{"id":45,"date":"2009-09-05T00:55:18","date_gmt":"2009-09-04T14:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theshoppe.com.au\/wp\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2013-02-27T17:12:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T06:42:07","slug":"old-time-kitchen-skills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theshoppe.com.au\/?page_id=45","title":{"rendered":"Old Time Kitchen Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Food is the source of our survival.
\nAnd the source of food is the Earth.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Amid the modern-day wave of fast food, processed and packaged commercial offerings we tend to forget this simple fact.
\nIn times past food was precious \u2013 our ancestors struggled with food shortages and lack of resources to grow food (such as water, land, climate, \u2018man-power\u2019, etc.).<\/p>\n

Everything was appreciated and used fully – nothing was wasted or taken for granted.<\/p>\n

Homes had big backyards with an array of vegetables, fruit trees, herbs, chooks, etc\u2026\u2026a sharp contrast to today\u2019s \u2018consumer\u2019 way of life.\"family\"<\/a><\/p>\n

There was a simple appreciation for what the Earth and Mother Nature provided and the resources, time and skills required to bring the food to the table.<\/p>\n

People were aware of the type of food they were consuming and what it contained \u2013 no additives, no preservatives, no chemicals, just real flavour and real food.<\/p>\n

In contrast today\u2019s society has disconnected from its \u2018food roots\u2019 and become dependant on commercial offerings and mass production.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the process sacrificed such things as taste, nutrition and the wholesome component of food.<\/p>\n

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Practical Kitchen Skills<\/h3>\n

Vital food preparation skills that were once a part of every household and passed down through family generations are being lost.\u00a0 With it an appreciation for the simple practical things in life, the joy of preparing food and being appreciated for what we have created.\u00a0 Making butter, cheese, yoghurt and bread were\u00a0essential household food skills.<\/p>\n

For further information – <\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Practical Kitchen Skills e-Booklet Set<\/h2>\n

Kitchen skills of times past – making butter, bread, yoghurt and cheese.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contains 4 e-booklets:<\/strong> No. 11 –\u00a0Making Butter, No. 29 – Making Bread, No. 60 –\u00a0Making Yoghurt, No. 62 –\u00a0Making Cheese.\u00a0 (Available for instant download)\u00a0 Price: $24.00\u00a0\u00a0 ADD TO CART <\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

Click here <\/a>for information about individual e-booklets.<\/p>\n

Click here <\/a>for e-Booklet Set information.<\/p>\n

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\"kitchen-4\"Preserving Techniques<\/h3>\n

Many of the food products we buy today have their origins in food preservation techniques: jams, sauces, baked goods, frozen food, pickled food, drying, canned foods, smoked, salted, cordials, fruit juice, fermenting (wine), distilling, even yoghurt and cheese, were all techniques for preserving or prolonging the keeping time of food so that it could be appreciated for longer or, in some cases, all year round.<\/p>\n

For further information –<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Old Time Kitchen Skills – Preserving e-Booklet Set<\/h2>\n

Preserving techniques of the past that transformed food into flavour-some options for long-term keeping – including preserving with recycled jars, homemade sauces and beverages, numerous methods for preserving fruit (jams, conserves, syrups, cordials, fruit cheese, crystallizing, etc.) and old-time methods for storage so that food maintained freshness for maximum duration.
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6 e-Booklets<\/strong>:\u00a0 No. 46\u00a0 – Preserving Without a Preserving Outfit, No. 52 –\u00a0Salubrious Sauces, No. 49 –\u00a0Bringing Back the Beverage,\u00a0 No. 72 –\u00a0Drying Food, No. 73 –\u00a0Food Storage Techniques, No. 74 – Ways with Fruit.\u00a0\u00a0Price: $42.00\u00a0 (Available for instant download)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ADD TO CART<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here <\/a>for e-Booklet Set information.\u00a0 Click here <\/a>for information about individual e-booklets.<\/p>\n

