What's Cookin'? : Women's History Month

Fannie Farmer
1857- 1915
included specific measurement in cookbooks
so anyone could learn to cook

Fannie Merrit Farmer
"domestic scientist" of Boston, Massachusetts
author, teacher and cook
America's Library: Fannie Farmer

Investigating Cookbooks

Measuring Up!
conversions for old measurements

Cookbooks and Domestic Journals
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awgc1/cookbooks.html

Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce by Thomas A. Edison (1900)
Film created by Edison about cooking

Providence Journal
The Working Woman's Friend

BLUEBERRY BISCUIT
¼ c Butter, 2/3 c Sugar,1 Egg, ½ c milk,
2 c Flour, 2 t Baking Powder, ½ t Salt,2 c Blueberries
Mix butter – sugar – egg – add milk.
Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and add to butter mixture.
Stir in Blueberries.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes,
in an 8 inch square pan,
or until lightly brown on top and cooked through
(use cake tester).
Cut in squares and serve hot with butter.
Double the recipe and bake in a 13 x 9 pan.

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March is Women's History Month Honoring Women Who Cook
Fannie Farmer 1857- 1915 included specific measurement in cookbooks so anyone could learn to cook
Fannie Merrit Farmer "domestic scientist" of Boston, Massachusetts author, teacher and cook America's Library: Fannie Farmer
The Boston-Cooking School Cook Book	About her 1896 Cookbook
100 plus years, 13th edition The Fannie Farmer Cookbook
Investigating Cookbooks
Measuring Up! conversions for old measurements	Cookbooks and Advertising 1850-1920
Cookbooks and Domestic Journals http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awgc1/cookbooks.html
Why Mrs. Jones Got a Divorce by Thomas A. Edison (1900) Film created by Edison about cooking
Flora Dutton 1887-1984 Miss Dutton's Green Room, Providence, Rhode Island businesswoman, athlete and my grandmother's friend with help from my new friend Naomi Armstrong whose grandmother was also a friend of Miss Dutton!
Providence Journal The Working Woman's Friend
From Miss Dutton's Green Room: Baked Chocolate Pudding 1 1/14 cups stale bread (cubed or crumbed) 3 cups milk, 1/4 cups sugar, 1/2 tsp. salt, 2 squares chocolate, 1 tsp. vanilla, 2 eggs Scald milk and pour over bread crumbs. Combine sugar, salt and melted chocolate and vanilla. Add well beaten eggs to first two mixtures. Pour into buttered casserole and bake 1 1/4 hours at 350 degrees or until firm. Serve with hard sauce. Hard Sauce 2 Tablespoons hot milk, 2 cups sifted confectioner's sugar 1/2 cups butter or margarine (1/2 tsp.) vanilla or rum flavor extract Cream butter, add sugar and flavoring gradually. When well blended, add hot milk slowly and beat until fluffy.
BLUEBERRY BISCUIT ¼ c Butter, 2/3 c Sugar,1 Egg, ½ c milk, 2 c Flour, 2 t Baking Powder, ½ t Salt,2 c Blueberries Mix butter – sugar – egg – add milk. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and add to butter mixture. Stir in Blueberries. Bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes, in an 8 inch square pan, or until lightly brown on top and cooked through (use cake tester). Cut in squares and serve hot with butter. Double the recipe and bake in a 13 x 9 pan.

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