While cousin Daniel works on the repairs for the road, Lydia has deemed today unfit for gardening due to the mud. Instead, it has become bread and butter day. The hops are boiling over the fire to start the process in making a bread sponge (starter) while the butter churn has been scrubbed with salt and is now sitting in the sun to disinfect it before churning the cream. Did you know that many advertisements for dairy maids in the 18th century specify that the maid must be clean so that the dairy products wouldnt spoil?
Posted on: Thu, 01 May 2014 15:24:11 +0000
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