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I was reading a food history book and found out the first written recipe for ice cream was from 1665.
It was in a book called 'The Art of Cookery' by a guy named Robert May, and it called for orange flower water and ambergris (which is whale stuff, yuck). I always thought it was a much newer thing. Has anyone else come across old recipes that made you do a double take?
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noah_webb12d ago
Yeah, that tracks. You see it with tools too. My grandpa's old work manuals have instructions for mixing your own paint or sealant from stuff like linseed oil and lead, wild recipes nobody would touch now. Makes you realize how much basic stuff was just homemade chemical experiments back then.
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anna98312d agoMost Upvoted
But those old recipes actually worked pretty well, all things considered.
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