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Making Ends Meet \u2013 Improvising in the Kitchen<\/h3>\n

In \"J0177954\"<\/a>times past food shortages were common – often due to short supply or financial hard times. People became adept at finding and using substitutes or alternatives.<\/p>\n

Here are some examples:
\nEgg substitute<\/strong> for cakes and similar baked items: Bicarbonate of soda
\nPlain flour into Self-raising Flour<\/strong> \u2013 add bicarbonate of soda and cream of tartar to plain flour.
\nSour Cream<\/strong> \u2013 Add vinegar to plain cream
\nFood Colouring Substitutes<\/strong> (examples): Beetroot juice – rose or pink colouring. Saffron, turmeric or egg yolk – yellow colouring.\u00a0 Green colouring – spinach juice<\/p>\n

For further information: <\/em> e-Booklet No. 12 –\u00a0 Kitchen Improvise<\/strong>r\u00a0 &\u00a0 e-Booklet or No. 75 –\u00a0Natural Dyes & Colours. <\/strong>Click here <\/a>for information about individual e-booklets.<\/p>\n

For further information –<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Old Time Kitchen Skills – Improvisation e-Booklet Set<\/h2>\n

Practical money saving options for every household –\u00a0 general improvising in the kitchen, alternative uses for eggs, make-your-own spice blends, breakfast cereals, coffee alternatives, natural sweeteners and the many uses for stale bread.
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8 e-Booklets: <\/strong>No. 12 –\u00a0Improvising in the Kitchen,\u00a0 No. 42 – Eggstatic!, No. 53 –\u00a0Homemade Spice Mixes, No.\u00a054 – International Meals on a Budget, No. 70 –\u00a0Homemade Breakfast Cereals, No. 64 – Coffee Alternatives, No. 65 – Natural Sweeteners, No. 80 – Uses for\u00a0Stale Bread.\u00a0 Price: $69.00\u00a0 (Available for instant download)<\/strong> ADD TO CART <\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

Click here <\/a>for e-Booklet Set information.<\/p>\n

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Herbs in the Kitchen<\/h3>\n

In times past every garden contained a collection of herbs for culinary and medicinal use. Often it was the only means of incorporating flavour into food \u2013 there were no packaged food, or pre-packaged herbs and spices to choose from. Herbs remain today as the most natural way to add flavour and aroma to food. Herbs can be added to cooked dishes as well as salads, condiments, oil, dairy products to infuse flavour and aroma into the base product.\u00a0 Here are some other examples:<\/p>\n

Herbal Vinegar: <\/strong>Herbs and other fragrant plants infused into plain vinegar
\nHerbal Oil: <\/strong>Herbs, garlic, chilli, peppercorns infused in oil for salads or cooking.
\nHerbal Butter, Honey or Cheese<\/strong>: Sage butter is wonderful for cooking or homemade cottage cheese with added chives, garlic or parsley for sandwiches.
\nBouquet Garni:<\/strong> Small fabric bag containing sprig of thyme, rosemary, parsley and garlic added to stocks, stews and soups.
\nDried Herbs<\/strong>: Herbs were dried and stored for later use.<\/p>\n

For further information: <\/em><\/p>\n

Making herbal vinegar and oil – <\/em>No.\u00a07 – Herbal Oils & Vinegars<\/strong>. <\/em><\/p>\n

Drying herbs, herbal butter, honey and cheese – <\/em>No. 61 – Harnessing Herbs.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

Herbs in spice mixes and blends including making a bouquet garni – <\/em>No. 53 – Homemade Spice Mixes<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Click here <\/em><\/a>for information about individual publications.<\/em><\/p>\n

Booklet Set: <\/strong>
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\"\"<\/a>‘Ways With’ e-Booklet Set<\/h2>\n

Utilizing what\u2019s in your garden to the absolute fullest.\u00a0 You\u2019ll be surprised at the many hidden uses for popular herbs, flowers & produce growing right near your back door!<\/strong><\/p>\n

