Amelia Frappolli

@frappolli
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Mostly old photos, newspaper clippings, congressional history, and the occasional retro gelatin recipe. Photo by Matt Schmachtenberg.
Well, I can no longer log in to Twitter, so we'll see if it's a glitch or the real end of an era for me.

*taking inventory before our two-person Feast of the #sevenfishes tomorrow*

hmm seems we have eleven types of fish, but probably need more

Ads in 1898 just encouraged alcoholism, huh.

Feeling faint? How about a little burnt wine?

(The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie, 1909)

Back with more befuddling #foodhistory from The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie!

"Ritualistic" Sole makes me think of fish wearing little dark robes.

#recipes #history

(1909)

For some reason, overcooked pasta is one of my #foodhistory obsessions.

This one cooks macaroni for an HOUR AND A HALF.

(The Cookery Book of Lady Clark of Tillypronie, 1909)

dugat oranges, painted by bertha heiges, 1904

I am trying to find more medieval marginal drawings to make me feel better but all the books I've been browsing were apparently written by serious monks

#history #archives

Merchant's commonplace book

[between 1350 and 1400]

Anyone else struggling to feel at home on Mastodon?