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139 How to Eat Pork in the Early 19th Century
Turns out all I was able to squeeze in to this episode was the fresh pork - more or less.
How to keep pork will be around next time.
But the big lesson is - boy do we need our hands held when it comes to recipes.
Is 50 words not enough for you to prepare boiled poik and pease porridge?
It certainly isn't enough for me. I'd be absolutely sunk.
Though it does explain why enslaved cooks could learn the recipes that were read to them out loud. The recipes weren't that long. Just small notes getting them to combine techniques they were already familliar with.
The woman reading the recipe probobly…
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