborn was principal of the Boston Cooking School? (I am trying to date something.) Thanks, -- Jean...

I like making my own beef jerky, tried using an old school recipe, turned out really good!

Oh no! Another question. I have been going through some of my books from England, Australia, Canada, etc. Of course, I know about classic steamed...

On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:41:38 -0400, Jim Elbrecht wrote: On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:13:36 -0500, Sqwertz wrote: Yes folks, now...

On 7/4/2012 9:41 PM, Aratzio wrote: On Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:11:45 -0700, in the land of alt.aratzio, "China Blue , Meersburg" got...

In Elizabeth David's "French Country Cooking" (published in 1951) there are several recipes for stuffed whole cabbage. In this technique, a whole cabbage is...

From: Corson, Juliet - Twenty-Five Cent Meals for Families of Six We donot know of any pleasanter accessory to a meal than a cup of good tea or...

I have not ventured too far into the Indo-Chinese but there were couple of items like chicken 65. I was curious enough to try it. It does not sound like much,...

Does anyone know any classic Latvian dishes? I'm dating a Latvian girl and I'd like to surprise her...

I have been wanting to make root beer (or sarsaparilla, or birch beer, or some similar thing), but I don't want to take a chance with sassafras, which may be...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16852830 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k...

I'm not satisfied with the wikipedia entry on why it is called Boston Butt. "In pre-revolutionary New England and into the Revolutionary War,...

Looking for information on the participants of the 1936 Paris expo who won awards in pastry and sugar work. I have a newspaper article mentioning an Austrian...

Yummy cheese and tomato sandwich... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3HOeTEVAiI ....enjoy! Regards, Chef.

I guess this would fit in here.... Has anyone read Fannie's Last Supper? If so, what did you think? I gave it a rather negative review on librarything. ...

One of the town criers of Dalkeith (south of Edinburgh) in the 18th century was Beetty Dick, who I wrote about years...

A small class of 17yrolds are having a medieval meal together for the end of term/xmas. There is a fine medieval building nearby which we will use. I need...

Farm-Raised New Zealand Red Deer Mixed with Our Special Blend of Herbs & Spices Stuffed Into All Natural Hog Casing and Smoked for a Minimum of 12 Hours with...

I see no hits for this on google, so I'll post it here. This was found in a 6-page, undated foldout from Reliable Flour Co. "Reliable" Cooking In Olden...

Does anyone have a recipe for ratafia essence? Actually, I may have just the book to look in, but it is still packed. Somewhere. I may not find it for a...

In my search for the ratafia essence, I came across this recipe, which I rather like because it includes orange flower water: To make Ratafia-Cakes. Take...

Well, because it is dead here, and because I do like to post these things for future reference, here is a little factoid from an old (1903) cookbook I was...

I was going to post this in part to give some life to this group, but I am pleasantly surprised to see some new posts! Yay! So now I will just offer this...