Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 25, 2013

The Bread Gets Soggy

IMG_7244-001  Pictured is the finished receipt (recipe), To make Current Soup.  To complete the dish place White-bread in a dish, pour (the soup) over it so that the bread gets soggy, and then sprinkle with Sugar and Cinnamon.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 24, 2013

Take Rhenish Wine

IMG_7215-001  To the red currants for the receipt (recipe) To make Current Soup the following ingredients were added:  take Rhenish wine, a little water, and a little Butter, sweeten with Sugar.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 23, 2013

Take Red Currants

IMG_7208-001  For the Dutch receipt (recipe) To make Currant Soup, one first takes red Currants and strips them from the stems.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 22, 2013

Currants

IMG_7146-001  Currants are small, delicious berries borne on bushes that belong to the genus Ribes and native to the northern latitudes of both Europe and North America.  Currant canes are spineless and bear 8 to 30 clusters of fruit.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 21, 2013

Garnished with Parsley

IMG_7243-001  The stewed fava beans were flavored with chopped Parsley with Butter and Salt, a spoonful or two of mutton broth cooked a bit, then added to the beans.  The receipt (recipe) for To stew Fava Beans was served garnished with parsley leaves.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 19, 2013

Peeling the Bean

IMG_7218-001  For the receipt (recipe) To stew Fava Beans,  the fava beans are cooked until done, then drained.  The beans are then cooled and peeled.  There are a few fava beans already peeled on the pewter plate.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 18, 2013

To stew Fava Beans

IMG_7212-001  This is the first in a series of Dutch receipts (recipes)-To stew Fava Beans.  The first step is to remove the beans from their pods and cook until done.  These beans are in a kettle in water over the fire to cook.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 17, 2013

Fava or Broad Beans

IMG_7166-001  It was in the 16th century that fava beans came to the New World and they were planted by Spanish colonists in Central and South America.  The New World native beans (Phaseolus)which provided complementary protein for the indigenous peoples of North America, crossed the Atlantic at the same time as the fava beans and were well accepted by the Europeans who colonized North America.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 16, 2013

Vicia fabia

IMG_7137-001   The Vicia fabia or broad bean was the bean of European agriculture until the New World bean arrived.  They are best eaten harvested early when still young and tender.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | July 14, 2013

Draining the Bread

IMG_7086-001  The strawberry bread (a mixture of Lenape white flour corn ground and mashed strawberries) was removed from the trade kettle and placed in a grape vine basket to drain.

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