Category Archives: Plimoth Plantation

Spit Roast Bread — The Kneaded Loaf of 1823

Posted on January 29, 2013 by William Rubel

Today, as part of my work on the glossary section of the history of bread I’m writing for UC Press, I have been researching the British Northern dialect term knodden cake, and its Standard English parallel, kneaded cake. I’m still… Read more

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Hearth Cooking at Plimoth Plantation

Posted on October 7, 2011 by William Rubel

What you see here is a woman cooking in an iron pot over a fire. It is hard to see, but the iron pot is hanging over the fire from an iron hook. The woman in the photograph is… Read more

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