Historic recipes 18th century

To make whip syllabub the most common tool was a birch whisk used to excite a mixture of wine, lemon juice and cream into creating a layer of bubbles on top. Since this is the third posting on the subject, readers of this blog might get the impression that I have more than a passing interest in syllabub. You would be right. I started experimenting with old syllabub recipes nearly fifty years ago. I had my first go at making syllabub using the oft cited method of milking a cow into some…

Bake an old-timey cake from this handwritten cookbook.

Poor Knights of Windsor: Historical Food Fortnightly Challenge 18, Descriptive Foods

This recipe is from Amelia Simmons' cookbook American Cookery, famous for being the first American written cookbook intended for American cooks utilizing the ingredients local to them.This is a true pound cake recipe.

RETHINKING HISTORIC CUISINE: a brief introduction to Four Pounds Flour “I don’t know why old recipes are so evocative, since many of the ingredients are unknown to me or difficult to get, the…

George and Martha Washington welcomed thousands of guests to Mount Vernon, and were well known for their boundless hospitality, frequent and memorable parties, and for the wide variety of culinary treats served. Explore our 18th-century historic recipes and learn more about food culture at Mount Vernon!

The cook, Frieda

I am going to be honest here: I don’t like cheesecake. I love everything that goes into cheesecake but when it all comes together in cake form for some reason I just don’t like it. So I…

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

Here is my attempt to recreate a 18th century pantry staple the Naples biscuits - the predecessor of our modern day lady fingers, savoiardi and sponge fingers.