You're welcome, Daniel!  Being an historic archaeologist, an historic
re-enactor and hobbyist chef, these cookbooks are fascinating at  lot
of levels! Compared with the material that was available to me as a
grad student in the late 70s, the material on the Internet is
fantastic!!! I really enjoy just reading them for fun.

On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Daniel Martin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thank YOU Smoke! That is a great site, awesome and easy to download. Later I will look and see if they have any recipes for whale. I have seen some mussel shell in historic sites that I am pretty sure got there from animal predation. Not exactly a midden mind you; but I have seen birds fly some distance from the river to consume them as well.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Smoke
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:41 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Freshwater mussels on 18th century sites
>
> As an early 1800s reenactor, for food history, I can highly recommend the Historic American Cookbook Project - Feeding America. Lots of great early cookbooks in .pdf and other formats ranging from 1798 to 1922.  Enjoy!  :-) http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/browse_date.html
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 8:05 AM, Bill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Recent excavations on an early 18th century site in central Delaware
>> recovered some freshwater mussel shells amongst the faunal remains.
>> Normally freshwater mussels are associated with Native American sites
>> in the Middle Atlantic region.  This presents the possibility of a
>> Native American presence or interaction with the European inhabitants
>> of the site (circa
>> 1720 to 1735).  Several glass seed beads recovered from floatation
>> further support this theory.  My question is: Has anyone found
>> freshwater mussel shells on non-Native American 18th century sites in the region?
>>
>> Thanks for your input in advance!
>>
>> Bill Liebeknecht, MA, RPA
>> Principal Investigator
>> Hunter Research, Inc.
>> Trenton, New Jersey
>
> --
> Smoke Pfeiffer
> In other news, the wolves and coyotes have finished investigating a break-in at the henhouse.  The fox has been cleared.



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Smoke Pfeiffer
In other news, the wolves and coyotes have finished investigating
a break-in at the henhouse.  The fox has been cleared.