My wife and I made yogurt a few days ago. Making yogurt is quite easy, especially if you have a yogurt maker. All you need is milk, yogurt yeast, and some time. While it takes hours to make yogurt, most … Continue reading →

Some time ago I looked through a big book of Gallup polls.  Gallup polls aren’t that well-known anymore, but back in the day Gallup did surveys on (I believe) a weekly basis, and sold the results to newspapers as a … Continue reading →

I was shopping at World Market a few days ago and saw a book on how to make distillations and infusions.  Distilling means making hard liquor (like brandy or whiskey), while infusing means to take an existing liquor and add … Continue reading →

Clarence Saunders revolutionized the way we shop for food. In the early 20th century you shopped at the local market, where the staff got the food for you (most of it was behind a counter) and calculated how much you … Continue reading →

Ever wonder what it was like to eat on an American steamboat in the 1830s?  No need to keep wondering; James Logan, a Scotsman who traveled through America in the early 1830s, described it.  He traveled deck passage, which meant … Continue reading →