Taste the Past
These historical recipes are a unique and delicious way to experience the past! Savor the flavors of colonial and early American cuisine in your own home kitchen.
Recipes
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Emily Dickinson's Cocoanut CakeList Item 1
Print out these instructiosn and pattern, and then cut the strips of paper to make a traditional quilled snowflake. Then, experiment with making more shapes.
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Colonial GingerbreadList Item 2
Reverse Glass Painting is done directly on a piece of glass.
The image is viewed through the unpainted side of the glass, so the artist must create the painting in reverse process (detail to general).
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Apricot Poultry GlazeList Item 3
Follow these directions to make your own notebook or journal from items you porbalby already have it home. Get more creative by making your own paper from old newspaper!
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Red, White, & Blue ParfaitList Item 4
Print these insructions and our template to make your own Conestoga wagon.
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Homemade Ice Cream
Print these instructions and patterns and make a traditonal Scherenshnitte Craft. Choose from a variety of pattern options, from easy to more complex.
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Irish Shortbread
Choose from four different embroidery patterns perfect for a beginner or young learner.
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Victory Garden Recipes
Discover how to
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Pennsylvania German Pickled Red Beet Eggs
Eggs were a wonderful quick and easy food source for early colonists as well as for people today. Enjoy this classic Pennsylvania German egg dish!
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Colonial Potato Callops
An easy and delicous potato recipe. Add in your favorite meat or vegetables for a full meal!
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Natural Household Cleaners
Household staple recipes for making your own hand sanitizer and cleaning products from vinegar.
