I’m busy planning Thanksgiving dinner, and as I do every year, am frustrated by the tyranny of today’s menu, and my family and friends’ expectations. People are so hidebound nowadays, demanding turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. It hasn’t… Read More
Food adulteration was common in the 19th century. Flour was often mixed with chalk, plaster of Paris, sawdust, bone meal, or lime. Snails were tossed into watered-down milk in order to thicken it with their mucus and to add an attractive froth.