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| MeadowCrone |
Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 10:42:13 AM
Do any of you have a Still Room book? I have gathered all my notes, recipes and successes and failures into one book, to hand down to posterity and wondered if any of you have one and how you have organized it.
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| daylily |
Posted - Jul 09 2010 : 09:11:10 AM
Wow! Love this! I am going to read more and start one for myself. Wish I'd known about this before I turned 60! *Ü*
Chris
Farmgirl Sister #346
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| Bear5 |
Posted - May 14 2010 : 8:20:25 PM
The information about the Still Room Books is fascinating! I had never heard of such a thing. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing such great information.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
| natesgirl |
Posted - Apr 30 2010 : 6:37:32 PM
Does a binder with tab pages for seperation count? Kind of a new version of record keeping maybe? I've been keeping a binder like this most of my life after I seen my grandmas notebook. I guess my OCD took over and I had to super organize mine. I still use and add to it all the time.
Farmgirl Sister #1438
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| Kidrae |
Posted - Apr 30 2010 : 6:02:01 PM
I love to use cheap journals or spiral note book for mine. Some for recipes for the body, some for medicine and some for cooking, and the garden. I love to have a note book or journal with me when I am reading. I am always finding something useful and writing down helps me remember.
Keep everything good in your heart and thoughts!
RaeAnn |
| herbquilter |
Posted - Apr 18 2010 : 11:25:28 PM
Carla,
Thanks for the link to the Smith's site. A wonderful treasure.
Blessings,
Kristine ~ Mother of Many, Herbalist, Master Energy Intuitive
http://herbalmommasda.blogspot.com/
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| phonelady |
Posted - Apr 17 2010 : 10:19:46 PM
I guess I made something like this when I put together my cookbook.
It has recipes, natural cleaners and healthy herbals and whatnot. There's a picture of my Mother in her garden [stomping in the mud, of all things] and writings about me when I first learned to cook.
There are the recipes that Great-grandma Nonnie left behind [is anyone who reads this in the future going to be brave enough to try the Prune Cake recipe? I left a written challange for whoever picks up the book. ;*D
Didn't know it was called a Still Book. Cool!
Carla
It's not just life-
It's an adventure! |
| phonelady |
Posted - Apr 17 2010 : 10:12:06 PM
Here's the Smith Family's Stillroom book,
http://gidget.my100megs.com/stillroommenu.html
This is a neet site.
Smiles!
Carla
It's not just life-
It's an adventure! |
| kindred spirit |
Posted - Apr 06 2010 : 5:12:19 PM
Thanks for all the info! I have been putting notes into a notebook also. I love this idea of a still room book! I know what I'll be doing this weekend!!
Blessings,
Kindred Spirit |
| delicia |
Posted - Apr 06 2010 : 11:55:41 AM
I am working on mine and love it. I just love the idea of getting something that someone has loved and used it really speaks to me.
delicia |
| Calicogirl |
Posted - Apr 06 2010 : 11:28:55 AM
Thanks for sharing girls, this is neat. I can't wait to make one :)
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
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| jpbluesky |
Posted - Apr 06 2010 : 07:54:38 AM
But don't you need a still? JK :) This is really interesting. I had never heard of this before, either. I have seen lots of nature journals, and recipe books, but not one called a still room. Can you imagine how important this must have been when people experimented and learend with different herbs for medicinal purposes? It would really help to look back and see what worked and what didn't. No one could go to Walgreen's then. And some hebse were so dangerous....thanks for sharing this piece of history!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
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| Catherine |
Posted - Apr 06 2010 : 07:45:22 AM
I love this idea!
I have notebooks filled with recipes and such that I should put into a more orderly fashion. I think a stillroom book is just the thing, thanks for the inspiration!
Blessings,
Catherine :)
http://lovelivingsimply.blogspot.com/
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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| alterationsbyemily |
Posted - Mar 21 2010 : 2:38:15 PM
very cool! I have a folder on my computer with all this information. I guess it would be like a book. I open word title it and copy paste, and then save in the particular folder.
