Fannie Farmer's 150th Anniversary

[email hidden] wrote on 26 Mar 2007 06:43:01 -0700:

l> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Farmer

l> (I didn't know she was only 57 when she died!)

The present version of her cook book is still useful. I don't
think Wikipedia emphasizes enough her major contribution which
was to give the home cook a simple method of measuring
ingredients consistently by using volume. Using weight as seems
common in Europe, AFAIK, is unusual in the US.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

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There don't seem to be any articles about it, but it happened on the
23rd. She was born in Boston, MA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Farmer

(I didn't know she was only 57 when she died!)

Lenona.

I was going through my Mom's collection of recipes, books and
booklets, and found her 7th grade home ec book.
She lived and cooked by it 's principals all her life, adjusting only
slightly when Dad's ailments required it. I thought it was [censored]
Farmer's but it's Josephine Morris.

I do have the 70's version of [censored] Farmer's cookbook, which is
decidedly updated from her work. It's a very handy reference guide
for basic recipes, cooking times and methods for various cuts of meat
and vegetables, etc.

maxine in ri

maxine in ri

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There don't seem to be any articles about it, but it happened on the
23rd. She was born in Boston, MA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie_Farmer

(I didn't know she was only 57 when she died!)

"Only 57..." was three years past the average life
expectancy in 1915. More things than cooking
have changed since then...
(From WebMD🙂
"When the U.S. population reached 100 million in 1915,
the average lifespan was 54 years. When we hit 200
million in 1967, it was around 70."

pavane

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Quoted message said:

(I didn't know she was only 57 when she died!)

"Only 57..." was three years past the average life
expectancy in 1915. More things than cooking
have changed since then...
(From WebMD🙂
"When the U.S. population reached 100 million in 1915,
the average lifespan was 54 years. When we hit 200
million in 1967, it was around 70."

pavane

I realize things have changed. Keep in mind, though, that that was the
average expectancy for a newborn, not for someone who's already
escaped/outgrown the hazards of deadly childhood diseases. Not to
mention the dangers of childbirth. Or, if you're a man, the chances of
being sent to war.

I heard an anthropology professor say once that if you were 40 and
living in ancient Rome, your chances of making it to 80 would be
almost as good as they are now. It was surviving to 40 that was the
problem.

I'd VERY much like to find a good website that tells you what the life
expectancy was over the centuries - and in different nations - for 40-
year-olds!

Lenona.

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Quoted message said:

(I didn't know she was only 57 when she died!)

"Only 57..." was three years past the average life
expectancy in 1915. More things than cooking
have changed since then...
(From WebMD🙂
"When the U.S. population reached 100 million in 1915,
the average lifespan was 54 years. When we hit 200
million in 1967, it was around 70."

pavane

I realize things have changed. Keep in mind, though, that that was the
average expectancy for a newborn, not for someone who's already
escaped/outgrown the hazards of deadly childhood diseases. Not to
mention the dangers of childbirth. Or, if you're a man, the chances of
being sent to war.

I heard an anthropology professor say once that if you were 40 and
living in ancient Rome, your chances of making it to 80 would be
almost as good as they are now. It was surviving to 40 that was the
problem.

I'd VERY much like to find a good website that tells you what the life
expectancy was over the centuries - and in different nations - for 40-
year-olds!

Thanks for the explanation; I had never really come across that
concept. So on to Google; I found two pages, the first gives
good explanation of the early-death phenomenon, the second
may give the actuarial data you are looking for:

http://www.plimoth.org/learn/history/myth/Deadat40.asp
and
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/webstuff/demographs/life.data.html

pavane