Holidays
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!! What are your genealogy resolutions? Check out my list and share your own!
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Christmas Feast!
It's a 2021 holiday, so we're exploring more historic cooking! Find out what the recipe books recommended for Christmas in 1685 and 1877, as well as a small collection of videos to whet your appetite. Happy Holidays!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
With Turkey Day approaching, I wanted to share some historic cooking videos and resources to get us in the mood. Prepare to be hungry! Turkey Time Let’s start a historic turkey showdown, 1796 style! The guys over at Townsends did a turkey cook-off last year, comparing two types of historic turkey cooking methods. Baked versus open-fire cooking: which one wins? Check it out: Which turkey would you rather eat? Were you worried about Jon’s sleeves touching the raw turkey?! Or is that just me? For a more modern turkey recipe, try Fannie Farmer’s original 1896 recipe, including chestnut stuffing and gravy! Desserts: The Most Important Part That’s enough dinner, now…
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Memorial Day 2021
Curious about Memorial Day? Check out this quick history and how your ancestors may have celebrated in the 19th century!
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Ready to celebrate St. Patrick's Day? Learn a little bit about Irish Stew and whiskey before you, well, start drinking whiskey. Sláinte!
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Happy New Year!
Just a quick note to say we made it!! May this year be a much better year for everyone! Stay safe and stay tuned for some organization tips to get the year started right! They will hopefully be more helpful than the weight-loss tips we forget by January 15th. 😀 In the interim, check out New Yorkers going wild on New Year’s in this footage from 1938! Have you or your family ever been to Times Square for New Year’s Eve? Let me know below! Image Credit: 2021 Images created with Canva
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The Sound of Colonial Christmas
That magical time of year is upon us, when we are frantically trying to get everything done for the holidays. Added bonus: all things 2020 are making the season even more difficult! So let’s take a much needed break and chill out with some traditional Christmas music. While our modern Christmas often looks quite different from our ancestors’ holiday season, we do have one thing in common: Christmas Carols. Music, like food, is a way we can reach across the ages and experience what people in the past experienced. Through our shared musical history, we can connect in a very visceral way. For today, we’re focusing on carols found in…
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Happy Halloween!
We explore a late 19th century American Halloween party, including trying one of the recipes: Baked Apples.
