I am curious about my Quaker ancestors, I havwe gone to different sites but not what I am looking for

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^{are there any recipes floating around? any authors, and yes the history/stories.  how they lived and so on. I can find a bunch for these other religions(sects?) but not much on the Quakers. any help appreciated}

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https://www.quakeroats.com/cooking-and-recipes

Search for Society of Friends and George Fox.

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I did go to the quaker oats, but that is not what I am looking for, which yes it is a good site.  I am looking for old type recipes, that out/my ancestors made but thank you anyway

I didn't think about George Fox. and I did look for society of friends.

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26558

Here's a good book with recipes, Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking

Maybe not Quakers, but the recipes seem simple and good.

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38823

Here's one that showed up when I typed in Quaker in Project Gutenberg search

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I just got it from Gutenbooks. I will look into it in a bit, thpought I would respond to you before I forget. I will let you know about it when I read it thank you!!

Answer 1

I am not sure where you want to go with your question so I got this link to Famous Quakers that you could review and go where you might be interested. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Quakers

I was not aware that we had a Quaker president in Herbert Hoover or a Quaker currently rumored to be running for president in John Hickenlooper. The Wikipedia pages for various people on this list take you to a variety of history. In my own experience, I focused on the history in Virginia that caused the Puritans to drive the Quakers out into Maryland and the Carolinas. This time is around 1645 to 1660 and in my case explained a lot about my roots. 

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Mr. Nixon was a quaker as well,  I am sort of "woolgathering" I think that's the phrase I am wanting to use.   you go to Amish sites, Mennonite as well and you find a gazillion of recipes, yes and some tells their story of their lives, and some that know about these,(authors) write stories about them.  so are the Quakers being left out, I know full well they have old recipes, cause my family used these recipes. cinnamon rolls are to die for! Cinnabun stole the recipe(not really)  but they come close.  maybe I should research the Germanic line/link in my family. as far as I do know mine came from Germany.Not sure of where to England then America.

Answer 2

Mary you've already received some fine answers so I'll try to not repeat anyone. Thru the internet (always use Antivirus protection!) County and Town Historical Societies usually have represented somewhere in their web sites Period Cooking Society links. The strong 'female' archy-type for early America will usually be included in that locations development. Thus, the period cooking Societies. Here in the South they're everywhere. I can't imagine similar groups not being duplicated along the Atlantic seaboard or in the North. After all, a grandmother is a grandmother is a grandmother and they no more want their fabulous hard won recipes to disappear than we want for our genealogy. Google Books might also be an idea, check out what's free first just to survey the historical publishings. Good hunting. I'll bet what-ever it is you cook up first it'll be mouth-watering.

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ok search & research again, yes I remember as a child  that my family cooked up some awesome meals,  and they were from quakers. so I do plan to look esp in the free links too. thanks!!

Answer 3

Quakers are identified by religion, not cooking.  Styles of cooking may have grown up in areas where Quakers lived, but it is mostly the area and period of time that defines what they cooked, not their religion.  Identify where you ancestors lived and then look for information on customs in that area.

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I think I  may be wrong about the Quakers and their cooking,  I sure thought my Quaker ancestors did a bunch of famous cooking yeah just like the Amish so

I am going to regroup and check Pennsylvania dutch links.and other links

thanks for your response

Answer 4

What recipes are you looking for? I was born and raised in Northeast Pennsylvania. I bought an Amish cookbook and have some my mother cooked, most of which are in my head. I lived about an hour from Lancaster which is where a lot of the Amish communities lived. They would bring their meats and baked goods to our farmers markets. I have my mother’s recipe for Shoo-fly pie, which I heard was created by the Amish. Some of their recipes were taken from the Germans who had immigrated  to our area.  Where I live now in California, I long for the specialty meats made back there. They have no clue how to make them where I live. My brother sends for a meat concoction called Srapple or Pon Haus from Philadelphia. I long for Ring and Lebanon Bologna. Original recipes are hard to find as they are usually altered throughout time. When I make the ones from a book, they never taste quite like I remember. It took quite awhile to lose my slight Pennsylvania Dutch accent, but I still use their expressions.  You might want to write to the Pennsylvania Historical Society or go to the Counties that have websites up. The Pennsylvania German society will have recipes too.  Good luck in your search!

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thank you so much for your answer. ok I guess regroup is in order, like you said, the recipes change , so I guess I dodn't look at it that way,  and thanks for  the tip about. and I was really looking for originals. I will check out those societies and other lnks, Pensylvania Duthc, thats one I didn't think about. so a lot of research today.  yes shoo fly pie, haven't had that in ages! Maybe I will just try that out, ever hear of vinegar pie?  anyway thanks for this, given me new insight to look elsewhere,

Answer 5

I own quite a few books and I am sure if you googled them you would either find snippets or if you are lucky an ebook

The Kelsalls (Wyresdale) - There is snippets from his Story / Diary

The Craggs .of Greenbank (Canada think its Ontario) - I own this book they left Greenbank from the Wyresdale Area and are related to the Kelsalls

Another book about the Craggs was privately published by Georgina Fandrey, eventually got hold of a copy its out of print as far as I am aware but think bits are on the internet

I also own a book about A Quaker Courtship - not sure if this is on the internet but an interesting read.

Not sure what you are looking for, hope these suggestions help.