Thread by @JonathanBurdick

After looking up Thanksgiving recipes in The Erie Cook Book, published in 1881 by Laura C. Sterrett, I’m struck by just how much our dinner tables have changed over the past century and our grocery store protein offerings have been simplified. #culinary #history #twitterstorians

Also, how much of the animal goes to waste nowadays. My grandmother enjoyed liver and was the reason I first tried it. It’s good. I don’t know why I don’t buy it more often.

Tongue sandwiches and baked heart might be a harder sell. But they’re tasty too.

Ham balls were a legendary staple of my grandmother’s also.

Jugged pigeons, roasted pigeons, pigeon pie.

Clearly, I’m fascinated with this cook book because I’ve written about it twice. Once highlighting its pickle recipes and another time in general:

eriereader.com/article/bake-a…

Oh, and here’s the Thanksgiving feast menu, as tweeted elsewhere:

https://twitter.com/RustDirt/status/1199139848612990977