Comments on: Ancient American Housekeeping Wisdom

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By: Jen @ BigBinder

Jen @ BigBinder — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:52:37 +0000

This is awesome! I was just thinking today about how much cultural knowledge we’ve lost in a relatively short amount of time and I am excited to read these links. Thank you for putting this together!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:35:02 +0000

Thank you to all that have stumbled and tweeted this post!

@Laryssa- It is absolutely wonderful that you have a grandmother to turn to! We moved closer to my children’s grandmother and they they absolutely cherish this relationship. I often wonder how different their life will be to ours. It seems that each generation has its own transformation.

@Roxanne – Ever since my teenage years I have been fascinated with the local Mennonite community. Some communities live without electricity, telephones, cars, washing machines or any other “modern” gadget. Not all Mennonite communities are like this but there is a select few that hold off on adopting modern life. Not only that but they are close to and take care of their aging grandparents.

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:50:03 +0000

Thanks for the great links.
I would love to be able to sit with my Gramma and ask her things that I never even thought of when I had to opportunity to do so. I wish I could go back in time and live in the 1800’s. Despite the high def tv’s and high end everything of today’s world, I think the days of yesteryear past were saturated with the rich colors of being truly alive and one with nature and each other.

By: Laryssa @ Heaven In The Home

Laryssa @ Heaven In The Home — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:10:25 +0000

Thanks for sharing this traditional wisdom! I look forward to reading it.
My Grandmother is 89 and I’m always asking her how they gardened and how they lived when she was a girl. It’s disturbing how quickly our diets have changed.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:20:52 +0000

Wow this is really interesting! Thanks for posting it Catherine!
I’m gonna tweet your post and a pdf of the book!

Regards,

Michelle.

By: CHEESESLAVE

CHEESESLAVE — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:05:23 +0000

GREAT post! I stumbled it!

I love old cookbooks. I have a little cookbook I got from Scotland that has recipes for boiling sheep’s heads. I’m looking forward to learning how to make haggis.

By: Catherine Osthaus

Catherine Osthaus — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:39:50 +0000

@Sarah – your comment made me chuckle. Thanks

@Kristen and Kelly – Thank you for stumbling and tweeting this post!

@Heidi – I checked out meatbook.com and it has some wonderful looking recipes. I was intrigued by the liver dumplings and the heart patties with gravy. I did notice that a lot of those recipes contain MSG in the spice mixture. MSG is a very powerful neurotoxin and can be found in the spice section of the grocery store.

I will have to try some of those recipes (without the MSG).

By: Heidi/ Savory Tv

Heidi/ Savory Tv — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:10:58 +0000

Great post, I love vintage cookbooks, I wish I had the space to collect them! I wanted to share something you may want to add to your list, there is an online vintage ground meat cookbook at meatbook.com, complete with overly colored food photos and 50’s clipart. Hope you enjoy it!

Heidi

By: FoodRenegade

FoodRenegade — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:44:12 +0000

What a great resource!

Thank you so much for sharing this in today’s Fight Back Fridays carnival.

Cheers,
KristenM
(AKA FoodRenegade)