Foods of our forefathers,

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Main Author: Thomas, Gertrude I. 1889-1980.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, F.A. Davis Company [1941]
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Table of 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.