April 14 1923 From Morrison Illinois 1920’s to 1930’s Freda’s Pie Crust 1 cup flour. Sift 4 level tablespoon lard ½ teasp. Salt Mix with a fork. 4 tablespoon of cold water Enough for 1 pie; double crust Burlington Vermont 1875 April 14th 1875 Cake 3 cups sugar 5 eggs 1 cup butter 1 cup […]
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.
From a cook book dated in the 1800’s a news paper article of several nice desserts; I got the book from Wooster Ohio. And on the Back side of this newspaper article; DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of several books I […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 April 13th 1875 Johnny Cake 2 cups meal 1 cup flour 2 cups sour milk 2 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon salt Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 13th 1912 Oat Meal Bread In a side note it says Used during the World War 1918. 1 cup flour, 1 ½ cups corn […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 12th 1912 Cinnamon Cakes LiNette 1 egg, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup milk, 2 ½ cups flour, butter the size of an egg, pinch of salt. 1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder, grate a little nutmeg, put in pans and cover with ¾ cup of brown sugar and 1 teaspoon cinnamon […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 11th 1912 Chicken Pie Mrs. Weaver Pick chicken in small pieces add broth, celery, parsley and a little sweet margarine, dice potatoes and onions, while boiling put in dough made of 1 cup flour 1 egg ½ cup milk 1 teaspoon baking pow. Bake in hot oven. DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 10th 1912 Snap-Doodle 1 egg 1 cup milk 1 cup sugar (scant) Lump of butter size of egg 1 pt. flour 2 teaspoons baking powder Fill two pie pans, small lumps of butter, cinnamon, sugar on top. DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 9th 1912 Strip pie (good) 3 eggs 1 cup molasses 1 ½ cups sugar 3 cups sour milk 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon Mix milk and flour then rest of the ingredients. Bake in crust, makes 3 pies. DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 April 8th 1875 Brown Bread no. 2 1 cup sweet milk 2 cups sour milk 2 cups indian meal 1 cup flour 2/3 cup molasses 1 teaspoon soda Little salt Steam 3 hours Indian meal = corn meal Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 April 8th 1912 Muffins Aunt Liza 2 eggs beaten separately ½ […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 April 7th 1875 Brown Bread no.1 Mrs. J.B. Hitchins 3 cups meal 1 ½ cups flour 2 cups sour milk 1 cup sweet milk 1 cup molasses 1 teaspoon soda Steam 3 hours DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 April 6th 1875 Buckwheat Cake 1 pint buttermilk A little more than ½ pint buckwheat 1 teaspoon sugar A little salt Saleratus Enough to sweeten milk Bake in thin sheets in quick Saleratus – From the Latin sal aerates, meaning “aerated salt”. A precursor to baking soda, it hit the market in […]