tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post5959478236986305782..comments2024-03-24T01:15:08.693+10:00Comments on The Old Foodie: Military Menu Fun.The Old Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-88728006856868008462013-06-05T09:53:58.630+10:002013-06-05T09:53:58.630+10:00I had to look up "Dewitt's Little Early R...I had to look up "Dewitt's Little Early Risers." Turns out they're a "laxative and cathartic" (the Smithsonian has a tube). I guess if you don't smoke or chew you're probably a teetotaler as well and, er, "clean."Kate Chiltonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-45692088558535975702013-06-05T09:49:52.063+10:002013-06-05T09:49:52.063+10:00The last recipe instructs us to "mix with egg...The last recipe instructs us to "mix with eggs", doesn't specify the quantity with the ingredients. <br /><br />I'm guessing 4-5, thereby making the dish a boiled pudding version of the original pound cake, containing equal weight of flour/butter/sugar/eggs, + additions? srhcbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06007109160584748993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-33336083207910992652013-06-05T09:13:08.400+10:002013-06-05T09:13:08.400+10:00On Michigan State University's Feeding America...On Michigan State University's Feeding America website they have a reproduction of a turn of the (last) century army cookbook. Dishes include Bombshells, Cannonballs, and Artillery Pie. <br /><br />http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_49.cfm Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-73972482235701803352013-06-05T08:49:00.472+10:002013-06-05T08:49:00.472+10:00Funny. A book that I own on patterns of 18th &...Funny. A book that I own on patterns of 18th & 19th c silver flatware illustrates one rare mid-19th century pattern with a quite heavily-mangled dinner fork. The author observes that the fork is engraved with the crest of a British regiment and remarks that generally speaking, officers' mess regimental flatware tends to have been subjected to a pretty high level of abuse.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.com