A special treat for Thanksgiving dinner

Looking for something different to serve for desert at Thanksgiving dinner this year. How About something from the 1700s?

Blancmange, apple fool and mount guard are just a few of the old, handwritten recipes found in the Nova Scotia Archives and now posted online.

“What’s Cooking? Food, Drink and the Pleasures of Eating in Old-Time Nova Scotia” includes digital copies of about 1000 recipes and 17 cookbooks you can read online at archives.novascotia.ca.