The words have not been invented yet to describe how delicious these mushroom loaves are🤤. Despite being a recipe from 1828 I have no doubt that they will agree with you even in the 21st century. These stuffed loaves were once very popular and could have been made with a filling of asparagus, meat or seafood cooked in cream. You will find the recipes translated into modern, easier to follow directions below. Like always you can see an image of the original recipe (or receipts as they used to be called) at the end of the video. I try to always follow the original no matter what, for better or for worse, as we're all here to see what food REALLY used to be like. Thank you for watching ❤. Rice (Ground) Pudding, (The Cook's Dictionary, 1830): 1/4 cup rice flour 1 pint of whole milk 1 lemon's zest 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 1/3 cup of sugar 2 eggs, beaten 0.5 teaspoons of nutmeg 1 pie paste, for the bottom of a pie plate In a cooking pot combine the rice flour, milk, lemon zest and cinnamon. Bring to a simmer and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from your heat. Set aside to cool. Once it is only lukewarm add in your sugar, nutmeg and eggs. Stir up well then pour into a pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for half an hour, or until the top is firm. Allow to sit for at least 10 minutes before slicing. Mushroom Loaves (Modern Domestic Cookery, 1828) Now, you can of course just purchase bread rolls however I highly recommend cooking these with the following 1750s bread recipe. This is my go-to bread recipe. It was kindly provided by a descendent of the original writer, who wrote down this recipe in French in the 1750s in Kaskaskia Illinois. Like many in the area she was a French immigrant who settled in the French Territories around modern day St. Louis. We live right across the river in Ste. Genevieve Missouri. I wouldn't be surprised if similar breads were eaten here. I use Rouge de Bordeaux flour, the most likely variety that was grown here in the early 1800s. My go-to bread recipe: 3 cups of flour 1 to 1.5 cups of warm water A generous dollop of sorghum (or honey, molasses) 1 teaspoon of salt 1 tablespoon of active dry yeast Combine the flour, salt, sorghum, yeast and warm water in a bowl. Combine until well blended. Set aside in a warm place to let rise for 1 hour. After an hour kneed your dough on a well floured surface. Divide into 4 equal chunks. You may divide it into 6 pieces if you'd like smaller rolls. Form into rolls then again place in a warm place to rise for another hour. After the hour bake in a 350 degree oven for 30-40 minutes. Halfway through rub the tops with butter. These come out especially golden when baked using coals. Mushroom Filling: 2 cups of button mushrooms, cleaned & cut up 1/4 cup of cream 1/4 cup of water 2 tablespoons of butter, rolled in flour Salt & pepper to taste In a cooking pot add your mushrooms and water. Boil for a few minutes then add the cream, butter rolled in flour, salt and pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes while stirring frequently. You may add a teaspoon more of flour if you want thicker gravy. After 5 minutes remove from your heat. Cut a hole out of the top of bread rolls. Scoop out as much of the crumb as is possible. Into this spoon in the above prepared mushroom gravy. Restore the cap to the top of the rolls. Bake in an oven on broil for a few minutes, or until they are crispy. You may use the leftover crumb to cleanup your cooking pot from gravy! Yum! To Broil Beef Steaks, (The Female Economist 1810) Beef steaks. Rump steaks are recommended in the original receipt Butter, 1 teaspoon per steak Salt & pepper to taste Begin by beating the steak with a rolling pin on both sides. Over a hot BBQ grill, or a gridiron, lay down the steaks. When you are ready to flip them sprinkle them with salt & pepper, flip and sprinkle that side with more salt & pepper. Be sure to only flip them once during cooking. When done to your desired cooking level plate with a dab of butter below each steak. The original recipet recommends serving with a side of onions and/or mushroom ketchup.

The more I watch these, the more profound respect and gratitude I have for my ancestors, male and female. Imagine preparing meals like this ON TOP of doing subsistence farming, hunting, caring for domestic animals, possibly fending off hostile neighbors (animal / human), maintaining your house and tools, keeping the kids from being carried off by critters or drowning in the creek... my pampered mind boggles. Thank you for these glimpses of a very different time and lifestyle.

We should never underestimate nor forget how hard our ancestors worked to take care of their families. We are truly blessed.

In an apocalypse, you and Ron would be just fine. You are a mistress of fire management and food prep! Love your channel! 💕

I’ve been bingeing your channel for a week or so now and I cannot get enough. Thank you so much for these videos, they bring me so much peace and has reignited my love for history. I hope you and Ron are well. ❤

You do better in those conditions than I do in my modern kitchen.

You make fireplace cooking look easy - and everything looks so delicious 🤤. But you face when you were “tenderizing” that meat was priceless😂. Love your channel!

