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Lesson 1 : Recipe 2 – Water Bread, a Basic Victorian Loaf
November 13, 2020

Lesson 1 : Recipe 2 – Water Bread, a Basic Victorian Loaf

Bread is, not surprisingly, the second thing covered in lessons at the Boston Cooking School. If fact, it will be covered more than once. This recipe is pretty standard for the bread baking process, but it’s significantly cheaper than later recipes since it uses only…

Bread, Lesson One
Lesson 1 : Recipe 1 – Raw Potato Yeast, a Victorian “Starter”.
November 6, 2020

Lesson 1 : Recipe 1 – Raw Potato Yeast, a Victorian “Starter”.

We start lessons at the Victorian Cooking School with a questionable sounding “Raw Potato Yeast” recipe but have no fear, this 1880s bread starter is both simple & essential for every Victorian era cook.

Bread, Lesson One

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Chole White is a historical researcher & living historian with over a decade of experience exploring the social culture of foodways from the long 18th century through WW2.

Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln (Mrs. DA Lincoln) was a pioneer in domestic sciences at the end of the 19th century, teacher & principal at the Boston Cooking School from 1879-1885. Her book, "Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cooking School Cookbook: What to Do & Not to Do in Cooking" was first published in 1884 & paved the way for cookbooks for the next century.

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