Havertown PA 1879 through 1948 A small handwritten cookbook and lots of additional clippings and loose pages. The name on the front of the red leatherbound book is Jonathan Holland and a few of the recipes have references to a Mrs. Holland and the Victoria Cake is dated 1885 for her. There is a Nut […]
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Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 7th 1912 Ginger Drop Cakes Mrs. Rumbold 3 lb. of flour ¾ lb. of sugar ¾ lb. of lard 8 eggs 1 pt. of thick milk 1 qt. of N. Orleans molasses 1 tablespoon cream tarter 2 tablespoon B. Powder 1 tablespoon ginger 1 tablespoon mace 1 tablespoon cinnamon ½ of […]
Wooster Ohio 1886 to 1929 a small leather cookbook with all kinds of newspaper clippings and loose pages. Friday March 6th 1914 Newspaper the Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer This paper has a nice article for some fun on St. Patrick’s Day; I thought it might be nice to show you these. They are intertwined […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 24th 1875 Mrs. Dr. Smith’s Recipe for Cucumber Pickles Make a weak brine pour it scalding hot over the cucumbers – let stand three days- pour it – of make more & let stand three days do so the third time then take weak vinegar & pour over them while boiling […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 18th 1875 Mrs. Bealties Recipe Tomato Pickles Slice the tomatoes let them stand overnight in all – then drain & seald (not sure what this word is?) in weak vinegar drain again then take three quarts good vinegar (Mrs. Brays weak vinegar) 3 pounds sugar 1 cup white mustard seed 3 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 13th 1875 Cookies without eggs 1 cup butter 2 cups sugar ½ cup hot water 1 teaspoon soda – spice Remember these recipes assume that you have baking knowledge, and that you would already know that you need to add enough flour to make a dough to roll out. DAILY RECIPES […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 12th 1875 Mock Fruit Cake Mother’s (nice) Soak three cups dried apple overnight – in warm water take out & chop slightly then simmer in 2 cups molasses two hours. 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 cup sweet milk or sour cream ¾ cup butter 1 ½ teaspoon soda All kinds […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 6th 1875 Cup Cake 2 eggs beat in a teacup and filled with some cream 1 cup sugar 1 2/3 cups flour Soda & spice Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 February 6th 1912 Sugar Cookies Mrs. Good 2 cups of brown sugar 2 cups of shortening 2 egg 1 cup of sweet milk […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 29th 1875 Fruit Pudding To make a plain fruit pudding, take one cup of sugar, one half cup butter and two eggs. And beat together, then add a cup of sour milk and one tea-spoonful of soda, three cups of flour and one cup of chopped raisins; spices to taste. Put […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 11th 1875 Tomato Catsup For four or five quarts of catsup, boil one peck of ripe tomatoes fifteen minutes, without removing the skins, and strain through a sieve; put into a little bag one teaspoonful of whole cloves, one tablespoonful of ground cinnamon, allspice and black pepper, and put these with […]