I am going to try the "What Colonial Virinians ate", with my class of chefs this weekend. Might be a nice way of combining history revision and cooking :-)
Maybe the apple tanser would gain from having some breast milk cheese as a filling...
It seems like a lot of the recipes from the era were based on readily available goods. So what are you supposed to make your apple tansey with if you don't have a cow?
Good point. They had to survive on geese and oysters, poor souls :-). But more seriously: The first years must have been harsh for them all. A lot of porridge and mush. Later the settlers imported cattle (shorthorns) from England (from around 1700) and got their beloved roast beef again.
I am going to try the "What Colonial Virinians ate", with my class of chefs this weekend. Might be a nice way of combining history revision and cooking :-)
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Have a nice weekend.
Eli
It seems like a lot of the recipes from the era were based on readily available goods. So what are you supposed to make your apple tansey with if you don't have a cow?
ReplyDeleteGood point. They had to survive on geese and oysters, poor souls :-). But more seriously: The first years must have been harsh for them all. A lot of porridge and mush. Later the settlers imported cattle (shorthorns) from England (from around 1700) and got their beloved roast beef again.
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