The twenty-five recipes for Milk Punch in my database all contain similar ingredients: milk, rum or brandy, nutmeg, sugar. For years now I’ve been intending to make one of these recipes for eggnog’s cousin (or rival, depending on who you ask). It was only this year that I noticed that these punch recipes, with their…
“If the Tomato be as highly medicinal as it has been represented, it may be anticipated that this wine will find favor with the public.” – Milwaukee Sentinal, June 1840 Interspersed with the shrubs, the cherry bounce, eggnog and Fish House Punch in 19th-century Maryland cookbooks are some of the most intriguing and intimidating recipes:…
“Christmas comes but once a year, when eggnog takes the place of beer.” – 1918 These days, Christmastime can feel tainted with greed; shopping and spending, forging memories with limited edition Coke cans, thoughtless gifts and waste. There was a time, over a century ago, when things were more simple and pure. Back in those…
Old Maryland cookbooks such as “Eat, Drink & Be Merry in Maryland” tend to have a good amount of space dedicated to alcoholic beverages, whether their purpose is social, medicinal, or for further use in the kitchen. Edwin Tunis Illustration, “Eat, Drink & Be Merry in Maryland” For typical servants and housewives, brewing and alcoholic…