Welcome Everyone to our Food Wednesdays
Food Wednesdays is a link up to share food posts with each other. Being all about the Food, there are no rules except the topic is Food-recipes, restaurants, cookbooks, history of food-what ever you would like to share with us about Food
This week I wanted to share a video of an early 1800's dinner over the fire. Beef pie, greens, macaroni and cheese. I follow a couple of hearth cooking groups on facebook and this one was posted where she had prepared this meal recently I had never thought of macaroni and cheese being a dish back in this time period.
If we would have decided to live on the east coast, which we wouldn't have, but if we did I would want an old home with this hearth cooking set up. Years ago we met a couple where the wife did allot of re enactments of the 1700's and 1800's, so when they had their home built in Illinois she insisted on one of these hearths being built for her. I would really love a cooking hearth inside my home.
I learned allot about using the Dutch ovens from reading old cookbooks from this era.
April is a good time to look for morels here in Missouri, so I should have posted this one last month but perhaps others have this season now. We would do that at the woods property for sure, along with other mushrooms in the fall. I ran into this James Townsend and Sons video about the morels. It is a good one so wanted to share.
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Interesting cooking videos. We are spoiled today.
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DeleteGuess I'm looking through rose colored glasses, but what a simple and good life. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteIt was hard work back then, but I would love it
DeleteHearth cooking is fascinating to watch, but I bet it was hard work. I know I have been told and read that lots of women in the days of long dresses actually caught on fire cooking at the hearth. But they are beautiful and I would love to have a hearth just to have one. Hope its a good Wednesday. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteI agree this was hard work, and heavy lifting too. this was a lazy day today quite chilly again with more rain guessing it will be nicer next week Happy Wednesday
DeleteQuite hazardous to get so close to the fire with those long dresses. This was hard work and I bet many of those women would love our amenities. It looks nice, but what we don't see here are the toddlers playing around mom and she would probably be pregnant as well. No thank you.
ReplyDeleteI love this type of cooking and baking. have done quite a bit with the dutch ovens outdoors over and under coals. for sure it was hard work every day sadly today too many don't even know how to prepare a mel or bake
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DeleteI heard alot about morels in Arkansas Kathy... I heard someone say " Its time to look for morels when the oak leaves are as big as mouse ears... ' I cannot say i ever desired a hearth like thatI lived on the East coast for the first 20 years of my life.. The Northeast will always have my heart.. although i never expect to get there again. Happy Food Wednesday! Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed finding the wild mushrooms and the morels were really good canned too I had canned them in a pressure cooker in 1/4 pint jars. good eats for sure. I heard that saying too here I visited the east coast as a child my parents would take us on trips every summer, we would camp and Mom cooked most of the meals. Happy Food Wednesdays
DeleteThe cracking fire sounds soooo good. Don´t laugh, I have a DVD with that! Must look where I put it!
ReplyDeleteFire at the beach, so nice. Right, I would never expect macaroni and cheese in that time period! And... I have something to make just that, next week, yipee!
Being afraid of burning myself I am glad I have the induction field, though.
I have fresh mushrooms in the fridge for lunch :-)
I love watching a fire too especially since this woodstove in the new lake house isn't safe to use yet. on the tv there is a channel I can watch it-I put it on when I am reading. yeah for fresh mushrooms
DeleteGreat Post! I can just see you cooking over an open hearth, but do be careful of those long skirts!
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DeleteI appreciate the old ways, but I will still take my modern (or semi-modern in my case) appliances. I especially can't give up my microwave and my electric coffee maker. I certainly enjoyed the videos, though, and it makes me appreciate what I have. Thanks for hosting, Kathy.
ReplyDeleteI agree-appreciating what we have now Larry would be lost without his coffee maker too-hugs
DeleteI must confess that I life modern machines and appliances, and I would not want to be without my coffee automat or toaster. I don't cook much these days. Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteLarry would be lost with out his coffee maker too I still make mine in a pour over or a french press though My Mom grew up cooking on a wood cook stove, she never told me that til she was in her 80's no wonder she cook anything over a camp fire smiles
DeleteHi Kathy! Great post! We have so many mushrooms in this area, and I've been wanting to harvest some, but I can't get over my fear that I just don't know enough about them. I think I'd only feel safe with a guide! That video where she's cooking, my gosh she looks relaxed! Her pie crust looks awesome and that Mac and Cheese! I can see why women were stuck indoors making food all day during that era. I love the idea of hearth cooking though. At one point I want to make an outdoor kitchen with a stone pizza oven and a big area to use a cauldron. Thanks for sharing that! ☺ I do love my gadgets though! ☺☺
ReplyDeleteIf you are not positive for knowing the edibles-don't pick them. when we moved to Missouri we found someone that knew the mushrooms here so we learned from him. I canned allot of mushrooms in the little 1/4 pints back then-so good.
Deletewhen we lived at the woods property I did set myself up with a simple outdoor "kitchen" area mostly to use my dutch ovens and to cook over the grill area too--we haven't had the time to dig out a huge tree root here at the lake house where I will build another one. I love gadgets too-hugs
Thought macaroni and cheese were a modern creation. I seriously want to try that dinner :-))
ReplyDeleteI thought her dinner looked really delicious too and was surprised about the macaroni and cheese too love the way she made hers.
DeleteLoved seeing both videos. I had a special place in N.ID. to get morels, here in Oregon I don't. They are the best right out of the ground. Have a great day today.
ReplyDeleteI agree the mushrooms are best fresh to eat, wild mushrooms do can up well in the pressure canner I used can many varities
DeleteI didn't know they had macaroni and cheese back then.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised by that too her dish looked delicious too
DeleteI am transported back in time. Love this post. How simple life was but yet not so simple in many ways as we have so much tech these days which helps/
ReplyDeletethank you so much, I am happy you enjoyed the post
DeleteLike you I am surprised that Mac and Cheese was a dish that was cooked during that era. Just goes to show they knew back then what was delicious :)! I am hoping that with this week warming up I might find a morel or two in my walk in the woods. They are fabulous fried up in butter. Well hope you have a great Sunday. Hugs - From one animal mom to another - Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteYes the mac and cheese was a surprise and I like the way they made it too. good luck finding the morels-so good we will be jumping into the 90's monday through thursday-a bit hot for right now for sure Happy Mother's Day hugs
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