In this long-awaited paperback edition, food historian William Woys Weaver revises and expands the lengthy material that supplements a reprint of Elizabeth Ellicott Lea's 1845 cookbook Domestic Cookery. In his introduction, Weaver reveals new information on Lea, her Quaker world, and her cookbook. A glossary traces the origins and histories of the foods in Lea's book, placing them in cultural context. The cookbook is a quintessential example of rural American folk cookery of the nineteenth century, representing a mingling of southern Pennsylvania and Tidewater cuisine. Modern kitchen conversions are included.
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William Woys Weaver is an internationally celebrated food historian and author of several acclaimed books, including Country Scrapple (0-8117-0064-X) and Sauerkraut Yankees (0-8117-1514-0). He has won three Julia Child Cookbook Awards.
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IN boiling fresh meat, care is necessary to have the water boiling all the time it is in the pot; if the pot is not well scummed, the appearance of the meat will be spoiled. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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IN boiling fresh meat, care is necessary to have the water boiling all the time it is in the pot; if the pot is not well scummed, the appearance of the meat will be spoiled. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
harvest beer, folk cookery, period cookbooks, strong ley, weak ley, bacon dumplings, molasses beer, little mace, preserving kettle, strong vinegar, quick heat, weak vinegar, grated bread, good yeast, hot lard, strain the liquor, tight barrel, browned flour, boil the syrup, drawn butter, summer disease New!
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- "Just a Housewife": The Rise and Fall of Domesticity in America by Glenna Matthews in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America (America: a Cultural History) by David Hackett Fischer on page 536, and page 541
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