Burlington Vermont 1875 March 2nd 1875 Parker House Rolls. Take 2 quarts flour make a hole in center, put in butter size of an egg, salt, – tablespoon white sugar; pour over this a pint of cold boiled milk, half cup yeast; stand over night; mold 15 minutes let rise, cut in cakes, when light […]
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.
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 1st 1912 Sand Tarts Mother ½ quantity 1 lb. sugar 1 cup ½ lb. butter ¼ lb. or ½ cup 3 eggs – keep white of one egg for melting them on top. 2 small eggs Sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on them and a nut before baking. This book […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 February 28th 1912 Hermits 1 ½ cups of brown sugar ½ cup butter 2 eggs 3 tablespoon sour milk 1 tablespoon soda 1 cup currants 1 cup raisins ¾ nuts 3 cups flour 1 tablespoon cinnamon and a little nutmeg. Drop on greased pan. Bake in Moderate oven. DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR […]
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 […]
These are from a nice set of books I got from Columbus, Wisconsin, belonging to a Mrs. Corinne Christians; they are mostly dated in the 1950’s, except one book is dated in the 1920’s. She was likely a secretary as a lot of the recipes are written in shorthand; I will need to find someone […]
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 […]
Feb 17th This series of recipes are from two little books that have 365 recipes, one for every day of the year, from 1900 and 1903. The first is; 365 Dinner Dishes: A Dinner Dish for Every Day of the Year. Selected from Table Talk, Good Housekeeping, Boston Cooking School Cook Book, and Others, 1903. […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 14th 1875 Tea Cake 3 cups flour 1 ½ cups milk ½ cup sugar 1 egg Teaspoon soda 2 teaspoons cream tarter Bake in quick oven eat – hot milk – butter DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out […]
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 […]