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Foods of our forefathers, by Gertrude I. Thomas.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks TX 652 .C37 no.292
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, Gertrude I. (Gertrude Ida), 1889-1980.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food.
- Cooking, American.
- Cooking.
- Food--history.
- Feeding Behavior--history.
- United States.
- food.
- recipes.
- Medical Subjects:
- Food.
- Food--history.
- Cooking.
- Feeding Behavior--history.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 228 pages frontispiece, illustrations 22 cm
- 8vo.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, F.A. Davis Company [1941]
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The Southern Colonies. Food in the Jamestown Colony. Natural resources of the wilderness
- Shortage of food among the Jamestown colonists. The cornfields are planted in Virginia
- Early American farm products. Game, wild fowl, maize, domestic animals, and poultry
- Virginia. Products of the brick oven and iron kettle
- English cookery for the colonists
- The Carolinas. Sweet potatoes, rice, and southern cooking
- Maryland. Hospitality on the plantation
- Georgia. Agricultural development and culinary art
- Louisiana and the Southwest. From Creole cuisine to Mexican chili
- pt. 2. The Middle Colonies. The Dutch in New Netherland. Doughnuts, izer cookies, and pea soup
- The Swedes on the Delaware. Knäckebröd and milk porridge
- English Quakers and Scotch in New Jersey. Boiled pudding and Scotch collops
- The Pennsylvania Dutch. Butter bells and the Philadelphia market
- pt. 3. The New England colonies. Massachusetts. Pompions and mince pie, Boston bean soup, and codfish balls
- Connecticut. Barberry hedges, bayberry candles, and old ovens
- Rhode Island. Clam bakes and shore dinners, "Rhineinjun" bread, and boiled dinners
- Maine. Fish hash, buckwheat cakes, and brewis
- New Hampshire. Baked beans, bannock, squash, pudding, and soda biscuit
- The Early American contribution. The domestic scene in the colonies.
- Notes:
- Also published as v. 1-3 of Continued study units in home economics.
- Bibliography at end of each part.
- Local Notes:
- HSP Historic Culinary Arts Collection.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Thomas, Gertrude Ida, 1889- Foods of our forefathers.
- OCLC:
- 4916159
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