10 titles<\/strong> covering aspects of personal care, cosmetic, health and healing, culinary, cultivation, in the garden, and other uses \u2013 lots of useful information and recipes!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2018Ways With\u2019 \u2013 Mint, Parsley, Tomatoes, Lavender, Roses, Zucchini, Rosemary, Thyme, Nasturtiums, Sage.\u00a0 Price: $96.00\u00a0 (Available for instant download)\u00a0 ADD TO CART<\/a> <\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

Click here <\/a>for e-Booklet Set information.\u00a0 Click here <\/a>for information about individual e-booklets.<\/p>\n

Click here <\/a>for more information about the ‘Wonderful World of Herbs’.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Workshop<\/h2>\n

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Living in Harmony with the Planet Workshops<\/h3>\n

Old Time Kitchen Skills<\/span><\/h2>\n

Format: <\/strong>Making butter and yoghurt;\u00a0\u00a0Food preservation techniques: Turning garden produce and plants into: jams, cordials, preserves, etc;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Coping with shortages by finding substitutes;\u00a0\u00a0Homemade (and tasty) food alternatives to commercial products;\u00a0\u00a0 Take Home Samples<\/strong>: Homemade butter, homemade curry powder blend, bouquet Garni, sprouts in a recycled jar, plus food sampling<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Available soon as a Workshop@Home <\/span>– Click Here<\/span><\/a> <\/span>for\u00a0 information<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Pam<\/a>Pam’s Post<\/span><\/h2>\n

I was brought up in the country with only limited contact with supermarket shopping.\u00a0 From a young age I helped cook for large groups of shearers and visitors to the farm \u2013 we used only what was available at the time. Developing that confidence and skill with cooking and food has been one of the most precious things I have learnt in life.<\/em><\/p>\n

I now often cook homemade food for friends, meetings, groups, markets and events. People are quite taken with the wholesome flavour of the food on offer. But quite simply, in my humble opinion, there is nothing particularly special about the food \u2013 it\u2019s just simply \u2018homemade\u2019 using good (and if possible) home grown ingredients – definitely no preservatives and very little \u2018additives\u2019 like sugar and salt to enhance the flavour.<\/em><\/p>\n

I regularly make my own butter. I have vivid memories from my childhood of my mother milking the cow, then I would have the task of separating the milk from the cream (using an old machine called a \u2018separator\u2019). My mother would then make butter bright yellow in colour. It was so wonderfully flavoursome.\u00a0 So from time to time I re-live the experience by making my own home-made butter. To make it softer for spreading I blend either olive or canola oil with the butter.<\/em><\/p>\n

I preserve fruit \u2013 usually peaches, apricots and tomatoes in recycled jars for later use (when not in season). Other excess produce I blanch and freeze for later use. Every year I purchase cherries cheaply late in the season and blanch them for about 3-5 minutes in water before packaging (no sugar necessary) for the freezer.\u00a0 The flavour of my home preserved cherries with ice cream is to die for!\u00a0 The wonderful thing about preserving or making your own is that you can adjust the ingredients to suite personal taste or dietary requirements \u2013 I\u2019m always careful about sugar content in foods \u2013 when making or preserving my own\u00a0I can lessen the amount of sugar or exclude it entirely from the recipe.<\/em><\/p>\n

I make my own breakfast cereal using rolled oats, honey, banana, wheat-germ, nuts and dried fruit. It is oven baked with no added sugar \u2013 and tastes wonderful!<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not the \u2018world\u2019s greatest cook\u2019.\u00a0 I like my cooking to be quick, no fuss and if possible, successful.\u00a0 I love to watch cooking programmes but would not have the tolerance or time to spend painstaking hours decorating and making the food \u2018just right\u2019. My collection of recipes reflect my impatience \u2013 all contain minimal ingredients, one simple step to make and preferably in one bowl or dish (saves excessive dish-washing!). <\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Pam Marshall<\/em><\/p>\n

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