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Election Cake!

Hartford Election Cake

At one time the only holidays observed throughout the New England States were Thanksgiving Day, Militia Day, and Election Day.  As a treat, voters were served slices of this heavily liquored yeast cake.

The original recipe was supposed to have been developed in the 18th [...]

I Like Chicken Squash Pie!

Well, the hardest work that ever I done Is plowin’ a field of rye The easiest work that ever I done Was eatin’ chicken pie -Crow Black Chicken, Leake County Revelers, (1928)

Moosehead Gingerbread

From Maida Heatter via John Thorne’s Serious Pig: An American Cook in Search of His Roots