Food Historic: Sites/Stuff

foodmuseumguy: UK Food Heritage Site: Leed’s R. Boston &...

eatsalaska — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:00:23 -0700

UK Food Heritage Site: Leed’s R. Boston & Sons

“This early 1900s image shows Boar Lane the home of Leeds most stylish shops, including Mr Richard Boston & Sons, a great fruit, game and fish market used by those wishing to avoid the larger markets located opposite Holy Trinity Church. The store was described in Waddington’s 1894 Guide to Leeds as providing fifty varieties of fish including Oysters, every bird imaginable, thirty six varieties of vegetables, one hundred sorts of fruit and ‘…a selection of luxuries too numerous to name and a business-like briskness in attention to the smallest order are within the customers reach’.

The shop front displays fresh poultry while the staff stand gathered at the front. Above the shop sign a coat of arms and flags are displayed. Mr Richard Boston (1843-1908) was a member of Leeds Council for twelve years and an elected member for the Headingley Ward in 1891.” (Source)

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eatsalaska — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:45:55 -0600

ourpresidents: President Truman with United Nations...

eatsalaska — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:29:12 -0600

ourpresidents:

President Truman with United Nations Cake

Birthday cake presented to President Harry S. Truman (center) by members of the National Citizens Committee for United Nations Day. The cake is to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the United Nations. The cake is made from a recipe of Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman’s that is in the United Nations cookbook, sponsored by the Committee. 9/12/51

collective-history: Japanese-American grocery store trying to...

eatsalaska — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:03:01 -0600

collective-history:

Japanese-American grocery store trying to show where they stand the day after Pearl Harbor, Dec 8 1941

“The oldest continuously-operating, family-owned ranch...

eatsalaska — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:53:00 -0600

“The oldest continuously-operating, family-owned ranch honored by the Nevada Centennial Ranch & Farm Program is the Cushman-Corkill Ranch in Churchill County. Josiah Cushman purchased the 1,700 acre ranch on the Carson Sink in 1861 where Fallon is today. “Cushman was known for his high-quality cattle and a ‘fine-bearing orchard’,” according to the 2004 award narrative, “and eventually served as County Clerk, 1872-1874.” Following the completion of the Newlands Reclamation Project in the first decade of the twentieth-century, the family raised alfalfa, corn, potatoes, Sudan grass, and small grains.”

Via Nevada Culture

saisonciel: July 1936. “Interior of migratory fruit worker’s...

eatsalaska — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:58:04 -0600

saisonciel:

July 1936. “Interior of migratory fruit worker’s tent. Yakima, Washington.” Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration.

laughingsquid: Katz’s Delicatessen “In 1888 what is...

eatsalaska — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:27:38 -0600

laughingsquid:

Katz’s Delicatessen

“In 1888 what is now known as Katz’s Delicatessen was established on Ludlow Street in New York’s Lower East Side by the Iceland brothers. Upon the arrival of Willy Katz in 1903, the name of the store was changed from Iceland Brothers to Iceland & Katz. Willy’s cousin Benny joined him in 1910, buying out the Iceland brothers to officially form Katz’s delicatessen.”

Since 1935, the Clam Box. The building itself was constructed in...

eatsalaska — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 02:47:06 -0600

Since 1935, the Clam Box. The building itself was constructed in 1938. It’s in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

foodmuseumguy: Hubig’s Pies Factory, a New Orleans food...

eatsalaska — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:35:42 -0600

foodmuseumguy:

Hubig’s Pies Factory, a New Orleans food heritage site that survived Katrina was lost to a fire Friday. This is the kind of community food landmark that are part of all our lives. This blog and the projects of The Food Museum are dedicated to calling attention to them. The New York Times reports:

The local love for Hubig’s, he said, is “part of the code” of living in New Orleans, which treasures fancy restaurants like Galatoire’s and po’ boy sandwich joints. “They love Hubig’s pies as much as they love bananas Foster,” he said. It’s the catholic embrace of high and low, and a sensibility that says too much ain’t enough. Most of all, it’s a love of tradition in a place with hundreds of years of history and a long history of loss.

Charles Parent, the fire chief, recalled in an interview with the television station WDSU that the company gave unsold pies to firefighters and police officers in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina, and so they felt the loss keenly. “Our guys put this out with their tears,” he said.

For now, New Orleans is without its little pies. Hubig’s fans sought out their treats in every gas station and supermarket where they are sold. “We opened up at 6, and I would say they were gone by a quarter of 7,” said John Serpas, manager of the Harrison Grocery in the Lakeview neighborhood. The woman who bought the last two pies, he said, took the box, with the legend “A New Orleans Tradition.” She said, “This might be worth some money later in life.” Read more

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foodmuseumguy: Here is another community food heritage site...

eatsalaska — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:31:47 -0600

foodmuseumguy:

Here is another community food heritage site that is endangered. Memories of this place go back a long time.

Gray’s Store in Adamsville village brought in customers for years with its old-fashioned marble soda fountain, cigar and tobacco cases, and Rhode Island johnny cakes. The 224-year-old business may be the oldest operating general store in America, although others have staked similar claims.

The Rhode Island store near the Massachusetts line opened in 1788. Now owners say this year is its last. Gray’s is set to close Sunday afternoon. Owner Jonah Waite inherited the shop after his father died of cancer last month. He said Saturday it was a hard decision to close the store and leave behind all the history, but the shop’s finances aren’t sustainable and a supermarket down the street has siphoned away business.

