Cooking and Food Preparation
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Jul, 18
Simple Pancake Recipe
Simple Pancake Recipe How quickly can you make pancakes? Pancakes Pancakes and flapjacks played an important role in early [...]
25
Jun, 18
Retro cooking 1958
BC Women's Institutes Centennial Cook Book I've been trying retro cooking from 1958 recently. Silver Star Mountain Resort, 22 [...]
24
Mar, 18
A Case for Retro Recipes
Many of the recipes that I enjoyed in my childhood and youth now fall under the category of "retro recipes". Recently [...]
27
Jan, 18
Homemade Recipe Books
Homemade recipe books have a special place in my cookbook collection. Older ones are handwritten or typed on mimeograph machines or [...]
28
Dec, 17
Butter – The First BC Newspaper Recipe
Butter was (probably) the first BC newspaper recipe. The British Colonist, February 7, 1860 While looking through some of [...]
17
Nov, 17
Fruit Cake Failures
From fruit cake failures to 50th anniversary replica wedding cakes, the fruit cake is both loved and hated. My late husband [...]
4
Nov, 17
Before potatoes there were….parsnips
Before potatoes there were….parsnips. This homely root vegetable was popular up to the 16th century in Europe when the potato finally [...]
22
Oct, 17
Applesauce the Wear-Ever Way
Wear-Ever pots and utensils have played an important role in North American cuisine, and one unexpected way is in the making [...]
17
Oct, 17
Preserving and Canning in Food History
Boiling Water Bath Canned Pickled Beets, Tomatoes, Peaches, Apricot Jam and Cherries Preserving and Canning in Food History Presevving [...]
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Aug, 17
Aunt Thale’s Lemonade Syrup
Aunt Thale's Lemonade Syrup is famous in my family. Examining the recipe and procedure, and realizing many people have similar recipes [...]