tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post4790402162328556521..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Spit and Grease - Food and the HearthDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-24716089110350042382015-06-04T00:18:33.665-07:002015-06-04T00:18:33.665-07:00Hi Sue, Cryssa, and Cynthia, thanks for commenting...Hi Sue, Cryssa, and Cynthia, thanks for commenting. Hope your bread is tasty Sue! I think bread is still cooked the same way in many rural European areas - much nicer than supermarket bread.Deborah Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17006077873037462291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-86093521355235700892015-06-03T16:29:24.716-07:002015-06-03T16:29:24.716-07:00Fascinating post! My elderly mother recalls her ch...Fascinating post! My elderly mother recalls her childhood in Poland, when she had to take the Sabbath bread to the bakery and stand in line, then be issued with a tag and use that to collect it. (And she advised me, when I tried my hand at breadmaking, to cover the basin with a teatowel and put a cushion on that and leave it out in the sun for a while to speed up the rising.) Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-36729892901251007592015-06-03T11:05:41.360-07:002015-06-03T11:05:41.360-07:00Entertaining post, Deborah. I especially like the ...Entertaining post, Deborah. I especially like the 'dog power' pic. I wonder how they got Rover to keep on keeping on? Tidbits, or a switch? (I hope it was the reward system!)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-52784511770976775442015-06-03T04:32:07.037-07:002015-06-03T04:32:07.037-07:00What an entertaining and enlightening post - many ...What an entertaining and enlightening post - many thanks - will repost on FBAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442679075398492069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-34518205487078423512015-06-03T04:29:05.475-07:002015-06-03T04:29:05.475-07:00And its full of other weird information like the b...And its full of other weird information like the bone structure of a pig, and how sphagnum moss grows underwater. I don't think there's another book anything like it.Deborah Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17006077873037462291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-91647952445788809012015-06-03T04:26:02.447-07:002015-06-03T04:26:02.447-07:00i love those old ranges. My granny got rid of hers...i love those old ranges. My granny got rid of hers, such a shame.Deborah Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17006077873037462291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-19867390991774869512015-06-03T04:25:06.924-07:002015-06-03T04:25:06.924-07:00Her book is a fascinating peek into the past,and s...Her book is a fascinating peek into the past,and supplies me with all the odd food I didn't know existed like boiled beet and stargazy pie full of fish heads (sounds horrible!)Deborah Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17006077873037462291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-39300515678698774602015-06-03T04:22:44.556-07:002015-06-03T04:22:44.556-07:00Thanks Anne.Thanks Anne.Deborah Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17006077873037462291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-63426362240614327092015-06-03T00:53:16.739-07:002015-06-03T00:53:16.739-07:00Dorothy Hartley is a must for any historical write...Dorothy Hartley is a must for any historical writer. I learned how to cook in a cauldron thanks to her excellent directions and still chuckle over people who think it's just a very large pot of boiling water.p.d.r. lindsay the authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07531238218297360461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-48858523788278203022015-06-03T00:45:11.461-07:002015-06-03T00:45:11.461-07:00Great post, Deborah. I recall a Yorkist Range in m...Great post, Deborah. I recall a Yorkist Range in my granny's house, complete with swing-arm to hang the kettle, oven at one side and tank for heating water at the other. Only ten or so years ago did I step into the house of an old lady who refused to have hers taken out on the offer of central heating.Linda Acasterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03096791092366530129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-36246673216538381132015-06-02T23:30:54.633-07:002015-06-02T23:30:54.633-07:00Fascinating. It's by such research one can fl...Fascinating. It's by such research one can flesh out character's daily lives . Thanks for posting!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033117202223821117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-60251475029638524522015-06-02T23:22:25.773-07:002015-06-02T23:22:25.773-07:00Lovely post. I love Dorothy Hartley by the way. A ...Lovely post. I love Dorothy Hartley by the way. A treasure.Carol McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072696398820339640noreply@blogger.com