Morrison Illinois 1910 – 1930 Gertsen/Dunn Family January 1930 Ham Loaf Jan 1930/51 1 lb. smoked lean ham 2 lb. lean pork 1 cup dried bread crumbs 2 eggs, well beaten 1 cup sweet milk A little salt & pepper 1 can tomato soup 1 cup bread crumbs Grind the meat, add the rest of […]
Category: Gertsen and Dunn Family Cookbook 1920s
Gertsen/Dunn Family Morrison Illinois 1910 – 1930 Aug 23 – 1921 Cherry Pudding 4427 1 cup sweet milk ½ cup sugar 1 egg 2 teasp. Butter 2 cups flour Little salt 1 Tablesp. Of B.P. 1 cup cherries, drain juice off Steam 1 hr. Take the juice of cherries, thicken with cornstarch & add sugar, […]
Morrison Illinois 1910 – 1930 July 28th 1925 Dill Pickles 6 quatrs of water, 4 cups vinegar, 1 lb. course salt, 1 heaping teasp. Powdered alum; boil & pour over pickles, hot. Soak pickles 24 hrs. Soak pickles 24 hrs. in cold clear water, scrub off & dry with cloth. Pack in bottles; for every […]
Gertsen/Dunn Family Cookbook 1910 – 1930’s Morrison Illinois July 17th 1903 Molasses Candy 2 cups molasses, 1 cup sugar, ¼ cup water, 1 teaspoon cream tartar; stir while boiling until brittle in water. Cool and pull. Sugar Candy 3 cups sugar, 1 cup water, ½ teaspoon cream tartar, butter size of an acorn. Boil until […]
Gertsen/Dunn Family Cookbook 1910 – 1930’s Morrison Illinois Pineapple Cake Cream together: 1 cup sugar ½ cup butter Add 2 well beaten eggs ½ cup milk, then stir in2 cups flour sifted several times with 1 teasp. B.P. Bake in layers Filling Boil: 2 cups sugar with 2/3 cups cream for ten minutes, take […]
Morrison Illinois 1910 – 1930 Gertsen/Dunn Family Cookbook B.P. Biscuits (baking powder biscuits) March 21, 1917 Also see Feb. 20th for another baking powder Biscuit recipe. https://kitchenrecipetreasures.com/2022/02/20/february-20th-1959-orange-baking-powder-biscuits/ Visit my ebay store to find some great kitchen utensils and collectables to go along with these vintage and antique recipes. https://www.ebay.com/str/ozziesattic720?_trksid=p2047675.l2563
Morrison Illinois 1910 – 1930 Gertsen/Dunn Family Cookbook. February 16, 1927 Spice Bread Radio Recipe 1 cup molasses ½ cup sugar ½ cup butter 1 cup boiling water 2 eggs ¾ teasp soda 1 teasp cinnamon ¼ teasp allspice ¼ teasp cloves 1 teasp chopped nuts 1 teasp raisins 1 teasp ginger Flour It […]
This March 14th is National pie day and I thought this would be a good time to write all about this lovely dessert. With further research, it seems that every August 15th is Lemon Meringue Pie Day, I did not know this until studying for this posting. I may repeat it in August and just […]
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. Over the years, I have collected a lot of recipe boxes, old cook books and handwritten books. In reading them, using the recipes to recreate flavors from the […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 3rd 1875 Sweet Pickle 7 lb. fruit 3 lb. sugar 1 ½ pints vinegar Cook until done Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 3rd 1912 Small Cakes Mother’s Ginger Snaps 1 qt. of Orleans Syrup 1 lb. of sugar 1 lb. of butter and lard 1 oz. cinnamon Cloves to taste 2 nutmegs […]