Here's a new recipe from our April/May 2011 issue.  Browse our new recipes archive by clicking on "Recipes" in the bottom right or under the "more..." section at the top of each page!  Enter Chris Cheney...

Chris Cheney's Atholl Brose

My dear friend Steve Orr introduced me to brose several years ago, and I have since developed my own favorite recipe, though it is always a true pleasure to sample other varieties.  I start my brose with the oat liquor left over from soaking hulled pinhead oats for making haggis.

Ingredients
1 cup oat liquor
1 cup very strong brewed coffee
1 cup honey
750 ml single malt scotch
1 vanilla bean
Small handful of cacao nibs
Cinnamon stick

Directions
Thoroughly mix together the oat liquor, coffee, honey, and scotch.  Into this mixture, add one vanilla bean, one small handful of cacao nibs, and a very small piece of cinnamon stick.  Let the mixture set for a month or more before you imbibe.  Enjoy!

Journal of the Early Americas is proud to announce the addition of a new recipes archive to our website!  Recipes featured in older issues of our publication will now be posted online.  Browse your favorite historical cuisine all in one place! 

To browse the archive, simply click on "Recipes" under the Categories section of the homepage (in the bottom-right) or under the "more..." section at the top of every page.  We hope you find something you love!

Now, let's start with this tasty syllabub recipe from our February/March 2011 issue...

Chris Cheney's Syllabub

Ingredients
1 pint heavy whipping cream
1 quart port wine or Madeira
1 large fistful dark brown cane sugar, about 1 ½ cups (preferably Muscovado or Turbinado)
1 pint dark rum (preferably black naval rum)
A few hearty grates of freshly-rasped nutmeg

Directions
Note: If you do not have a syllabub maker, you may use a wooden spoon or twig whisk in your punch bowl.

Into your syllabub maker, add one pint heavy whipping cream and a large fistful of dark brown cane sugar (maple, Muscovado, or Turbinado).  Stroke the syllabub maker until the cream is just starting to firm.  Separately combine the dark rum and Madeira.  Fill a crystal shrub glass ¾ full of the rum and fortified wine mixture and ladle a nice dollop of the sweetened cream on top. Grate a dusting of nutmeg over the cream and enjoy!

Alternatively, you may choose to combine all of the ingredients into you syllabub maker and whip together.

We hope you like this latest addition to our website!  More recipes will be added to the archive soon!

We are excited to bring you Journal of the Early America's third issue, scheduled for June/July 2011!  For a sneak peak at our featured articles, please see the list below.

Featured in the June/July 2011 issue (sections in bold, titles in italics):
    1.  Arts and Artisans – The Martin's Station Rifle Project by Carroll Ross
    2.  Hoppus and Hatchet – Of it they make their rope and bags, or, Got Cordage?
                by Lee Nelson
    3.  Hearthstone – S'Habiller: Getting Dressed in New France, 1740-1760, A Woman's Guide,
                Part II by Suzanne Gousse
    4.  Early Americas – Stockbridge: A Place, A People: Part I by Gerry Barker
    5.  To Arms – Howarth’s South Carolina Regiment 1757-1760, Part II  by William B. Jack
    6.  Discerning Re-enactor – More Than Paint and Silver: Thoughts on Delving Deeper Into
                a Native Persona by Benjamin VonDielingen
    7.  Punchbowl – Punch: A Review by Jasmine Criswell Tesdahl, and The French Trade Gun In
                North America, 1662-1759 by Casey M. Criswell
    8.  A Matter of Taste – The Melding of Early Americas Foods by Lisa M. Youngman
    9.  Musings Around the Inkpot – Our letters to and from the editor.

For more information about what topics we cover in each section, please click here.  Haven't secured a subscription yet?  Don't delay!  Visit our subscriptions page today.  We hope you find something you love in each and every issue of Journal of the Early Americas.

P.S.  We are always looking for writers and advertisers wishing to publish their content with us.  Please visit our writers page and advertising page for more information.  Our new website is being updated frequently, so please come back and visit us again soon to see what's new.  If you have additional questions or comments, visit our contact us page.  Thank you!

We have made a few improvements to our calendar of community events and thought you would like to know!  The calendar now includes even more events for 2011 and shows which events Journal staff will be attending!  We will update the calendar frequently so you can see if there are any events coming to a location near you.  Check out the new calendar here!

If you know of an event that you would like added to the calendar, don't hesitate to contact us at calendar@journaloftheearlyamericas.com!  Thank you!

Journal of the Early Americas is hitting the road once again to participate in events across the country!  Don't miss us at the Fort Frederick 18th Century Market Fair in Maryland (April 28 to May 1), Bledsoe's Fort Colonial Fair in Tennessee (May 6 to May 8), and the Raid at Martin's Station in Virginia (May 13 to May 15)!  Visit our Calendar page to see all the events we will participate in this year.  If we are in your area, please stop by and say hello!

Please check this space again soon, as we will have a few exciting updates to share with you!  Thank you!

Welcome back!  We are thrilled to bring you Journal of the Early America's second issue, scheduled for April/May 2011!  For a sneak peak at our featured articles, please see the list below.

