Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Playing with History -- Roman Empire Honey Cheesecake

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Yes, we are still in a pandemic and yes, I still need to minimize my trips to the store.  But if I plan ahead well, I can get some ingredien...
Wednesday, July 1, 2020

The "Making Do" Challenge -- Pickled Lemons (a revisit)

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About four years ago, my neighbor gave me his Meyer lemons, and my daughter and I pickled them and wrote about it here:  Pickled Lemons . ...
Monday, June 15, 2020

The "Making Do" Challenge -- Frontignac (Elderflower Syrup)

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I am still attempting to keep this blog going by doing historical recipes but using just what I have at hand.  My elder tree is flowering, s...
Monday, June 1, 2020

The "Making Do" Challenge -- Stuffed Eggplant

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I decided that I needed to "up" the challenge of maintaining an historical food blog during a pandemic by cooking an historical re...
Friday, May 15, 2020

The "Making Do" Challenge -- Sorrel

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In order to avoid going to the store during the pandemic, I looked around my yard for ideas on things to eat.  This is not as crazy an idea ...
Sunday, May 3, 2020

The "Making Do" Challenge -- Sausages, part 3

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I'm in the midst of making sausage from a chunk of pork cushion meat, using the ingredients I have around the house.  This is part three...
Saturday, May 2, 2020

The "Making Do" Challenge -- Sausages, part 2

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Yesterday I wrote about the beginning of my sausage-making challenge.  I had 15 pounds of pork cushion meat and a variety of items in my kit...
Friday, May 1, 2020

The "Making Do" Challenge -- Sausages, part 1

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So the world came to a halt while we all hunkered down to wait for the COVID-19 virus to run its course.  As so many other people did, I pur...