tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post8622818712346642445..comments2024-03-27T07:30:21.457-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: Keepers of Kettle and ScummerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-22420902646861003652020-07-20T08:49:33.284-04:002020-07-20T08:49:33.284-04:00speaking of digestion, as spaulding does in his la...speaking of digestion, as spaulding does in his last line, reminds one of the book <br /><br /><i><b>Civil War Recipes: </b>Receipts from the Pages of Godey's Lady's Book </i><br /><br />by Lily May Spaulding (Editor), John Spaulding (Editor)(University of Kentucky Press, 1999)<br /><br /><br /><br /><i>School Library Journal</i> says<br /><br />YA-Motivated by their interests in cooking and history and the search for a plum-pudding recipe like Grandma's, this mother-son team has compiled a cookbook that is rich in Civil War information. Drawn from a 19th-century women's magazine, the recipes were usually submitted by middle-class readers from the rural North and South, and were intended for "common dishes of every day" rather than grand occasions. The authors have added facts about Confederate and Union army rations, customary cooking utensils, and food substitutions frequently used by Southern cooks. Recommended menus, or "bills of fare," for each month, and dates of each recipe's appearance in Godey's are also included. A glossary clarifies terminology rarely used by today's cooks. YAs will be intrigued by this exposure to everyday life during the Civil War. Quaint language ("Thicken some scalding hot milk with a sufficiency of potato flour") enhances the enjoyment of the book, and most recipes can be successfully prepared by modern chefs.<br /><br />Pamela Cooper-Smuzynski, Fairfax County Public Library, VAmistah charley, sb, ma, phd, jspshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786934467640941804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-37103202062530879592020-07-20T08:24:43.038-04:002020-07-20T08:24:43.038-04:00REDD
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red...<b>REDD</b><br /><br /><i>from our friends at the Free Dictionary</i><br /><br />redd 1 (rĕd)<br />tr.v. redd·ed also redd, redd·ing, redds Chiefly Pennsylvania<br />To clear: redd the dinner table.<br />Phrasal Verb:<br />redd up<br />To tidy: redded up the front room.<br />[Middle English dialectal redden, variant (probably influenced by Middle English redden, to free (from an encumbrance), rescue) of Middle English riddan, to clear (an area, a way), clear out; see rid.]<br /><br /><i>Our Living Language </i>The terms <b>redd</b> and <b>redd up </b>came to the American Midlands from the many Scottish immigrants who settled there. In the meaning "to clear an area or to make it tidy," redd is still used in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In the United States, the word is especially common in Pennsylvania as part of the phrasal verb redd up.<br /><br />redd 2 (rĕd)<br />n.<br />A spawning nest made by a fish, especially a salmon or trout.mistah charley, sb, ma, phd, jspshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786934467640941804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-10416343789520127802020-07-19T18:34:20.770-04:002020-07-19T18:34:20.770-04:00Glad you drove through my part of the old country....Glad you drove through my part of the old country. 95 is a nightmare and picking it up past Boston is sensible.<br /><br />I once almost got trapped by a medevac accident on 84 for 6 hours, but bailed onto a workaround just in time. On the other hand, I once got trapped on 95 in Philly for 6 hours by an exploding tanker truck, so sixes there.Landruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11954074164878242561noreply@blogger.com