Sarius North Dakota Olson Family Front of book has Mrs. K. Olson in a lovely Gothic Script and August 1925. There is a signature of J.L. Olson, E. M. Olson, Mrs. Knute Olson, Sarius North Dakota Box 363, N. Emelie Olson January 1932. On another page; May 26, 1932 Mrs. Knute Olson Sauris, North Dakota, […]
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Wimbledon UK 1860 – 1928 January 1860 To Preserve peas for winter use; Paris – Jan 1860 Place your empty bottles in a large saucepan or fish kettle filled with cold water as far as the neck of the bottles. Place it on the fire & let the water boil gently or simmer. Prepare meanwhile […]
QUEEN ELIZABETH’S CAKE I am guessing that this recipe is from Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second; the currant Queen of England, and not the Elizabeth I from the 1500’s. The cookbooks I have gotten them from are dated from the 1940’s to the 1980’s. It is not known if this cake was in honor of […]
Sarius North Dakota Jan 11 1926 Chocolate Cake (Cocoa) 1 ½ c. sugar 2 eggs 1 cup sour cream 2 tbsps. Cocoa 1 tsp. soda Put the soda in the cocoa and pour ½ cup boiling water over the soda and cocoa, let it cool off. Take 2 cups pastry flour. Beat the sugar […]
A Trip through Britain with Puddings, 2nd book dated 1880 #5 Lemon Pudding ½ a lb. of each of bread crumbs & suet & Lisbon sugar, the juice & rind of two lemons, the yolks of 4 eggs, whites of two, the whole to be mixed well together, put into a mould; boil it an […]
#12 Cherry Pudding Beat the yolks of 2 eggs till light, then the whites & add to ½ pint of milk; sift in ¼ lb. of flour and beat till smooth, adding 1 oz. melted butter and a pinch of salt. Drain the juice from sufficient stoned cherries to fill the mould you wish to […]
December 15th Oro Valley Arizona 1800’s through 1900’s Mincemeat Grand 3 cups chopped beef (2 lbs.) 4 cups chopped apples 1 rounding cup chopped suet 2 2/3 cups sugar 2 cups cider 1 cup syrup from sweet pickle jar 2 teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons mace ¼ teaspoon nutmeg ½ teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 […]
December 14th Just for fun, lets keep looking at some more 1800’s recipes. Newberry Vermont 1864 through 1877 Cookies 5 cups of flour 1 cup of butter 2 cups of sugar 1 egg & a little rose water 1 teaspoonful of Saleratus Caraway Mrs. Wrights Cookies 8 cups of flour 2 cups of white sugar […]
December 13th New Hope Pennsylvania 1830’s For a little bit of difference in this line up of Holiday treats, this cookbook has several sugar cookie types of treats. Jumbles are a very old cookie that goes back into History; you can find recipes for them in a lot of Renaissance cookery books. The ingredient lists […]
#11 Queen’s Pudding Required: – Pineapple, ½ oz isinglass, ½ pint cream, a tablespoonful of sugar. Method: – Soak the gelatine in ¼ pint of water, whip the cream & mix it with the chopped pineapple the sugar & the dissolved gelatine. Pour all into a buttered mould is set. When cold turn out the […]