Been there.D.lapan wrote: ↑Sat. Feb. 04, 2023 7:56 pmYesterday afternoon, we lost the internet and then power 28 hours later, back on line.
Luckily we don't rely on much to get by, my combination of Glenwood work horses the newest being 120 years old, and the oldest pushing 130-135, kept the house at a balmy 71* while the outdoor temps hit -21 here with 40 mph winds.
They used a total of 2 bags or 80 lbs of nut coal in the last 48 hours, so about $20, that's really not much more than an average 30* stretch.
This just goes to show these old stoves were built for this kind of weather and are not just for show or the occasional meal.
While we were left free of modern technology and the oven was already hot I opened a 1890s cookbook and tried put a few old recipes, one being called Indian pudding (milk, molasses, corn meal) and another called caramel custard (basically boil a can of condensed milk for 3.5 hours and serve with whip cream)
I'm sure they were a treat in the 1890s, Being a fan of old, not so sweet deserts, I thought they were good enough with some home made whipped cream on top, but my kids not so much
There was a late 1800's cookbook in a wooden crate up in the attic when I bought this place. I thought great,.... until I started reading some of the recipes,.... and then thought,.. what ? Oh yeah, these were the people that gave cocaine to babies and put it in coke cola. And they came up with fancy names for parts of critters to eat that we wouldn't want to hit with our car.
Paul