All posts tagged "recipes"
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8.5KBusiness 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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13.5K4Business 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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22.3K1Business 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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9.1KUncategorizedRosewater, Bezoar Stone and Unicorn Horn: Seven Colonial Remedies
There was no shortage of illness in colonial New England and no shortage of colonial remedies. Our forebears left records of suffering...
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12.1K1Arts and LeisureFive Historic Thanksgiving Foods . . . That You Won’t Be Eating
The best food historians can say is that turkey probably has been on Thanksgiving tables since the beginning, and it’s been remarkably...
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13.3K56ConnecticutHow To Make an Election Cake
Election Cake was a highlight of the Puritan celebration of Election Day, one of the important colonial holidays along with Commencement Day...
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