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People don't seem to make punch very much anymore, but there was once a time when it was standard party fare during the winter holidays.  Here are punch recipes from the cookbooks of the NC…

Cook Me Right! was a 1983 NC Cooperative Extension pamphlet conveying the latest turkey-preparation information for that time.  It seems wrong, though, to depict the animal itself giving those…

In the early 19th century, people made at home items that today we usually buy at the store.  Vinegar was one, and the October 1849 issue of The Southern Planter (p. 312) had a recipe for making…

We found another odd recipe in the 19th century farming periodical titled American Agriculturist.  This one appeared in the June 1869 issue, p. 221, under the heading "Household Talks by Aunt…

In the June 1849 issue of The Southern Planter, p. 165, we found the recipe below for a "substitute for milk" using rice.  In actuality, this was really a method of extending milk rather than…

Here is an interesting recipe from the Southern Planter, June 1859, p. 338: FRENCH HONEY--One pound of white sugar[;] six eggs leaving out whites of two; the juice of three or four lemons, and the…

We continue our examination of odd food descriptions and recipes found in various 19th century agricultural publications.  Below is a recipe for bread jelly from the American Agriculturist, July…

In various 19th century agricultural publications, we've found a number of foods and recipes that seem odd to us today.  For the next few weeks the Foodie Friday edition of Special Collections…

I bought strawberries at the farmers market last weekend, and they were good!  I generally eat them fresh, but they reminded me of my mother's strawberry jam.  I found this hundred-year-old…

NC State Food Science professor Maurice W. Hoover had a mission in the 1960s and 1970s; he was "a man who is keenly interested in developing North Carolina's food processing industry" according to a…