{"id":6,"date":"2011-03-27T15:19:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T19:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/?p=6"},"modified":"2011-03-28T09:50:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T13:50:31","slug":"march-9-2011-visit-to-fort-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/?p=6","title":{"rendered":"March 9, 2011 Visit to Fort York."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Fork York we cooked in the officers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 kitchen with Bridget.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7\" title=\"FY_#1_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_1_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_1_.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_1_-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We made \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hard Gingerbread\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which is really ginger snap cookies.  We cooked exactly like people did in the mid 1800\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8\" title=\"FY_#2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_2-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First we had to grind the spices, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and nutmeg in a mortar and pestle or graters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9\" title=\"FY_#3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_3-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had to smash up a cone of sugar, then sieve it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10\" title=\"FY_#4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_4-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bigger pieces went back into the mortar for more pounding.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11\" title=\"FY_#5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_5.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_5-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We creamed butter in a large bowl, adding sugar, molasses, baking soda, spices and finally the flour.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12\" title=\"FY_#6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_6-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we rolled out the dough and used cookie cutters to shape the cookies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13\" title=\"FY_#7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_7.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_7-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More rolling and rolling.  Everybody rolled cookies!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14\" title=\"FY_#8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_8.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_8-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The cookie cutter was useful!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15\" title=\"FY_#9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_9.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_9-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were lots of cookies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16\" title=\"FY_#10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_10.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_10-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They were put on baking sheets and cooked in the oven.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-17\" title=\"FY_#11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_11.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_11-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The best part? We got two bags full of cookies.  They were delicious!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19\" title=\"FY_#12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_12.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/FY_12-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The things we learned about early Ontario cooking.<\/p>\n<p>Sugar did not come granulated in bags.  It was hard, in cone-shapes, and had to be pounded and sieved into a powder. We used a tea cup to measure dry ingredients (like flour and sugar).  There were no measuring cups like we use today and no electric mixers!  We had to stir everything together with a big wooden spoon.  People cooked in the hearth over the coals of a fire and baked in a brick oven built into the wall beside the fireplace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Fork York we cooked in the officers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 kitchen with Bridget. We made \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hard Gingerbread\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which is really ginger snap cookies. We cooked exactly like people did in the mid 1800\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. First we had to grind the spices, cinnamon, ginger, allspice and nutmeg in a mortar and pestle or graters. We had to smash up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fort-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.room15winona.reactorart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}