Baking hack: If you ever get tired of scraping out the sorghum/Honey/Molasses, mix it into your liquids first. It will dissolve into it and you won't have leftover bits that can't be scrapped out. 😃

Very good video. Something worth bearing in mind, but rarely discussed, is that historically the second greatest loss of life among women, after childbirth, was 'hearth death'. This was a euphemism for when women in long skirts who cooked with a down-hearth, caught fire themselves... 🙁

I am so so proud of your hard work in these videos! Your dedication to this channel is inspiring thank you so much for always giving me something sooo cool to watch!!🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Food is life, and boy do you bring much earlier times to life for us. THANK YOU ❤❤❤

The amount of work you put into every video (and transcribing the receipts!) is astonishing. Thank you keeping these important skills and traditions alive. You are both treasures!

But you make it look easy. Until I found your channel, I had no idea HOW people cooked with an open hearth. Thank you for this channel, I have learned so much more about life in those times!

January 1830, after visiting Ron's and Justine's cabin, I will never forget what a crumb of bread is ever. That is when the crust of the bread is removed. I should have known this. Blessings all. From KY, it's cold. 😂😂😂 looked great Justine I will be trying the mushroom dish for sure!

I just love these videos! I love the sound of the crackling fire and the clink of pans and utensils, I love the sounds of nature; rosters crowing, birds chirping, rain or snow falling, and a meow from Mish. It all makes me want to build a cabin of my own! Women had to work very hard then just to grow/ gather food, prepare meals, and preform household duties! Wow! And Justine and Ron don't have children to care for... Yet. Kinda makes me rethink a cabin of my own! Thank you Justine and Ron for your videos and an insight into life in the 18th and 19th centuries!

What a fine winter meal! Warms you inside and out. 🍽️

Cooking on an open hearth is Definitely an Art. Great work!

I thought that scratch cooking was a lot of work now, but boy! It was a lot harder for my great grandmother. You do amazing work. The cabin, stuffed with antiques is an amazing settling, and your dress is very authentic looking too.

Everything here looks unbelievably good! Especially on a cold, chilly day like today! There's nothing more filling and more delicious than steak and mushrooms! Amazing video, as always! 😊

We have decided that if we ever run away from home, we are taking you, Ron & your cookbooks with us. So fun watching & learning how it was done. This info would have done us well 40 years ago when taking our kids camping etc. Your time doing all this is so appreciated. So proud of you both.❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸😊😊👍👍🌻🌻

Interesting that you could acquire sorghum, as it is somewhat hard to find nowadays. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, New Englanders were encouraged to use both sorghum and Maple sugar as sweeteners, for the purpose of shunning the Molasses and sugar industry, and thereby not supporting slave labor. Waited two whole days for this segment!! Love your channel.💞

I have recently discovered your channel and Frontier Patriot. I love all of your videos. They really have been encouraging me to live a more simple and fulfilling life. Thank you for sharing these.

I swear you make that look so easy! ❤

I got worried when I didn't see Alfred Figg, but there he was sitting on the prep table. Great recipe, Justine. That shroom bread looks so yummy.

Adoro questo modo di vivere..quando si vedono questo video è come proiettarsi in un'altra epoca dove regna la pace e la serenità. ❤️

The rice pudding pie looks delicious. And those mushroom loaves also. Cannot wait to try. Thank you for providing the modern recipe.

The pie,mushroom loaves and steak look so delicious! I would love to have that for dinner! Justine you are an expert when it comes to cooking on the hearth, but I know it takes practice. Thank you for sharing this wonderful meal! Bon appetite 🌞🦋💖

That looked amazingly delicious. Can't wait to see the Chew and Chat...I wonder if Ron will even have anything to say when there is so much good food to be eaten. Thank you both for the education, entertainment and dinner inspiration.

You've done it again Justine. Despite just eating my dinner I am drooling over your amazing cooking!

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL! SO SOOTHING!

Yummy!! That's a beautiful spread! Agree cooking is very hard and stressful! But that's how it is when it's your passion. That pie is Gorgeous!! Also, so relaxing to watch you. Thank you

Your fire management skills are just soooo impressive. What a pro.

Looks fantastic Justine, 1830's Panera bread mushroom bowls!😊

Miss Dorn, one of my favorites is the bread kneading bowl. My Nanny, Daddy’s mother, had a large wooden bowl in the lower cabinet, this was in the later 1960’s. Flour was always in the bowl. She would add what she needed for biscuits or bread. Your kneading bowl reminds me so much of my Nanny.

This dinner looks delicious, especially the mushroom loaf. By the way, we have and use mushroom ketchup now ❤ for many of our meals. I always loved anything mushroom! Your love for cooking  is inspirational! Speedy restoration of health and vitality is my prayer. Blessings for all you do and share!

