Two pleasant vintage recipes: An open-faced cheese, sausage and tomato sandwich with its accompanying cucumber gelatin relish.
Category: Food
Italian Stuffed Eggs, circa 1300
This recipe for stuffed eggs is from Liber de Coquina, a Latin manuscript dated from around the year 1300.
Emerald Salad Ring
Originally posted on Molded Memories:
This 1950’s-era Emerald Salad recipe has been on my list for a while now, mostly because I have THREE of them. One of the recipe cards is handwritten by my grandmother and another was typed on a typewriter, probably by my great aunt Nell. My grandma’s name is written at…
A Medieval Cherry Pudding
This lovely 14th-century English cherry pudding (Chireseye) is delicious and easy to make.
Molded Memories, a Gelatin Blog
Introducing Molded Memories, a side project about gelatin.
A Collection of Odd Beverages from 1846
Recipes include Milk Lemonade, Sham Champagne, Fish Skin for Coffee and others!
A Brief History of Food Colors + How to Dye Easter Eggs with Natural Ingredients
A history of natural and artificial food dyes in the U.S. and Europe. Featuring recipes for dyeing Easter eggs with Turmeric, red cabbage and beets.
Ugali: Traditional Kenyan Cornmeal
Ugali is a simple dish made only with white cornmeal and water.
Traditional Dutch Oliebollen
This family recipe is made by deep-frying balls of plain yeast dough batter filled with apples and currants.
Tostees Dorees: Medieval French Toast
It might be called French toast, German toast, Arme Riddere, Torrija, Bombay Toast, or any number of other names. We can now add Tostees Dorees to the list!
