1910 Characters Need To Eat: Recipes For Your Book

Dinner conversation can be very enlightening - particularly when there is a special announcement for the family.  That is, your character's family.

What was served?  How was it made?

Here are a  cookbooks you can use for your research:

(I did add a couple older cookbooks if your cook ay have used receipts from an earlier time.)

GOLD MEDAL FLOUR COOK BOOK (1910)
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Dr. Price Cook Book (The New)
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The Rumford Complete Cookbook (1908)
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The Pattern cook-book (1890)
Butterick Publishing
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The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887): The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home
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The American woman's cook-book : approved household recipes... (1910)
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NOTES:
We call recipes, they called receipts.
You will notice there aren't any oven degrees or times. They didn't have the nice ovens we have today.












 

Using Old Postcard: References From The Past

Hello everyone!

I am writing a historical novel based in 1913 Duluth, Minnesota.  I lived in Duluth for a bout 20 years so I know what it looks like now. --I now live in the South Pacific, so a drive there would be out of the question.--
But, what did it look like then?

 I have mentioned the Library of Congress so often that I hope this is the first place you visit!

But--

I have gotten a lot of information from postcards from the time! 

I went to eBay and searched Duluth, MN and found some amazing pictures.  I don't need to buy them.  No! I save them on my hard drive -- making sure to label them correctly -- and use them as references for scenes.

How easy is that?

Never heard of Duluth?  That's ok, we forgive you.  ~wink~

Kateri

P.S.
Also try Amazon.  I have learned a lot about Duluth by reading the free preview pages of books!