The Peril of Fast Breakfasts and American Eating
A early 20th century critique warns that rapid morning meals and rushing to work cause digestive distress. It cites New York bar none cases of sudden death after quick breakfasts and urges chewing food thoroughly, advocating Fletcherization and slower eating habits.
The Quick Lunch Alarm and a Call for Slower Meals
A columnist laments fast meals in large city schools and eateries. He notes a daily hot soup habit, praises mothers who ensure nourishment, and condemns speed eating as harmful. He urges home training to slow breakfast and lunch rituals and set a calmer example.
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Bae
Plum pudding and kitchen notes from an old exchange
A reader shares plum pudding notes and Yorkshire batter tips, plus cooking methods for beef, beans, and German dishes. The letter column also answers questions on custard, kumyss, preserved vegetables, smoking fish, and offers home canning ideas.
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Mike
Aref
Jenny Wren
Redemds
Family Meals for a Week Breakfast and Lunch Menus
A long list of meals spanning breakfast lunch and dinner for a week. Includes assorted dishes such as pineapple oatmeal, fried scallops, ham loaf, roast lamb, tomato soup, oysters, deviled lamb, and many leftovers repurposed into new plates. Beverages feature tea and coffee with desserts like orange marmalade and pudding.
Historic Cookhouse Menu Fragments Feature Calf Brain Dishes
A jumble of rustic dishes appears in a historical menu: applesauce and cream, dried rush, bacon and fried hominy, toast, tea and coffee. Croquettes of calf brain, celery salad leftovers, crackers and cheese, stuffed potatoes, jelly roll. Mock turtle soup with calf head liquor, corned beef, mashed turnips, lady cabbage, cottage pudding, black coffee.
German housemothers share liver pudding recipe tips
Readers seeking authentic liver pudding get guidance from New Jersey German housemothers who promise prompt helpful answers. The column reassures reliability and satisfaction of the information offered by trusted community members.
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The
Encnanee
How to Prepare Fresh Fish for Smoking
This guide explains selecting clean fish, gutting and fileting, curing with a salt sugar mix, rinsing, and drying before smoking. It outlines weathered methods for smoking with hardwoods, controlling temperature, maintaining moisture, and achieving firm flaky texture.
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Adirondack Woods
Welcome Tidbits for Hospitable Rooms and Guests
A guide to readying a guest room with desk supplies and comforts. It suggests a neat desk with pens ink envelopes sealing wax and stamps a work basket for mending and small repairs. Small thoughtful acts form a warm welcome beyond words.
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