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\u201c\u2026times have changed. But some things haven\u2019t. We still need food. Food\u2019s still a gift. We still need each other. And it\u2019s still those things\u2013not money, not the economy, not our ambitions\u2013that bring us joy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s Tuesday, which means we\u2019re spending it with Fannie Farmer<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This week, my journey into the Fannie Farmer cookbook took place {mostly} on Saturday, when I decided to try and replicate Mr. S\u2019s mother\u2019s traditional Saturday night dinner: Boston Brown Bread<\/a> (baked in an old can) and Boston Baked Beans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Although our town is on Long Island, it\u2019s so near the tip of the island, and was settled so long ago by people from New England, that\u2013especially among the older folk\u2013it leans culturally more toward New England than New York. That\u2019s part of why I\u2019ve chosen to peek into past American cookery starting with Fannie Farmer\u2013because her cookbook more or less represents the kind of cooking that once went on in, well, the very room I\u2019m sitting in now.<\/p>\n

I have to confess that the Brown Bread was not particularly brown because I couldn\u2019t find any molasses in town. Unfortunately, what makes both the bread and the beans \u201cBostonian\u201d is that they are supposed to have molasses in them; apparently because Boston was a trade center for rum and molasses was (is?) used in rum-making. I had to \u201cmake do\u201d (as Mr. S says) with dark brown sugar, and the result\u2013in both bread and beans\u2013was quite good.<\/p>\n

Baked beans (you can find a great recipe\u2013almost identical to Fannie\u2019s\u2013here<\/a>) get cooked slowly all day, which makes them perfect for a chilly late-summer\/early fall day when you\u2019re cold but not quite ready to turn on the heat. It\u2019s a warming and simple dish, and totally recession-friendly, since a huge pot can be made for something like $5 or less.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>And apple pie makes a perfect dessert, especially Fannie\u2019s apple pie. It\u2019s so light in sugar, so simple, and so very homey and delicious! I\u2019m having lots of fun making pastry and pie crust, and my favorite \u201cdiscovery\u201d so far is the old-fashioned advice of rolling pastry on a floured linen. How simple! It\u2019s better than a Silpat<\/a> for that purpose.<\/p>\n

But the best part of this old-fashioned dinner was bringing it to my friends. The world has changed so much since their mothers served them brown bread and baked beans and apple pies. It brings me great joy to share something tasty and familiar with them, and sit together, eating and talking about old times, including the days of rationing<\/a> and Victory Gardens.<\/a> Yes, the times have changed. But some things haven\u2019t. We still need food. Food\u2019s still a gift. We still need each other. And it\u2019s still those things\u2013not money, not the economy, not our ambitions\u2013that bring us joy.<\/em><\/p>\n

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