Burlington Vermont 1875

October 10th 1875

Maud’s Cake 

½ cup chocolate

½ cup butter

Melted

½ cup sweet milk

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup flour

½ spoon soda   1 cream tartat

Flavor with vanilla

Very nice

Avondale Pennsylvania 1912

October 10th 1912

Bread & Butter Pickles

Slice med pickles without peeling.

5 qts. Of cucumbers.  Sprinkle over them ½ cup salt then cover with ice cubes.  Put a plate on top and let stand 3 hrs.  Then drain, pour over the cucumbers a mixture of 5 cups of vinegar, 5 cups of sugar (or 2 ½ cups of sugar and 2 ½ cups light Karo) 2 tbsp mustard seed, 1 tsp. celery seed, ½ tsp. of whole cloves, 1 ½ tsps. of turmeric dissolved in vinegar.  Heat slowly till ready to boil but do not boil.  Put in jars at once and seal.  About 18 sized (med.) cucumbers.

Mrs. Lee High

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 Maine 1931 – 50s

10-10-78

Mother’s Midnight Cake      

Excellent Dark red cake

Bake 35 or 40 min. 350 oven 8” pan or 9”

Mix well

½ cup shortening

1 ¼ cups sugar

2 eggs

Add alternating

1 ½ cups flour                       1 ts. Soda

½ ts. Salt                                1 ts. Baking powder

With

1 cup hot water, not boiling

½ cup cocoa

Excellent 10/10/78 – ‘84

          “      2/15/90

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