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Christmas recipes

The above illustration of St. Nicholas filling stockings is from a Christmas card sent by Kirke Bryan, a former president of the Historical Society, perhaps in 1971.  The card was a reproduction of an 1849 illustrated printing of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Clement C.  Moore.  Bryan, a prominent lawyer in Montgomery County, sent… Read More »Christmas recipes

How to feed an army

My grandfather was perhaps the only person to gain weight when he was in army.  He loved army food, and for the rest of his life he wanted to eat like he was in the army (apparently, this involved eating creamed corn almost every night).  This week, I got a closer look at my grandfather’s… Read More »How to feed an army