Burlington Vermont 1875

October 28th 1875

Chocolate custard

Scald 1 pint sweet milk with 1 square chocolate and pinch of salt.  Add ½ Tb. Corn starch mixed with ½ cup sugar & yolks of two eggs, cook until it thickens, add vanilla, when cool cover with meringue.

DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR

As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of several books I have that are dated or from calendar books

The list of names for the people who contributed recipes for these books are listed here;

https://kitchenrecipetreasures.com/2021/03/04/daily-recipes-by-calendar-family-names/

Rockport MA 1931 – 50s

10-28-48

Ethan’s Mince Meat

4# green tomatoes, coarse ground, drain, scald & drain

4 # apples – ground (coarse)

¼ # butter (can use oleo or suet)

½ cup cider vinegar 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon ground

1 teaspoon ground cloves

¾ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Pc. Citron size of orange

1 ½ cup seeded raisins (1 box will do)

2 heaping cups brown sugar (1#)

½ teaspoon salt

Bring coarse ground tomatoes to scald & drain; then add to other ingredients.  Cook slowly 1 ½ hrs. Bottle in sterilized jars.  Yield about 4 qts. 

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