Tag: Jas. Townsend

Day 3: Chicken – Celebrate American Food History

July 22, 2016

On June 20, 2016, Jas. Townsend and Son posted a remarkable video on YouTube. Over 1 million people have since watched Mr. Townsend cooking fried chicken, based on a recipe from an English cookbook from 1736: Dictionarium Domesticum, by lexicographer Nathan Bailey.  Bailey’s greatest work appears to have been his Universal Etymological Dictionary, published in 1721. … More Day 3: Chicken – Celebrate American Food History

Pemmican, and Other Sundry Treats from Jas. Townsend

July 13, 2016

Of the three  influences on early American cooking – Native American, European, and African – Native Americans deserve far more credit, for one thing, than just for their expertise on corn.  Thanks to that knowledge, Europeans and others became rather adept at manipulating corn and cornmeal, and other ingredients, in order to stay alive in the New … More Pemmican, and Other Sundry Treats from Jas. Townsend