Common Southern Recipes during the 1800s

To make an authentic 1800s-style soul food sweet potato dish, the best option is a sweet potato pone. This rustic, crustless pudding was developed by enslaved African Americans using the ingredients […]

Based on historical records, recipes for salt pork in 19th-century Texas were not formally documented for enslaved people, whose meals depended on provisions and scraps from the plantation owner. Salt