Imagine how our ancestors has to deal a lot things to cook a nice meal on the table and take a lot of time to do it. To prepare a lot of stuffs , you need to have a lot of patience and love. It is so amazing delicious home cook. Now a days, we have all the modern equipment to use and fast too. We need appreciate them so much.

Blessed be the hands of the family's cherished wife and mother that kept them united through her hard work, love and dedication. This was so soothing to watch and enjoy.

When I visited St Louis I went to see the Museum at the Gateway Arch and saw a lot of unique historical pieces and I automatically thought of you guys. It was beauty in simplicity yet resourcefulness within limitations of the era. A truly unforgettable experience. I am from Australia and some of our colonial history is similar. Because of interest in history I studied Bachelor of Sociology and Anthropology. You guys bring history to life 💕 Thank you for sharing!

Everything looks absolutely amazingly delicious! Very simple recipes but great tasting 🤩

WOW! This whole meal looks fantastic. You and Ron are most fortunate to be able to partake of your "labors"! Thank you for sharing.

Watching you cook these old recipes is fascinating! I love these videos.

This is sooo relaxing to watch! Thanks for all the work and the effort you've put in it

Oh my goodness, Miss Justine, that meal looks Superb ! Thank you for the receipts, I must make this !

I think I'll stick with my fan assisted, split oven! Much respect for these hard working women! 👍🇬🇧

Omg....i cant wait to make this. It looks sooo good! I make rice pudding sometimes but the way you made it with the crust looks divine, it almost looks like a souffle. The mushroom gravy in the bread bowls looks wonderful and the bread looks so flaky. I love your channel. I love watching you cook and i love making your recipes .❤ I get so many complements when i make the food from your channel. So often when i cook recipes from your show no one has ever had what ive made. I tell everyone about you and your channel. The recipes you bring back to life are so much better than the way we cook today.

Quel travail ! Quelle précision ! Merci.

For my taste, one of, if not the most delicious videos of yours yet! Got me thinking of real mushroom soap, and just love the bread and, beef steaks! Thank you for your time in making this video.

Watching you in this cozy cottage cooking all the delicious recipes in the oldfashioned way and in this calm atmosphere gives me comfort and peace. A wonderful time out from our hectic world

Love watching you fix these old receipts!! Its fascinating in this day we live in to see the ways food was prepared long before us! ❤️🌹

Just Amazing! I just Love watching your recipes! I could live in a cabin and cook over a wood stove, but not like you ! Love from Michigan U.S.A...

This looks like a delicious meal! And all my husband's favorites.

The loaves are like our modern "soup bowls". I love cream of mushroom soup and I love home made bread with butter. These would be my favorite too 😂❤

Oh, thank you for the recipes 😋 this will be wonderful to eat with the family!

The meal looks so delicious. Thank you, Justine for the recipes.

Looks delicious! I love watching and listening to this.

Yum ! Everything looks fantastic! Cant wait to hear about your trip and the sofa!❤

I own a really big old farmhouse in Cornwall England, its currently empty as we left the uk but a few years ago now when we lived there, the old 1970s fire place was taken out as we always thought there may be something behind it so it was a gamble but behind it was a beautiful wide fireplace and the original brickwork and a clome oven, fully intact with the door, built in to the side!! The place is around. 250 years old.. all it needed was the brickwork cleaning. We used a big beam from the old shippon to use across the top of the fireplace and slates rom the old barn to keep it original . Its about 8ft wide, the clome oven about 16” wide and goes back about 20” . 😊

I dont know why but i enjoyed this recipe so much that im gonna try it!😁

Needless to say I have learned so much watching this channel. Thank you! Much respect

That fire looks so cozy! 😊 And the food looks yummy!

I've been very curious about how they cleaned dishes, etc. back then.

Oh so soothing for the soul Thank you 🙏🏼

That looks delicious. Kinda looks like biscuits an gravy with mushrooms.

It looks delicious. It would be ungrateful to ask for a second serving in light of the many steps It took to make the first servings. Time consuming for sure. A labor of love to live in these times. Thank you for sharing. 🇺🇲

This is a meal I am making for my husband. He's going to love it. 3 things he adores. Bread, mushrooms, and steak. This will become his favorite meal. I can't wait to try it.

Greetings from Montana 👋😊❤ I cannot tell you how delicious this meal looks! Those mushroom loaves look absolutely sinful!! I am definitely going to have to make those! Thank you, Justine, and have a blessed and beautiful week!

Those look so good. I'll have to try and make that rice pudding and mushroom loaves for myself. I have never seen a rice pudding in a pie crust before.

