Welcome to Lifestyle Cooking
Spanish Cooking Article
This is a selection made from among articles on Spanish Cooking. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for future reading, click here.
Colonial Cooking Had Many Levels
from: Karlie BestlerColonial cooking varied by class level as to what was served. No matter what was served, food was an important part of the culture. Dinner conversations could last well into the night. Almost everyone knew how to cook as food was that important to the culture.
Fresh food could only be served in season. Sometimes food could be saved by smoking or curing. If a family wanted chicken, they went out in the morning, killed it, and cooked it. They ate chicken for breakfast, lunch, and dinner before it could spoil.
Colonial cooking required using a wood fire and cooks had to know how to manage the fire. Animal organs were considered to be delicacies. Fruits and vegetables were never served raw. Drinks were made especially sweet. Punches had lots of alcohol in them. Meat dishes often came to the table with head and feet still attached. Rolls were used to sop up sauces and gravies from the plate.
The governor's place offered the finest in colonial cooking. Their cooks were professionally trained European cooks. They were called principal cooks and were the highest paid servants. These cooks had trained apprenticeships in Europe and were the most skilled cooks in the colonies. They often kept quite a few cooks on a time for all the specialties. The cuisine for the governor had French influences. The governor boasted the best kitchen, which had numerous copper pots, a spit jack, and an eight day clock.
The gentry offered the next best in colonial cooking. This class had meats and sweets with every meal cooked in a more traditional English fashion. The gentry had slave cooks who were less formally trained, but none the less still quite skilled. These cooks were expensive and extremely precious. Some slaves became so skilled they earned their freedom as a result of their cooking prowess.
The middle class offered the basics in colonial cooking. Although this class tried to match the food offered by the gentry class on special occasions. The upper middle class could still afforded the slaves to do the colonial cooking. The lower middle class relied on the talent of the mistress of the house.
The lower class offered the most basic in colonial cooking. These meals were one pot meals, because the cooking equipment was limited to one cast iron pot. The wife prepared soups and porridges. The most common was hominy, which is made from corn, added to it salt cured pork and vegetables. This was complemented with whatever meats and vegetables they could get.
Cooking Online News
NATO head¿s Chicago goals: Afghanistan, missile defense - Chicago Tribune
 CTV.ca | NATO head¿s Chicago goals: Afghanistan, missile defense Chicago Tribune NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen would like the Chicago summit to produce at least two key results: a roadmap for aiding a post-war Afghanistan and the official go-ahead for a missile defense shield for Europe. Rasmussen, the former prime ... Trio Planned to Attack Obama's Chicago HQ NATO summit demonstrations peaceful despite terrorism charges Three Accused of Chicago Terror Plot Before NATO Summit |
At Camp David, Obama calls Iranian nuclear program a 'grave concern' for US ... - Washington Post
 The Guardian | At Camp David, Obama calls Iranian nuclear program a 'grave concern' for US ... Washington Post CAMP DAVID, Md. — President Obama on Saturday declared Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions a “grave concern” for world leaders, as the United States and its allies signaled they were prepared to follow through with tough new economic sanctions next month. Obama opens up Camp David for rustic VIP sleepover World Leaders at US Meeting Urge Growth, Not Austerity Obama Hosts World Leaders At G8 Summit |
Chinese Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng on Flight to US - BusinessWeek
 Telegraph.co.uk | Chinese Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng on Flight to US BusinessWeek By Bloomberg News on May 19, 2012 Chinese human-rights activist Chen Guangcheng, whose case overshadowed high-level US-China talks earlier this month, left Beijing for the US with his wife and two children, headed for Newark, New Jersey. Dissident Leaves China For US Standoff over blind legal activist ends as China's Chen flies to US Chen Guangcheng comes to the US, but what about other dissidents? |
First tropical storm of the season, Alberto, forms off the coast of SC with 45 ... - Washington Post
 NOLA.com | First tropical storm of the season, Alberto, forms off the coast of SC with 45 ... Washington Post MIAMI — The first tropical storm of the season has formed off the coast of South Carolina with top winds of 45 mph (75 kph). Forecasters say tropical storm Alberto was centered about 140 miles (225 km) east Charleston, SC, on Saturday afternoon. Season's 1st Atlantic tropical storm forms off S.Carolina Tropical Storm Alberto forms in the Atlantic First tropical storm of the season forms off SC |