It's easy today to get a loaf of bread, but it hasn't always been that way. In Colonial times, making bread was such a time consuming activity that it could only be done once a week, according to ...

Her ideas are based on careful research into the lives and history of the men and women of Colonial ... their own food, but it wasn’t just a matter of vegetables and hard times.

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The John Brewer Chapter of Colonial Dames XVII Century meet at The ... Cast iron was perfect to use over an open fire. Food could be cooked by boiling or baked, and coals could be pulled out ...

In 1623, during a period of food scarcity in Plymouth Colony (in present-day Plymouth, Massachusetts), the colonial governor William Bradford wrote an oft-cited letter complaining that the “best ...

Food historian Susan McLellan Plaisted of Heart ... The day’s events will include additional demonstrations of domestic life in Colonial times and hot cider and doughnuts will be served.

During Colonial times, hogs were allowed to run wild in the ... They planned ahead, grew their own food and preserved the bounty of harvest time for future use. While I have no desire to return ...