Hey, what I've run across! A bill for laundry from 1675, and 18th century washing machines, and the recipe for starching of muslin and plenty and plenty of more at the site Old & Interesting.

And a handful of other resources:
Apple corers, back to 17th.
Toothpick holders of 19th.
Neapolitan silver marks, 15th-19th.

Feeding America, a collection ( Read more... )

PotC: On Stranger Tides is just coming, and the moviemakers won't be able to say that they hadn't a possibility to the proper research. Queen Anne's Revenge, sunk in 1718, was discovered (supposedly) again in 1996. On The Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck Project site, you can read (very comprehensive and detailed!) reports from the archaeology field ( Read more... )

Posted here because I thought it may be of interest. Let me know if I am wrong.

(N.B. Before I go any further I wish to state that the following is no reflection on the general state of my kitchen. It is, I am afraid, one of the drawbacks of living in the countryside that the wildlife occasionally insists on coming indoors.)

"So You've Never ( Read more... )

In the meantime, esteven gave me this link, suggesting my Marines might like to spend their pennies on something tasty. So, I give you Georgian Ice-cream