Tag: food
Posted in History
Community Bread Baking
Author: StrangeAgo Published Date: June 3, 2017
In the old days, if you wanted bread, you had to bake it yourself. Today, we have grown accustomed to store bought bread, but there…
Posted in Culture
1914 Method For Keeping Pumpkins
Author: StrangeAgo Published Date: June 1, 2017
How can you make a pumpkin keep for the winter? I found this little gem in a 1914 newspaper. I have honestly never tried to…
Posted in History
10 Gruesome Tapeworm Realities From Over 100 Years Ago
Author: StrangeAgo Published Date: May 30, 2017
In 1902, a 34-year-old man was admitted to the London Hospital for having a tapeworm. He didn’t survive the medication they gave him and upon…
Posted in Culture
10 Strange Bread Baking Beliefs and Superstitions
Author: StrangeAgo Published Date: May 28, 2017
Bread, long a symbol of plenty, was an important part of people’s diets for well over 2,000 years (long before the gluten free diets of…