Category: Daily Calendar Recipes

Recipes from several books that are almanacs, yearly calendars, daily ledgers, and note books with dates in them. Also holiday recipes and commentaries for those special days of the year.

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May 25th, 1875 Pork Cake & 1912 Perfection Salad

Burlington Vermont 1875 May 25th 1875 Pork Cake 1 cup salt-pork chopped fine 1 cup milk 1 cup sugar 1 cup boiling water 2 cups raisins Teaspoon soda 5 cups flour 2 eggs spice A.S.N. I covered Pork cakes in January, See this posting for more info on these very interesting cakes. https://kitchenrecipetreasures.com/2021/01/09/january-9th-pork-cake/ Avondale Pennsylvania […]

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May 23rd, Fruit Puffs from 1912

Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 23rd 1912 Fruit Puffs                                          Mrs. Gallagher (good) 1 egg Pinch of salt 1 tablespoon sugar ½ cup milk (sweet) 2 teaspoons B.P. Flour to stiffen (pretty stiff) Fruit Grease pudding cups and fill 2/3 full. Visit my ebay store to find some great kitchen utensils and collectables to go along with […]

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May 18th, 1875 Chocolate Cake Frosting & a Sauce for Rice 1912

Burlington Vermont 1875 May 18th 1875 From the Chocolate Cake yesterday Frosting 1 cup sugar ½ cup milk, boil 5 minutes Beat until cool, spread when cake is cold.  Flavor with vanilla. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 May 18th 1912 Sauce for Rice                               Mrs. Boyer Club (?) ¼ lb. butter well browned, thicken with 4 x sugar, […]