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Exploring 1800’s living through cookbooks and homemaking guides

Authentic 1800’s recipes, homemaking tips, and gardening advice. Dive in for real, tried-and-tested 19th century recipes that you can make in your modern kitchen.

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> 1800’s Recipes

Try these delicious, authentic recipes from the 19th century.

  • Hot Chocolate (1877)
  • Composition Cake (1892)
  • LEMON SNAPS, a delightful cookie from 1881
  • PEA SOUP recipe from 1887

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> Reader favorites

Readers are especially loving these articles right now!

  • Propagating Strawberry Plants
  • Feeding Young Turkeys
  • Popovers
  • Growing asparagus as a landscape border plant

> 1800’s Gardening Tips

Here, you’ll find 1800’s advice for growing your own fruit, berries, nuts, and vegetables.

  • Propagating Strawberry Plants
  • Growing asparagus as a landscape border plant
  • Transplanting Trees

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Florence Nelson - The 1800's Housewife

About the 1800’s Housewife

Florence Nelson is a bookish wife & mother who loves sharing useful 1800’s tips for the modern homemaker.

She lives with her husband and children on their New England farm, along with too many chickens and not nearly enough bookshelves.

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> 1800’s Homemaking Tips


Learn interesting and helpful homemaking tips, gathered from some of the best homemaking guides of the 1800’s.

  • Preserving Cut Flowers
  • Governing Children With Gentleness
  • Transplanting Trees
  • To Ripen Green Tomatoes After Frost

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  • LEMON SNAPS, a delightful cookie from 1881
  • PEA SOUP recipe from 1887
  • Propagating Strawberry Plants

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