1700s food

Can you imagine the cuisine of our ancestors from the Thirteen Colonies? For years, I believed that I couldn’t imagine eating only a few dishes every single day, including corns, sunflowers, or meat. It sounds so ... Read more

Learn how to make two distinct types of Tudor bread with these simple recipes for making Buttered Curd Loaves and Spiced Bread.

Bake an old-timey cake from this handwritten cookbook.

This gingerbread takes the form of small cushions. It remains soft on the inside and is fragrant with coriander and caraway seeds.

Family Recipe Friday ~ School Day Cookies

Explore the average diet of medieval times, from common meals to feasting habits. Discover what fueled the medieval world. Click here!

Mushroom ketchup was something I've been wanting to make for a long time. I love the fact that this was a common sauce so different from the ketchup we use today. In the early 1700s, ketchup was introduced to English explorers by the people of Singapore and Malaysia. Originally a sauce for fish, ketchup was made out of walnuts, oysters or mushrooms and was similar to soy sauce. The English expanded the use of the sauce and it became popular for fish and meat dishes.

making Chocolate the 18th Century Way