Category: Daily Calendar Recipes

Recipes from several books that are almanacs, yearly calendars, daily ledgers, and note books with dates in them. Also holiday recipes and commentaries for those special days of the year.

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April 5th, 1912 Chiffon Squares with Lemon Sauce

Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 5th 1912 Chiffon Squares                                         Frances 1 tbsp. gelatin ¼ cup cold water ¾ cup boiling water 1/3 cup sugar 1/3 cup corn syrup 3 egg whites ¼ tsp. salt ½ tsp. vanilla ½ tsp. almond extract 12 graham crackers & chopped nuts Soften gelatin in cold water for 5 min.  Add […]

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April 4th, 1875 Graham Gems, 1912 Nesselrode Pie or Pudding

Burlington Vermont 1875 April 4th 1875 Graham Gems 1 cup graham flour 1 tablespoon butter 2/3 cup Buttermilk 1 tablespoon sugar 1 egg well beaten Scant teaspoon soda Beat well, grease tins and have them hot, bake in quick oven. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 4th 1912 Nesselrode Pie or Pudding                       Frances 1 tbsp. (?)plain gelatin […]

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Easter Sunday 1950’s and 1912, Easter Dinner, Salads, Lamb Roast, Ham, Lamb Pilaf, and more! Decorations, Cookies, Dessert, Sweet Potato Bunnies

There are a lot of recipes that fit this Holiday from this set of cook books, and several decoration ideas as well. These first recipes are from a nice set of books I got from Columbus, Wisconsin, belonging to a Mrs. Corinne Christians; they are mostly dated in the 1950’s, except one book is dated […]

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April 3rd, 1912 Baked Corn & Cherry (Cream – Ice)

Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 3rd 1912 Baked Corn                                                   Frances 350dergees 1 cup corn 1 tsp. sugar 1 tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. pepper 3 tbps. Melted-butter 2 tbps. Flour 1 cup milk 4 eggs separated. Cherry (Cream Ice)                                           Frances Stir 3 tbsp. lemon juice into 1 can of eagle brand milk.  Then add ¾ cup maraschino […]

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April 2nd, 1912 Grape-Nut Pudding & Nut Brittle Cream & from the Olson Family Cookbook, 1926 Fruit Cake

Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 2nd 1912 Grape-Nut Pudding Pour 1 cup of boiling water over ½ cup grape-nuts, let cool. ½ cup raisins or dates ½ cup sugar ½ tbls. Butter ½ cup nuts 2 eggs separated 1 tsp. cinnamon  Mix all, fold in egg whites last.  Bake ¾ hr.  Serve with whipped-cream. Nut Brittle […]

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April 1st, 1912 Eggs a la King

Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 1st 1912 Eggs a la King                                                Marion Snavely, Middletown 6 hard boiled eggs 4 teaspoons butter 6 teaspoons of flour 2 cups of milk 1 tsp. salt ¼ tsp. pepper 2 tbsp. catsup ½ cup peas DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each […]

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March 29th, 1875 Banbury Pies & 1912 Aunt Hattie’s Peach Luscious

Burlington Vermont 1875 March 29th 1875 Banbury Pies 1 lemon 2 eggs 2 cups sugar ½ lbs. raisins chopped Grate lemon peel make rich crust cut small size fill with mixture. Bake in dripping pan. Edith Thomason Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 29th 1912 Aunt Hattie’s Peach Luscious                                Mrs. Lichly Batter ¼ cup sugar 2 eggs […]

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March 28th, 1875 Cranberry Pie & 1912 Cherry Snickerdoodle

Burlington Vermont 1875 March 28th 1875 Cranberry Pie 1 cup cranberry’s halved ½ cup raisins 1 cup sugar 1 cup cold water Bake slowly with two crusts Mrs. A DeNore Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 28th 1912 Cherry Snickerdoodle                                     (Elsie) 1 egg ¾ cup of sour cream or milk 2 cups of flour ¼ tsp. of […]