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Medicinal Plants Article from Science Tech Entrepreneur
2007 article that was uploaded to Scribd. Lots of good information so check it out: Medicinal_plants.pdf
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Simple “Biscuit” Recipe from the 1700s
Another great Jas Towsend video showing how people made “biscuits” in the 18th Century. This isn’t the biscuits you and I enjoy with some sausage gravy, these are more like those cookies you get in the British food sections of … Continue reading
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Seasoning Cast Iron Cookware
Simple information but honestly I didn’t know most of this. Another great video by Jas Townsend that is useful for both the re-enactor and the prepper. Or anyone wiith cast iron cookware:
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Making a Leather Drawstring Pouch
Keith “La Loup” Burgess shows how he makes leather drawstring pouches, which he uses in historical trekking. It’s a deceptively simple skill that many of us have forgotten. On his blog A Woodsrunner’s Diary he has a post on using … Continue reading
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Boiled Puddings by Jas Townsend
Another great instructional video by the folks at Jas Townsend and Sons. These recipes date back a few hundred years and like always they’re prepared using colonial era equipment so aside from being interesting historical curiosities these recipes can be … Continue reading
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