The Waring Blender and cocktails

Fred Waring (1900-1984) was a popular band and choral leader (The Pennsylvanians). He invested in Fred Osius's blender and changed the name to “Waring Blender.” Although it could be used to make many things, the blender became very popular to make cocktails, rather than using the shaker, then straining the ice.

Memorial Day - 1820 Midshipman's kit

Never forget that many gave their lives over the last 250 years for us to live in a free democracy.

Cruikshank's 1820 image showed what was needed to outfit a very young midshipman (in blue), including food and drinks.

Pepper Pot

...and an upcoming zoom talk on May 18. Just got an email from CHAA about their pepper pot talk, and wanted to get the word out. Several years ago I did a post on various pepper pot recipes and six different images of pepper pot vendors HERE. Being raised in eastern PA, I have enjoyed many bowls of the soup. Enjoy the talk!

Cookery Schools

Many well known chefs who taught students in their homes or at cookery schools wrote cookbooks containing their recipes: Hannah Wooley (c1622-1675), Edward Kidder (c1665-1739) and John Thacker (1758 book) to...

Ice house 1854 and a pile of ice kept above ground for a year

Although the ice house image and description are nice, the second paragraph is intriguing. Ice piled on the ground, covered with a layer of firewood, then a layer of straw, then thatch as the outer layer. It should be on "dry ground (the north side of a hill being preferable), in a conical form, of a considerable size, in winter during a hard frost..."

Eliza Leslie's two Jelly Cakes

The first "Jelly Cake" using cake in an English language cookbook was in the third edition, of Philadelphian Eliza Leslie’s Seventy-five Receipts, 1830, in the Appendix. Almost thirty years later, Miss Leslie (1787-1858) updated her Jelly Cake recipe.