The new owner’s great grandfather owned the store in the early 1900s and ran a gristmill to make his own corn meal that he sold in the store. In 2007, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and then-Gov. Donald Carcieri issued proclamations naming Gray’s as the oldest continuously run general store in the country. More customers than usual have been gathering at Gray’s in recent days to say farewell and share memories, Waite said. Bob Wordell, a mechanic down the street, remembers gathering at the store in the summer with his friends when he was a child years ago. “We’d eat freeze pops on the front steps,” Wordell told The Providence Journal. “I think they cost a nickel.” Read more

London’s Seven Stars Pub, built in 1602, and a survivor of...

eatsalaska — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:47:00 -0600

London’s Seven Stars Pub, built in 1602, and a survivor of the great fire of 1666, may, just may be London’s oldest, but it certainly is known for its resident cats. Here is current pub cat Ray Brown, who has taken over for Tom Paine, a veteran defender of the faith, who passed in 2011.

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Norwich Market, UK, has been on its present location for 900...

eatsalaska — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:31:00 -0600

Norwich Market, UK, has been on its present location for 900 years. But the market tradition in Norwich goes back even further than that. The market remains Britain’s largest Monday to Saturday open air installation.

The Sheep Heid Inn, Duddingston. “…said to have been...

eatsalaska — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:43:33 -0600

The Sheep Heid Inn, Duddingston. “…said to have been established in 1360 – which would make it the oldest pub in Scotland— Mary Queen of Scots was apparently a regular patron, as was her son James VI, who gave the landlord a ram’s head snuff box – hence the name and the sheep heids on the walls.”

Via Guardian

Food Heritage Site: Pittstown, NJ Peach Exchange In 2000,...

eatsalaska — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:15:00 -0600

Food Heritage Site: Pittstown, NJ Peach Exchange

In 2000, Julian posted the following report and memory.

“I discovered an interesting place in Franklin Township while on a Scout hike. We were hiking along the Capoolong Creek from Pittstown to Kingtown Road on the old train right of way. As we started our hike we passed an old building that used to be the Pittstown Peach Exchange. I asked my Dad about it and he told me it used to be a train station where the local peach farmers would bring their crops to be shipped to outside markets or cities.

I looked it up in the Facts and Fantasies of Franklin written by a man named J. E. Stout. In the book it told the story of the local peach industry. An 1879 quote from the Hunterdon County Democrat said Franklin Township is the peach yielding township of the county and there are a large number of fine and large orchards in it that promise a big yield. This industry grew so much it needed a train to carry the crops to the cities. The Pittstown Railroad Company opened a rail line on July 4, 1891 after a lot of hard work and negotiation! The train went from Pittstown to Landsdowne and then to Flemington, the county seat. From Flemington, you could connect to New York City and then anywhere! I imagine the train station was great way for the farmers, local merchants and people to gather, start a trip or pass along news as well as ship their crops. As time went on the local dairy farmers profited from the train as well.

At the turn of the century a disease destroyed the peach trees. The train was less necessary as trucks and cars became more popular. With the loss of commuter traffic it became mostly a freight line until it was too expensive to maintain. They closed down the line in 1968. My mom still remembers the train going by her house and putting pennies on the tracks to be squished! Later the tracks became a popular hiking trail.

I think the Pittstown Peach Exchange was a very historical place because it was the center of Franklin’s shipping, commerce and travel for almost 80 years! The building is in poor shape now. Members of the town council have talked about fixing it up but it hasn’t happened yet! I think it is important for our township to save this historical place.”

Delaware Peach Girls ”A key factor in this migrant work force...

eatsalaska — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:12:00 -0600

Delaware Peach Girls

”A key factor in this migrant work force (of the Delaware peach industry) was the “Peach Girls.” Usually in the 16 to 20 year old age group, they were recruited from large cities thru advertisements in the newspapers. John Harris’ Round Top Farm had over 600 peach girls working on it in 1875.

Since they were poor with few job opportunities they were easy prey for the advertisements that promised they could earn $1.50 to $2.00 per day and only pay $2.00 a week for board. On arriving at Round Tree they found the situation to be different than advertised. Instead of $1.50 per day they worked 15 hours for fifteen to twenty cents a day. Their board consisted of a bale of hay to sleep on and for food it was left over fruit. They simply did not have the money to return home nor was there much chance of earning the money to return.

Round Tree was but one example; many “peach girls” were treated better on other farms and actually paid an acceptable wage of around one dollar per day.” Read on about the Delaware peach business here.

Where? When? Anyone?

eatsalaska — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:45:01 -0600

Where? When? Anyone?

lavidacantina: 1940 Ford Coca Cola Delivery

eatsalaska — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 09:36:27 -0600

lavidacantina:

1940 Ford Coca Cola Delivery

One of the old stoves in the kitchen at Strokestown Park,...

eatsalaska — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 09:44:00 -0600

One of the old stoves in the kitchen at Strokestown Park, Roscommon, Ireland, home of the Irish National Famine Museum. The house was built in the mid 1700’s by Thomas Mahon, and opened to the public in 1987. The museum collection, based initially on documents found in the house, apparently aims in part to balance the story of Irish tenant farmers with the lives of their landlords.

Happy Bastille Day! Listen to The FOOD Museum people talking France, food heritage, and their book, "Gastronomie! Food Museums and Heritage Sites of France," on Chef John Folse's Radio Show--on after the break, halfway through. Just click Listen.

eatsalaska — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:09:00 -0600

Happy Bastille Day! Listen to The FOOD Museum people talking France, food heritage, and their book, "Gastronomie! Food Museums and Heritage Sites of France," on Chef John Folse's Radio Show--on after the break, halfway through. Just click Listen.

Food historical types: take a look at EATSFlorida, sister Tumblr to EATSAlaska, and this food history spot.

eatsalaska — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:23:24 -0600

Food historical types: take a look at EATSFlorida, sister Tumblr to EATSAlaska, and this food history spot.