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Saturday, November 22, 2014

1850 - The Great Peabody Pumpkin

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Chanticleer :  A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family  A t this crisis of triumphant explanation, Mopsey, who had under ...
Friday, November 21, 2014

On Receipt of a Pumpkin Pie

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In 1898  an educational publication    suggested  this poem  as a good piece for a Thanksgiving program in  school.  Written around 1850 ...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

1895 - Pumpkin Pies Done Right - Recipes and Tips

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T wo facts in this piece spark my interest.  First, the tip to use the pumpkin liquor to make bread. The second, that it was the fashion of...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

1675 - Pompion Pye, and 1877 - A Pumpkin Pie Fiasco

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Hannah Woolley's recipe, 1675... Pompion-Pye Take a pound of Pompion, and slice it; an handful of Time, a little Rosemar...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

1891 - A Play: The Goddess of Pumpkin Pie

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I am still in my pumpkin pie series of posts... PUMPKIN PIE BY LILIAN BAY [The Goddess of  Pumpkin Pie  stands at back of stage....
Monday, November 17, 2014

Pumpkin Largesse and Largness, and a Little Odd Postcard

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C ombing the internet for little morsels of 19th century pumpkin memory I am struck by usefulness of having a kitchen filled with women. ...
Sunday, November 16, 2014

Hanky-panky at the Husking Bee :-)

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"Let none refuse, for joy shall be High-priestess to the  husking bee ." (1) Many hands make work light .   The husking bee ...