All posts tagged "recipes"
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6.2KbostonUnderwood Deviled Ham – Six Devilicious Facts About the Boston Pantry Staple
That little can of Underwood Deviled Ham on your grocer’s shelves represents a company that once fed the Union Army, built the...
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9.6K6MassachusettsRobert Roberts Tells All – About How To Be a House Servant in 1827
Robert Roberts moved comfortably among Boston’s Brahmin class, not as an equal but as an African-American servant. He was good at his...
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12.3KBusiness and LaborThe Vermont Country Store, Nine Surprising Facts
You can’t have missed the catalog for the Vermont Country Store in your mailbox, and you may well have visited one of...
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17.4K4Business and LaborFrederic Tudor in 1806 Brings Cocktails and Ice Cream to the Rest of the World
In 1805, Frederic Tudor decided to make his fortune by selling ice to people in tropical climates. Most people thought the 23-year-old...
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27.6K1Business and LaborJohnny Appleseed, The Real Reason He Wandered
Johnny Appleseed wasn’t quite a New England version of St. Francis, wandering the countryside in rags, scattering apple seeds and befriending woodland...
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12.1KScience and NatureRosewater, Bezoar Stone and Unicorn Horn: Seven Colonial Remedies
Colonial New England had no shortage of illness and no shortage of colonial remedies. Our forebears left records of suffering with diseases...
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