#5 The Lumberman’s X-mas Pudding Ingredients. ¼ lb. beef suet, ¼ lb. flour, ¼ lb. bread crumbs, 6 oz. currants, 6 oz raisins, 2 tablespoons demerara sugar, a tablespoonful of treacle, ¼ lb. mashed carrot, ¼ lb. mashed potato, 1 oz. each of candied orange & citron peel, the grated juice and rind of 1 […]
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HOLIDAY RECIPES These 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 in the 1920’s. She was likely a secretary as a lot of the recipes are written in shorthand; I will need to […]
Ingredients. 1 ¼ lbs. flour, ¾ lb. breadcrumbs, ¾ lb. suet, ¾ lb. raisins, ½ lb. currants, ½ lb. sugar, 2 oz candied peel, 3 eggs, ½ pint milk, a pinch of salt. Method. Prepare the ingredients in the usual way; stone raisins etc. and thoroughly mix the dry articles before adding the beaten eggs […]
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 […]
April Fool Pie Friendship 4-1-77 2 cups milk ¾ cup sugar ½ cup bisquick 4 eggs ¼ cup butter or margarine 1 cup coconut 1 teaspoon vanilla ¼ teaspoon salt Combine – eggs, sugar, butter, bisquick and vanilla. Beat with mixer or blender. Pour into 9’ in greased pan. Let stand 10 min. Sprinkle with […]
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 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 23rd 1875 Egg Sauce – For Puddings Three eggs 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon flour or cornstarch Pour on boiling water add wine, lemon or vanilla. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 23rd 1912 Fruit Cake Add 1 jar Mince Meat 1 cup of nutmeats 1 cup of raisins ½ […]
Yesterday I posted a Victoria Cake in the calendar section for the day March 22nd 1885; these cakes celebrated the Queen of England, Victoria, who up to that time was the longest Reigning Monarch in England. (Next to Queen Elizabeth) Of course now, the currant Queen Elizabeth has outdone her by several years. The Victoria […]
St Patrick’s Day Martha Crane (Saint Patrick’s) Blarney Stones 2 egg cake – 2 c cake flr, 3 t. B.P., ½ t. salt, ½ c short, 1 ¼ c sugar, 2 eggs, 2/3 c milk, 1 t. vanilla – 8×12” greased pan. 350degrees 30 – 35 min. Sift dry ingreds, cream sugar & short, add […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 17th 1875 Puff Pudding 1 pint milk 4 eggs 2 cups flour salt & soda. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 17th 1912 Butter Scotch Cookies Ruth Mertz Cream: 4 cups of brown sugar ½ cup of butter ½ cup lard Ingredients; 4 eggs well beaten 1 level tsp. – soda 1 level […]