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 Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:35 am
I have The Illuminated Book of Days by Kay and Marshall Lee. It has trivia taken from 19th-century books of days and almanacs. I can repost some of them here, if people like. I can't scan in the art (done by Kate Greenaway and Eugene Grasset), though. No scanner!
ETA: I posted for today's entry from Illuminated Book of Days. Some of the trivia goes far beyond the Victorian era, but the great majority of it is Victorian. I can go back and look for more, too. There's quite a bit of trivia for the Christmas season from all eras coming up!
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:24 pm
I'm always ready for historical trivia and anecdotes. Please do share!
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:00 am
Sounds interesting, go ahead.
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Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:26 pm
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 3:17 pm
In the Middle Ages, a liquid called posset was drunk alone and used in cooking. It was made of milk mixed with ale, or wine, and spices, and heated.
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Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 4:00 pm
Jinan_lil_sis In the Middle Ages, a liquid called posset was drunk alone and used in cooking. It was made of milk mixed with ale, or wine, and spices, and heated.
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:35 am
the name kinda sounds bizarre..but wonder how it'd taste like xp
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:08 am
really thats cool middle ages
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:34 am
Interesting. That I didn't know.
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 8:45 am
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:36 am
I don't know, I think it depends on what kind of wine and spices you used. It sounds bit like chai, if you think about it.
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:09 pm
Ick. Sounds horrid. Warm milk is not my thing,let alone mixed with ale. But yes it is interesting to know.
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Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:30 pm
I might could handle that in cooking, but I doubt I could drink it by itself. Just the thought made my stomach turn. .___.
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:06 am
As winter approaches, it is impossible to be too careful in keeping spare beds and blankets properly aired. In damp weather, a bed which has been unoccupied for three successve nights, is unfit for the use of a delicate person, or indeed, of anyone; if they cannot be put under the occupied beds of the hosue, a cleanly servant should sleep in them alternately.
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:31 pm
Panada is a simple dish for sick people; it appears over and over in the 19th century cookbooks. Put a crumbled soda cracker in a small bowl of boiling water with two or three lumps of sugar and grate a little fresh nutmeg over it.
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