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A journal from my great-great grandfather prompted me to write about #food preparation and #Thanksgiving in the 1860s.

https://open.substack.com/pub/mothere/p/the-making-of-a-feast-in-19th-century?r=9pqwg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

The making of a feast in 19th century frontier America

A family memoir of the 1860s describes what Thanksgiving and food production was like back then | The American Buffalo documentary reviewed

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Robin A Nov 5, 2023

1860 Thanksgiving:
🍞Used a large outside iron oven resembling a turtle.
🥧Plum pudding was the crowning glory of the many desserts.
🥘 My 3x great-grandmother was a good cook, but modestly doubted the edibility of each course.

#food #history #memoirs #19century

https://mothere.substack.com/p/the-making-of-a-feast-in-19th-century

The making of a feast in 19th century frontier America

A family memoir of the 1860s describes what Thanksgiving and food production was like back then | The American Buffalo documentary reviewed

Mother E