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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...
Study of a Boy – Jean-Étienne Liotard 1738
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 11 2012
Jean-Étienne Liotard ( 1702 – 1789 ) Detail: coat, cloth buttons, shirt, beads, hair...
Distress: A shipwrecked crew – Rowlandson about 1795
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 10 2012
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827 Detail: boat, officers, sailors, oars, anchor, hats, st...
The Ale House Door – Singleton about 1790
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 09 2012
Henry Singleton 1766 – 1839 Check out those coat buttons. Detail: Striped fichu, ...
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 ...
Knitter Asleep – Greuze
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 03 2012
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1724–1805) Detail: knitting, knitting needles, girl, basket, ch...
Night – Wheatley 1799
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 02 2012
Francis Wheatley, 1747-1801 from:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collectio...
Interpreting Measures
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on July 02 2012
One has to be careful about deciphering the old recipes when it comes to measuring...
Country Kermis – David Teniers the Younger 1665
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 29 2012
David Teniers the Younger 1610 – 1690 Detail: pig, redware cook pot, plates, spoon,...
Simple Biscuits Recipe
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 28 2012
April of 2012 we did an episode on 18th century simple biscuits — a wonderful litt...
Benjamin Read – Hogarth 1757
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 27 2012
William Hogarth, 1697-1764 from: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collectio...
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...
The Water Cooler by Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin 1734
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 26 2012
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ( 1699 – 1779 ) Detail: Copper water cooler, metal spig...
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...
Country Scene: Figures by a Cottage Door and Cattle in a Stream – Wheatley 1795
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 25 2012
Francis Wheatley, 1747-1801 from Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collectio...
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...
Welcome to the New Blog!
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 23 2012
Welcome to our blog, SavoringthePast.net. The purpose of this blog is to open dial...
Interior with Figures – Marcellus Laroon pre-1750
Jonathan Townsend
Posted on June 22 2012
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679-1772 Detail: bottle, cork, chair, shoes, glass, sm...