Bell Ringer

1/17/2018

A bell ringer is an activity that teachers use to kick off a class. This gives the students something to do while things are being prepared (attendance is taken, materials distributed, etc.). In our case, the bell ringer is something to tide you over until everyone's book arrives and we start the book study on February 1st.

Bell Ringer
What is your favorite historical dish? Where did you get the recipe? Share your answers in the comments below.

I'll post my answer in the comments this time, but I'll provide you with two places that I commonly look for great recipes. The video is from the Civil War Digital and the book is...

Spaulding, Lily May and Spaulding, John. Civil War Recipes: Reciepts from the Pages of Godey's Lady's Book. University Press of Kentucky, 2014.
www.kentuckypress.com/live/title_detail.php?titleid=1818#.Wl-KAa6nHX5
www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Recipes-Receipts-Godeys/dp/0813120829

6 Comments

Colleen Pappas

1/17/2018 01:55:05 pm

As camp cook it is hard to choose but I would have to say my favorite period recipes are beef pasties, egg pie, and apple cranberry pie.

Den

1/17/2018 02:26:02 pm

Egg pie? Is that like quiche?

Colleen Pappas

1/31/2018 09:32:47 pm

Yes. It is actually a Colonial recipe from the Hannah Glasse receipt book of 1747. Bacon on the bottom with a mixture of eggs and cream poured on top and pie pastry covering it. Can be baked ahead of time and eaten cold.

Den

2/1/2018 10:21:22 pm

Sounds amazing. You had me at bacon crust.

Den

1/22/2018 12:22:18 pm

My favorite dish is Plain Pea Soup, from the Army Officer's Pocket Companion, page 146.
https://books.google.com/books?id=qEltF12UCQwC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

Joni Wolf

2/9/2018 10:14:55 am

After reading the chapter, it reminded me very much of life as a child. This is how I was raised. Being from the Midwest, these values and social expectations are still strong here. I feel sad that the "bar has been lowered". I think if you set expectations, people rise to meet them. Unfortunately, that is disappearing in our society.

The picture shown reminds me living in the country. I went to a one room country school when I was in first grade - the same school my mother went to and my older siblings. The picture reflects the same small community attitude that I remember so well. Even though there was a fire at the school, the children still gathered in the same area. Perhaps they used the church building as a substitute classroom. Snow on the ground and no coats - ah, a perfect Wisconsin early spring day! If it were today, you could see them in shorts when the thermometer reaches 50 degrees!

My favorite recipe is "Miss Bridget's Spice Cookies". This is a recipe I have been using and making for many years for both reenactments and teas. It is a very deep flavored gingersnap cookie with about 6 -7 different spices in it. "Fanny and Vera" put out some information for beginning reenactors many years ago and this is one of their recipes. They said it is good for bribing soldiers when you need to get through a picket line - indeed it is!

I have found a good resource for family life and social norms is diaries. LOVE reading them. This is first hand information from the person (I usually read ladies' diaries) on civilian life, attitudes and experiences. Family and community life takes on its own color through the eyes of each author.

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