Day 63 - A History of American Food

In our library system, I found a book called The American Heritage Cookbook and Illustrated History of American Eating & Drinking." It was published in the 1960s by American Heritage Magazine, and I thought it might be an interesting addition to our little food experiment. So far I'm only to the point where the Pilgrims are being taught how to survive by Squanto, but in flipping through the book I found a little more information on how farm families would have made cheese:

"First, rennet had to be made from the stomach of an unweaned calf. This was soaked in water, and the resultant liquid was then added to milk......"

OK, I grew up on a cattle ranch & am pretty hardened to some things that other people would be pretty squeamish about, but I don't think I've ever wanted cheese THAT badly. Those early women settlers were tough women.