Blog – Page 17 – Townsends

Stinging Nettle Soup

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 22 2016

How to make stinging nettle soup. Highly nutritious and historically accurate food fo...

Earthen Oven in 24 hours

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 22 2016

How to make a simple earthen oven out of the least quantity of inexpensive materials ...

Simple Biscuits

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 22 2016

Yummy biscuit recipe from Eliza Smith’s 18th century cookbook.

WhitePot Bread Pudding

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 22 2016

A great tasting bread pudding variation from 18th century cookbooks. Make sure to che...

Delicious Asparagus Forced in a French Loaf

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 22 2016

How to cook two wonderful 18th century asparagus side dishes.

Ship’s Bisket – Hard Tack: 18th Century Breads, Part 1.

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 22 2016

Bread Part 1 – Ship’s Bisket AKA Hardtack – from our 18th century cooking series at J...

Baking Historic Mixed Grain Breads: Breads Part 2.

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 22 2016

The second part of our bread series that is part of our 18th century cooking series. ...

Cornbread: 18th Century Breads, Part 3

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 22 2016

As the population in western Europe exploded during the latter half of the 1700’s, wh...

Leaven: 18th Century Breads, Part 4.

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 22 2016

This is part 4 of our bread series where we start to investigate leavening, leaven, s...

Sourdough from Leaven: 18th Century Breads, Part 5.

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 22 2016

How to take your leaven that we put to sleep in our last episode and wake it back up ...

Which Yeast?: 18th Century Breads, Part 6.

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 22 2016

So is collecting a wild yeast to make sourdough bread correct for the 18th century?

The Fortune-Teller by Martin Drolling 1790s

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 18 2016

Martin Drolling (1752-1817) Detail: Barnyard, child, cards, soldier, well, bucket, wh...

“Le Gout du Jour #2” or Battledore & Shuttlecock, published by Aaron Martinett, 1802

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 17 2016

Detail: Empire Dress, table, chair, wide brim hat, basket, bottle, goblet, house, s...

Arent Anthoni Roukens and family by Willem Joseph Laquy 1786

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 09 2016

Joseph Laquy (1738-1798) Details: Man, Woman, Children, Toys, Dog, Dog Collar, Woven...

Portret van Aernout van Beeftingh by Nicolaes Muys 1797

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 05 2016

Nicolaes Muys (1740-1808) from Het Rijksmuseum Details: Man, Woman, Child, Table, Sto...

Young Woman with a Butterfly by unknown artist about 1710

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 04 2016

Unknown Artist – from the National Gallery of Art, New York The clothing represented ...

Celebration of a Birth by Richard Brakenburgh 1683

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on February 02 2016

Brakenburgh, Richard (1650 – 1702) Details: Man, Woman, Child, Basket, Cradle, birdca...

General Thaddeus Kosciusko by Benjamin West 1797

Jonathan Townsend

Posted on January 31 2016

Benjamin West (1738-1820) Details: Couch, Slipcover, Man, Pillow, papers, inkstand, i...