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Item 12300

Pudding mold, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Brunswick Media: Metal

Item 12301

Pudding Mold, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Brunswick Media: Metal

Item 104254

Corn oysters and a "cheap and quick" Indian pudding, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Media: Ink on paper

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Dee's Ice Cream Pint, Brunswick, ca. 1950

How Sweet It Is

Desserts have always been a special treat. For centuries, Mainers have enjoyed something sweet as a nice conclusion to a meal or celebrate a special occasion. But many things have changed over the years: how cooks learn to make desserts, what foods and tools were available, what was important to people.

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"Chops and Tomato Sauce" as prepared for Samuel Pickwick, ca. 1890

Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes

Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes showcases historic recipes, dating from the 18th century to the 1950s, like sweet treats, traditional favorites, promotional printings, medicinal concoctions, curious libations, and recipes that have fallen out of favor.

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Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.