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| MeadowCrone |
Posted - Mar 08 2010 : 5:19:03 PM
Here is a great link on Still Room books. Tough to read the old books but squint and it can be done. http://www.neuhsa.org/StillRoom.html
Farmgirl #121
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| MeadowCrone |
Posted - Mar 08 2010 : 4:53:44 PM
One of my favorite things in my book is the index. This is simple to do and helpful.
Farmgirl #121
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| Ms. Hannigan |
Posted - Feb 27 2010 : 8:35:21 PM
I'm just getting started growing herbs, and I can't wait to start a Still Room Book so I'll have a record of the whole process! Thanks for sharing this!
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| delicia |
Posted - Feb 20 2010 : 05:56:44 AM
If anyone has any of the FoxFire books that share living in Appalachia there are some things from stillroom books. These are recipes or recipts from women showing how they used different herbs to make medicines with it is so interesting. |
| delicia |
Posted - Feb 03 2010 : 2:59:04 PM
I have been working on mine and it is starting to look pretty good. I am just putting herbal and garden things in mine not any recipes. It would be fun to share and see others. |
| MeadowCrone |
Posted - Feb 01 2010 : 07:55:07 AM
Great, Angie. I will take some photos and post them, I am not too computer savvy. Maybe I could get my 3rd grader to help me...lol
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| emsmommy5 |
Posted - Jan 29 2010 : 09:51:00 AM
Thanks for explaining this. I looked for an example online and couldn't find any info. I sort of have one started, but I think I want to expand it now!
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| MeadowCrone |
Posted - Jan 29 2010 : 07:18:15 AM
Ok I will try to get smart and post a photo of mine. Many many years ago, like Medieval times, most of the homes had a room dedicated to the medicine of the home. In it was kept the Still, used mostly for creating medicine, that's how the room got its' name - The Still Room. The Housewife, kept in her Still Room, a book, which had been handed down to her from her mother etc. In it were the best time to pick herbs, recipes for medicines, bits of information on when to plant and what. Basically the running of a house, the information that you don't want to forget, recipes etc.
My Still Room Book, is mostly about the medicine. The last 26 pages are my index. I have a letter of the alphabet, at the top of each page. As I add recipes, mark where I found an herb etc, I add it to the index, so that it will be easy to find.
I loved my book.. When I started it, I picked a leather covered, thick journal but Melina is right, you could use a spiral bound notebook, if you like. I don't include cooking recipes in mine because I have a recipe book for that and I don't want my herbal recipes overwhelmed by the regular recipes but I do like to include successes and failures.
www.muckingbootsandmagic.blogspot.com
www.meadowcrone.blogspot.com |
| classygram |
Posted - Jan 24 2010 : 09:43:53 AM
I've been saving all types of wisdom ideas for years. But have just put them in a folder. But this sounds fun and easier to find what your looking for. Would like to see samples of some of the ones you have done.
Brenda |
| Melina |
Posted - Jan 24 2010 : 08:19:36 AM
A stillroom book is a notebook of herbal recipes, herbal wisdom, etc. that is of particular importance to the individual woman who compiles it. Every housewife used to keep such a book, in the days before printed cookbooks. They often shared this wisdom at women's gatherings like quilting bees, knitting circles, family picnics, etc. It might also have a bit of a diary, noting how many bushels of corn were harvested, how many eggs sold, when the cow dried up, etc.
The morning breeze has secrets to tell you. Do not go back to sleep.
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| JustAnAllAmericanGirl |
Posted - Jan 23 2010 : 06:21:57 AM
Ditto. Never heard of the name Stillroom Book.
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| dutchy |
Posted - Jan 22 2010 : 06:34:11 AM
I was thinking the same hing, Deb: WHAT is a Still Room book??
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