Featured in the April/May 2011 issue (sections in bold, titles in italics):
    1.  Arts and Artisans – Consisting Merely of Flour and Water: Reproducing the
                Eighteenth-Century English Biscuit  by Jeff Pavlik
    2.  Hoppus and Hatchet – L’hivernants du Perrault: Savanna Portage Winter Camp
                by John W. Powers
    3.  Hearthstone – Canadiennes' Costumes, Part I by Suzanne Gousse
    4.  Early Americas – A Brief History of the Des Moines Rapids on the Mississippi River,
                Part II  by David Fahey
    5.  To Arms – Howarth’s South Carolina Regiment 1757-1760, Part I  by William B. Jack
    6.  Discerning Re-enactor – The Pleasures of Keeping it Simple  by Mike Moore
    7.  Punchbowl – The New England Masting Trade, Part II  by Ray H. Swensen
    8.  A Matter of Taste – Burbot, Butter, and Brose by Chris Cheney
    9.  Musings Around the Inkpot – Our letters to and from the editor.

For more information about what topics we cover in each section, please click here.  To see what our second issue looks like, visit our updated preview page!  Haven't secured a subscription yet?  Don't delay!  Visit our subscriptions page today.

We hope you find something you love in each and every issue of Journal of the Early Americas, and we look forward to serving you more as we move forward.

P.S.  We are always looking for writers and advertisers wishing to publish their content with us.  Please visit our writers page and advertising page for more information.  Our new website is being updated frequently, so please come back and visit us again soon to see what's new.  If you have additional questions or comments, visit our contact us page.  Thank you!

More exciting news!  Journal of the Early Americas was featured in a wonderful article in The Messenger, a Fort Dodge, Iowa newspaper!  Look for it in the Sunday, February 20th paper in the Local Business section.  You can also view the article online by visiting The Messenger by clicking here!  The article does an excellent job of capturing what we are all about.  Thanks to all and to our subscribers in Iowa for your support!  Enjoy!

Exciting news!  Journal of the Early Americas was recently featured on national radio by Marketplace from American Public Media!  Our entire staff was interviewed by Mitchell Hartman from the Entrepreneurship Desk!  Please visit Marketplace and listen to the interview by clicking below!  A direct link to the article can be found here.

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Thanks to all who expressed their support when they heard the interview live!  We were contacted by people from all over the US as it was being first aired, and we appreciate all of the encouragement and excitement sent our direction!

Exciting news!  Our premiere issue has been officially released on schedule, and the first mailings have gone out!  Our subscribers should keep an eye out for the issue in their mail.  We thank you for your kind support and hope you enjoy!

Haven't subscribed yet?  Don't worry!  You still have time to subscribe and be one of the first to receive our premiere issue!  Check out a sneak preview or see what is featured in our Launching in February! post below.  Thank you!

P.S.  We are always looking for writers and advertisers wishing to publish their content with us.  Please visit our writers page and advertising page for more information.  Our new website is being updated frequently, so please come back and visit us again soon to see what's new.  If you have additional questions or comments, visit our contact us page.  Thank you!

Welcome to Journal of the Early Americas and to the first of many updates!  We are thrilled to be launching our premiere issue scheduled for February/March 2011!  We look forward to being the latest addition to the reenactment community, providing value-added content in a new and exciting way.  Please look around to learn more about who we are and what we're bringing to the community.  For a sneak peak at what will be in our first issue, please see the list below.

Inside each issue you will find nine separate sections covering different aspects of re-enacting:
    1.  Arts and Artisans – The people, tools, and techniques used to accurately recreate items.
                In this issue: I’m Finished: Milk Paint and Other Traditional Finishes by David Lepley
    2.  Hoppus and Hatchet – Topics include camps and camping, accoutrements, and trekking.
                In this issue: “…for without them there could be no smoking…”: Whole Skin Tobacco
                Pouches in the Great Lakes by Isaac Walters
    3.  Hearthstone – Topics include dress, music, dancing, gardening, games, and sports.
                In this issue: Biscuits, Hard Tach, and Crackers in Early America by S.K. Wier
    4.  Early Americas – Articles featuring different regions and periods in the Americas.
                In this issue: A Brief History of the Des Moines Rapids on the Mississippi River –
                Part One by David Fahey
    5.  To Arms – Weapons, tactics, treaties and diplomacy, early law and politics.
                In this issue: For Her Trouble in Cooking: Women’s Participation in Eighteenth
                Century Conferences by Maeve Kane
    6.  Discerning Re-enactor – Featured interpreters and persona development.
                In this issue: What an Amateur! Or, Why I Love Re-enacting by Gene “Henri” Tesdahl
    7.  Punchbowl – Just like the original punch, we will add something random to the mix.
                In this issue: The New England Masting Trade – Part One by Ray H. Swensen
    8.  A Matter of Taste – Recipes, cooking, gardening, and food ways.
                In this issue: The Manly Art of Syllabub by Chris Cheney
    9.  Musings Around the Inkpot – Our letters to and from the editor.

We sincerely hope you find something you love in each and every issue of Journal of the Early Americas, and we look forward to serving you more as we move forward.  Please leave your comments below by clicking on the "# Comment(s)" button at the top right of this post!

P.S.  We are always looking for writers and advertisers wishing to publish their content with us.  Please visit our writers page and advertising page for more information.  Our new website is being updated frequently, so please come back and visit us again soon to see what's new.  If you have additional questions or comments, visit our contact us page.  Thank you!