{"id":40288,"date":"2023-05-14T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=40288"},"modified":"2023-05-09T16:49:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T20:49:43","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-from-my-1887-cookbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/everything-you-need-to-know-from-my-1887-cookbook\/","title":{"rendered":"EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FROM MY 1887 COOKBOOK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Penny For Your Thoughts By: Nancy Whitaker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My White House Cookbook from 1887 includes just about anything you would want to know for that time period. (1887)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Table manners were very strict and they followed rules of etiquette at every meal. These were discussed vividly and I am not even sure if I follow all of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know today that most times I will eat meals on a TV tray and sit and watch television while I eat, but unless you were sick or dying, one was expected at the dinner table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dinner back then was a festive time with a lot of courses and many liquors, brandies and wine. Plus, you dressed for dinner. Now, remember this was clear back in 1837.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then there was, and still is, a proper  way to set a table and a proper way to seat people around a dinner table. When I was growing up, my Grandma was pretty strict when we ate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She of course said not to sing at the table and no elbows on the dinner table as well. She always said not to hand a person a fork or it meant you would get in a fight with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another interesting section is what food you serve to the sick. Some foods included Slippery Elm tea, toast water, gruel, and mutton or beef broth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A sick person needed to be served on fine small dishes on a nicely decorated tray or bedside table. We do eat with our eyes first and a sick person is apt to eat better with an inviting tray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One food the sick could eat was “Soft Toast.” Directions were: toast in the oven, a couple of pieces of stale bread. Then take the toast and put on a plate. Add a pinch of salt. Pour a little bit of boiling water over the toast and place another plate the same size on top. Drain water from the toast and put a little butter on each slice. Serve hot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now we used to make “hot milk toast” when I was young and when I get sick with the flu, I  still make myself some. The recipe is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After toasting two slices of bread, tear into cubes in a bowl. Then pour warmed milk over the toast and add sugar and cinnamon. Yum, this is enough goodness coming from toast and milk that I could eat it  “once a day.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, when I always said to “put butter on a burn” my Granny was right. In 1887 it said to treat a burn: you are to grab the butter, apply it to a clean cloth. Then place the buttered cloth on top of the burn. See, I still always put butter on burns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a sore throat it was recommended to gargle. My family used hot water, vinegar and salt and pepper to gargle. I never could get the concept of gargling because each time I put my head back and make that gargle sound, I start laughing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One last remedy from 1837: Grandmas Cough Syrup: 1\/2 lb of dried horehound leaves, one red pepper pod, 4 TBS of ginger, and boil in 3 qts of water. Steep and add in one teaspoonful of good fresh tar and a pound of sugar. Boil slowly until mixture is like a syrup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, my Grandma never gave us tar but she used to give us coal oil and sugar to ward off  the germs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is truly a great book and maybe if you go to the library, maybe you can check out a copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever made or used a home made remedy? Did it work? Can you carve a cow or a pig? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me know and I’ll give you a Penny for Your Thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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