We ordered Sorghum after watching your video. It arrived today. The flour is available at our grocery, but not the syrup. It is so good, sweet but not too sweet. Great substitute for sweetener. Looking forward to all the recipes we can use it in. Next grocery day will pick up some sorghum flour. Supposed to be good for low or no gluten diets. See, we are learning so much from you. ❤❤❤

My fireplace and wood stove cooking has gotten better. I haven't cooked like this since I was a kid. Thank y'all plz continue y'all's vids❤❤

Hello from Irving Tx. Just found your channel and have fallen in love with it. The rooster crowing crackling sound from fire place makes me miss my grandparents who were homesteaders. Bringing back fun memories!! I love finding old cookware that was back then when things were made with Pride to last a lifetime.Thanks for sharing!🙏🌺

I absolutely love this channel ❤. I like the no talking so you’re eyes are focused on what you are doing. It’s great!!💕🙏🙏

That bread looked awesome 🤤 TY for sharing these recipes of old 💗

I have Italian ancestors. I wonder what their lives were like, for men and women. You do wonderful work. It's not enough to read about the hard lives they had, your videos make them come to life again. I was wondering how long it will be before an 'early American' restaurant opens somewhere. Thanks!!

What a pleasure to be able to enjoy the simple sounds of your kitchen.

Wow! Those mushroom loaves look fabulous! You are such a joy to watch❤

I seriously also have been binge watching all your videos! Love you guys! Thank you ❤

I'm a little intimidated by using yeast (never used it before), but I've got to try these mushroom rolls!! They look so delish!

Interesting receipts! Even my kitty is snuggled next to me watching you cook 😅 Hope you had a great trip! 😊❤

I love watching your channel and appreciate what you do here. It's fabulous

These videos have literally cured my anxiety. I have no idea why watching this is so relaxing. I am addicted.

Mr fig looks great in his winter attire, must be the latest thing from Pairs for the upwardly mobile young rabbit.

❤ Thank U! It makes me appreciate a modern Kitchen. Awesome job on cooking..❤ 😊

I am always fascinated by these videos and the great amount of work it took just to make a meal 200 years ago. My mouth is still watering too. "Sure! I'll chop some wood to be allowed to sit at your table tonight! Thanks!"

Love it. Shows us what and how to do, if we get thrown back into the stone age! 👍👍👍

I am so worried when yours and Ron's videos don't come on Wednesday. Yours are my favorite videos. Blessings to you both.

OMG, I wanted to eat one of those loaves! This looks so yummy! I always wondered why they call that large pot a Dutch Oven. Now I see why! Who knew?! Thank you for sharing your expertise!

I would like to think that I could have done this when I was younger. But I'm 66 years old and with all the aches and pains I have, how did old people manage to even get food on the table, do laundry, keep up the house, garden and put up food for winter? It truly must have been gumption versus the elements. My great great great grandparents moved from Vermont to Wisconsin and lived in a lean to their first winter here. And my great great great grandmother was pregnant that year and had a baby. We need to pay homage to these heroes.

The world we live in today today is spinning out of control and I take comfort in reading Laura Ingall’s books and watching your channel. Thankyou

❤ it! I love everything about it!!!!🚂🇺🇸🥰🍙🥘🍖🌽🥧🥮🍯❤

I love watching your videos every week (and the chew & chats). As soon as I saw those mushroom loaves, I knew that they'd be a hit in my house and I made them for dinner! The bread was delicious on its own (and will definitely use the recipe again just for rolls) but with the mushroom filling they were insane! I divided the recipe in half to make two large buns (baked for 20 minutes instead) as it was just for 2 of us. Will definitely be making these again. Thanks for your fantastic content.

You make everything look so easy! ❤

Hi, I've been watching your channel since I was in high school and I’ve long since graduated, but your videos still bring so much comfort. So, thank you. 🤍

Just made the mushroom loaves and they were fantastic! Really enjoyed the bread recipe and will be making that recipe many more times! Thank you for sharing.

I enjoyed sooo much watching your show! I live near Sturbridge village and I love going there! I feel I was younger and traveled I would absolutely love visiting you at your village! Thank you ever so much for sharing this wonderful old cooking show! Amazing food looked absolutely delicious! Love mushrooms and rice pudding ❤❤❤

When people talk about the good old days, I reflect on this and think, Nah! I'll keep my modern appliances

I was having a sleepless night with lots of thoughts and concerns and stress. I decided to watch something on KZfaq at 2 am and this video popped. It was so relaxing and peaceful and I really enjoyed it. Thank you.

I LOVE the knife with the heart on it. The LOVE knife.

Im endlessly amazed at the baking in a dutch oven. So thats how they do it!

I love watching your channel. It makes me want to get up and bake. It has given me so much motivation and I love it. I just wish I had a fireplace to do what you do.

Greetings from Redondo Beach CA 🇺🇸. Watching this video brought me back in the 18th Century. Life is simple then but stress free. Nice work . Cheers 🥂