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Civil War Cookin’: You Say Receipt, I’ll Say Recipe
This weekend I’m handing out a lot of receipts after ringing up the orders at my retail job. Earlier, my mom and I studied recipes to decide what to make for Thanksgiving. Ever noticed the “receipt vs. recipe” conflict in culinary writings from the past? It was on my mind after looking at the Confederate […]
Read more...Civil War Cookin’: No Coffee…No Problem?
Who’s getting up early this Friday morning? Hitting the sales for Black Friday or heading to work? Many of us will grab a cup of coffee at some point this morning or during the day for an extra boost of caffeine. Civil War soldiers and civilians loved their coffee too, but in the South, the […]
Read more...Civil War Cookin’: Did A Thanksgiving Meal Save This Man’s Life?
Jane Stuart Woolsey volunteered as a hospital nurse with the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. Later, she wrote about her experiences and memories, offering a glimpse into a Union hospital, and in one of the chapters, details about holiday celebrations. There’s a vivid account of a Thanksgiving menu and how the holiday cheer […]
Read more...Civil War Cookin’: All That Work To Make A Cake
I plopped the eggs and sugar into the bowl beneath the beater of the stand-up electric mixer, turned the speed to medium, set the timer for twenty minutes, and started measuring the ingredients for the next step. Lazy! My foremothers had to beat the eggs for that same historic recipe by hand. And that’s hard […]
Read more...Civil War Cookin’: Oysters, Sage, Onion – What To Stuff In A Turkey
When I think of historical stories about stuffing a turkey, the first one that usually comes to mind is a humorous scene from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s autobiographical novel By The Shores of Silver Lake. Although set in Dakota Territory well after the Civil War, the story makes me think of the food shortages and culinary […]
Read more...Civil War Cookin’: Is This A Tradition?
In 2016, I shared some Civil War-related stories about food during the week of Thanksgiving. I found some more stories for 2017, and Chris Mackowski dubbed that year’s features “second helpings.” Now, it’s the week of Thanksgiving, and I’m excited to share that there are a few more Civil War stories about food that I’ll […]
Read more...Civil War Cookin’: It’s Just A Book Review
Well, it’s a couple days after Thanksgiving and since we’ve already “decked the halls with boughs of holly” (at least at my home), it’s probably time to wrap up Civil War Cookin‘ for 2017. If you’ve been intrigued by the recipes and historical accounts and want to read more, then we’ve got the right conclusion […]
Read more...Civil War Cookin’: Want A Doughnut?
Doughnuts! Right now, I can’t imagine a better food to discuss on a Saturday morning. I usually associate doughnuts with World War I history, so imagine my surprise when I found an account about civilian ladies during the Civil War giving doughnuts to a regiment on its way to war. We’ll start the discussion with the […]
Read more...Civil War Cookin’ (Sorta): George Pickett
Since we have Civil War cooking on the brain this week, I have to pose a question that’ll probably seem a little frivolous but it’s nagged at me for years: What is it with George Pickett and food? I realize it’s not so much a historical question as it is a question about memory. (Or […]
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