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Stinging Nettle Soup
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 05 2014
I have many memories from my formative boyhood years of tromping through the woods...
Ship’s Biscuit Recipes
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 12 2013
Many recipes in the 18th century use biscuits as an ingredient in other foods. No...
Standing-Crust Pie Recipes
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on May 28 2013
In my last (rather lengthy) post, I shared a recipe for a large standing crust fr...
A Quire of Paper
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 29 2013
Here’s one more recipe for 18th century pancakes from John Farley’s 1783 cookbook,...
How to hold your pancake…
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 24 2013
It’s pancake week on our picture reference blog, SiftingThePast.com, and I couldn’...
Pancakes: They’re Not Just for Breakfast
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 22 2013
While I look forward nearly every day to going to work, every now and again, I’ll...
A Rare Glimpse and a Unique Resource
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on April 04 2013
Here at Jas. Townsend & Son, we’re presently researching, of all things, the h...
Another Fine Resource
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 18 2012
Here’s a link to an excellent resource for best (and worst) cooking, food-preparati...
Pan Perdu (or as we call it “French Toast”)
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 17 2012
Who doesn’t like a nice big plate of French Toast? For me it brings back fond chi...
Recipes Using Bread Crust Chips and Raspings
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 12 2012
In response to our last post on 18th Century No-Knead “French” Bread, a reader as...
18th Century No-Knead “French” Bread
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 09 2012
There have been a number of videos floating around on YouTube the past few years ...
Making Yeast as Practised at Edinburgh
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 27 2012
Here is one of the examples of making yeast in the 18th century where they prepare...
Of Buttermilk and Bread
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 26 2012
Buttermilk in the 18th century was different from what is typically available in g...
Wild Yeast Cultures from the 18th Century
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 25 2012
In our 18th Century cooking episode on “Which Yeast” we mentioned several instance...