http://pastispresent.org/2009/cookery/a-pound-foolish/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed the past is our present to you from the American Antiquarian Society Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://pastispresent.org/2009/cookery/a-pound-foolish/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Heathers christmas cakes Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:11:45 +0000 http://pastispresent.org/?p=854#comment-88 A fantastic comparison, it's almost like a school lesson on cake theory! Very interesting, although I think the old recipe is a little vague in its instructions so results could vary greatly. A fantastic comparison, it’s almost like a school lesson on cake theory! Very interesting, although I think the old recipe is a little vague in its instructions so results could vary greatly.

]]> http://pastispresent.org/2009/cookery/a-pound-foolish/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Tweets that mention Let them eat cake « PastIsPresent.org -- Topsy.com Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:42:39 +0000 http://pastispresent.org/?p=854#comment-12 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by A. Justin Floyd, Georgia Press. Georgia Press said: Injurious historical pound cake: http://bit.ly/1ZnWlZ [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by A. Justin Floyd, Georgia Press. Georgia Press said: Injurious historical pound cake: http://bit.ly/1ZnWlZ [...]

]]> http://pastispresent.org/2009/cookery/a-pound-foolish/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Food History: requires testing! | World History Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:07:20 +0000 http://pastispresent.org/?p=854#comment-11 [...] of two experiences with early American food: Gingerbread cookies from Colonial Williamsburg and a pound cake taste test, pitting a modern recipe against a two-century old version which required an hour of hand-beating. [...] [...] of two experiences with early American food: Gingerbread cookies from Colonial Williamsburg and a pound cake taste test, pitting a modern recipe against a two-century old version which required an hour of hand-beating. [...]

]]> http://pastispresent.org/2009/cookery/a-pound-foolish/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Doesn’t the American Antiquarian Society have a coal stove in its kitchen? « More or Less Bunk Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:39:18 +0000 http://pastispresent.org/?p=854#comment-10 [...] a coal stove in its kitchen? 19 10 2009 Thanks to Chris Bray at Cliopatria, I came upon a lovely story of an inter-generational bake-off at the American Antiquarian Society. They cooked two pound cakes in the kitchen there: one with an [...] [...] a coal stove in its kitchen? 19 10 2009 Thanks to Chris Bray at Cliopatria, I came upon a lovely story of an inter-generational bake-off at the American Antiquarian Society. They cooked two pound cakes in the kitchen there: one with an [...]

]]> http://pastispresent.org/2009/cookery/a-pound-foolish/comment-page-1/#comment-9 cb Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:58:13 +0000 http://pastispresent.org/?p=854#comment-9 Related, <a href="http://hurststreet.blogspot.com/2009/10/ginger-cookie-colonial-style.html" rel="nofollow">historical ginger cookies</a>! Related, historical ginger cookies!

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