The little blog that could... with over a million and a half views

Actually, I missed it at one million... and now its over 1 1/2 million... since I rarely look at the stats (or the comments which I am woefully behind uplifting to the posts). Five years ago (Covid lockdown) I had to cut back on doing intensive posts each week, since I was spending so many hours (counted 50 hours on a slow week) on my Calendar of virtual food history talks HERE (hundreds of talks per month), to help support the closed museums, shops and tour guides. Now I just spend a few hours on the Calendar, but am busy trying to finish writing an increasingly long project. Eventually I hope to get back to doing more than one or two posts a month.

Thank you all for reading my blog. And now for some highlights...

The most popular post I've written? - Snapapple. I'd be happier if it was one of my flue-zies: (click each for info) Rumford or Reip metal wall ovens, stew stoves, steam kitchen apparatus, stoves & ranges, ovens... But it is odd, I like odd, and it's a tad bit dangerous with the candles amongst the apples as seen in the first image, below.

In early June 2020, a month after I started the Calendar of virtual food history talks for lockdown, I listed some of my favorite posts up to that point, with a picture from each. HERE

A baker’s dozen of the most popular posts (from the stats) –

Snap-apple Night HERE

Calendar of virtual food history talks HERE

Queen Cakes and patty-pans HERE

Thomas Moore’s 1802 refrigerator HERE

Puddin’ (not pudding) HERE

Washington Pie HERE

Lydia Child’s Thanksgiving connection HERE

Sugar Production, mills and plantations HERE

Neapolitan or Harlequin ice cream HERE

Selling cook stoves was like selling new and used cars HERE

Campaign Tables HERE

Peacock Pye and Swan Pies HERE

UPCOMING TALKS Deleted



CALENDAR OF VIRTUAL FOOD HISTORY TALKS HERE

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