Archive for October, 2008
Seasonal Knitted Gifts and their Patterns
Once was a time when it was more convenient to make an item by hand than go and purchase it. Maybe you are one of those great crafters who only needs inspiration to create some timely gifts.
Here’s an idea to make for a loved one or two from Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet circa [...]
The Weekly Cares of Home – Vintage Weekly Home Chores
Forgive me for yet another post about the Vintage (mostly Victorian) woman’s weekly chores schedule.
This choice tidbit is found in Catherine and Harriet (Stowe) Beecher’s American Woman’s Home…
Monday, with some of the best housekeepers, is devoted to preparing for the labors of the week. Any extra cooking, the purchasing of articles to be used during [...]
Some Victorian Thanksgiving Recipes for You
Thanksgiving Corn Cake
Sift together two cups of corn meal, two cups of white flour, four heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one level teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of salt, and one-half a cup of sugar. Add one cup of sour milk (gradually), three-fourths cup of sour cream, four eggs and one-third a cup of melted [...]
Victorian Thanksgiving Menus
Although we know that the first Thanksgiving was not full of endless eating and savory meats and sauces as we celebrate today we nevertheless love to look at it in the romantic light of the Victorian era. Here below are a few suggested Thanksgiving menus (depending on how many guests and servants you had) taken [...]
To Bake a Cake – Victorian Tips for a Delicious Cake
As per
Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers
by Elizabeth E. Lea, 1875
…The materials for making cake should be of the best quality, as your success very much depends on it.
Flour should be dried and sifted, sugar rolled fine, spices pounded and sifted. Where brown sugar is used, it
should be [...]
