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New Hampshire Glossary: Gridiron

This article has nothing to do with the sport of football. So if you arrived at this story looking for pigskin or a sport other than cooking, you can move along. The gridiron I am writing about has to do … Continue reading

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Cooking in Colonial New Hampshire

In colonial New Hampshire, the kitchen fireplace was the first and largest of all the hearths in the early home. … Continue reading

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New Hampshire Glossary: Tin Reflector Oven

Tin reflector ovens were used to cook food in the late 18th century and early 19th century, in conjunction with … Continue reading

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Tin Reflector Oven

Preparing for the Thanksgiving meal in the Remick Museum Visitor's Center: a tin reflector oven, into which the turkey … Continue reading

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Tasha Tudor Card – Christmas Scene – 1940s

Scanned Tasha Tudor card: a Christmas Scene from the 1940s.  My grandmother, Mattie (Kilborn) Webster, sent this card to my … Continue reading

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