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What America's Founding Fathers Ate! Favorite Recipes from Washington to Lincoln
What America's Founding Fathers Ate! Favorite Recipes from Washington to Lincoln
What America's Founding Fathers Ate! Favorite Recipes from Washington to Lincoln
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What America's Founding Fathers Ate! Favorite Recipes from Washington to Lincoln

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From George Washington to Abraham Lincoln, here are a general sample of recipes that our Founding Fathers ate and that you can recreate in your own home kitchen. Enjoy them in good health as you teach your children about the roots and principles of our Great Nation and the bountiful foods we have always enjoyed. History never tasted so good! 

LanguageEnglish
PublisherVince Iuliano
Release dateJul 23, 2016
ISBN9781536548990
What America's Founding Fathers Ate! Favorite Recipes from Washington to Lincoln

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    What America's Founding Fathers Ate! Favorite Recipes from Washington to Lincoln - Don Gumball

    Christmas Wassail

    Serves about 18

    Ingredients:

    1 gallon apple cider

    1 large can pineapple juice (unsweetened)

    3/4 cup tea (can use herb tea)

    Place in a cheesecloth sack:

    1 Tablespoon whole cloves

    1 Tablespoon whole allspice

    2 sticks cinnamon

    Instructions: This is a great holiday treat when cooked in a crock pot. Let it simmer very slowly for 4 to 6 hours. You can add water if it evaporates too much. Your house will fill with the warn and wonderful holiday smells of Christmas. The same delicious smell that permeated Washington’s beloved Mount Vernon.

    Your friends and family may even be inspired to go wassail-ing and chorusing throughout your neighborhood! Merry Christmas, America!

    Delicious Corn Chowder

    Serves 4-6

    Ingredients:

    3 ounces salt pork, cubed

    1 large onion, chopped

    1 rib of celery, chopped

    1 ½ cup potatoes, diced

    2 cups chicken stock or chicken broth

    2 cups cream-style corn

    2 cups milk

    ¼ cup butter

    salt and white pepper to taste

    Instructions:

    Fry the salt pork until brown.

    Add the onion and sauté over medium heat 5 minutes, stirring often.

    Add the celery, potatoes, chicken stock, and one cup of water and simmer until the potatoes are done.

    Add the corn and simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

    Heat the milk and butter and add to the soup.

    Add salt and pepper to taste, and serve hot.

    Martha Washington’s Delicious Cake

    (transcribed from Martha’s own recipe)

    Take a peck of flower, 4 nutmeggs grated, halfe and ounce of cloves & mace, & as much cinnamon, & as much caraway seeds beaten, 3 quarters of A pound of sugar mingled with 7 pounds of currans pickt clean & rubd clean with

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