#22 Viennoise (Viennese) Pudding Highbridge, Somerset in the UK during 1898 through 1911 Required: – 5oz small cakes of bread, 3oz castor sugar, 3oz mixed peel, 3oz cherries or sultanas, 1 oz of loaf sugar, juice & rind of 1 lemon, 2 eggs, ¾ pint of milk, 1 glass of sherry Mode: – The bread […]
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November 5, Debenham UK 1800’s to 1950’s Emily Moore Bonfire and Parkin November Andover Hampshire UK 1800’s Parkin is traditionally served on Guy Fawkes Day in November; it is a spicy, gooey gingerbread type of cake but made with oatmeal instead of flour. I am told this is specifically a Yorkshire Parkin recipe. Parkin 1 […]
#14 Cholenohdley Pudding Pour a pint of boiling milk over ¼ lb. of breadcrumbs and ¼ lb. butter. Mix it well with a spoon until nearly cold, then put 3 or 5 eggs and the whites of 2 or 1, the rind of and juice of a lemon, sugar to taste; put preserve of any […]
Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s Nut Wafer Cookies 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup white sugar 1 ½ cups melted Crisco (butter or lard) 1 teaspoon salt 5 cups pastry flour, sifted 2 X. (X means 2 times) 3 eggs, well beaten 2 tsps. Soda 1 tsp. cinnamon or other spices 1 cup […]
#12 Cabinet Pudding Spread the inside of a mould with butter and ornament the bottom and sides with dried cherries or raisins or candied peel. Fill the mould with alternate slices of sponge cakes and ratifias, then fill up the mould with a cold custard made with 7 eggs and a pint of milk boiled […]
July 30, 1950 San Francisco California 1910 – 1950 Cherry Pudding 2 cups cherries & juice 2 tsp. tapioca ½ cup sugar Pour into greased baking dish Sprinkle with ¾ cup flour ½ cup sugar ¼ cup butter Work flour, sugar butter until mixture is evenly crumbled. Sprinkle thickly over cherries & bake for 45 […]
Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s July 28th 1932 It is a very nice, cool morning. To prove this Mamma said that it was 42degrees above when she arose in the morning. Besides, it was so cold in the house the she had to have a sweater on. Now we know it was cold! I […]
Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s July 23rd 1931 Preparations for Ice Cream Social This forenoon preparations are being made for the Ice Cream Social to be held this evening at Otto K Olson’s. Millie baked a Burnt Sugar Cake and I made a Chocolate Cake, which is not guaranteed to look red after it […]
#18 Yorkshire Pudding Ingredients: 2 shop eggs & 1 fresh egg to every three tablespoonfuls of flour & a little salt. Beat well together till free from lumps, then add enough milk to about 4/5 of a pint basin. Time 30 mins in a quick oven I really like unusual sounding recipes, especially those that […]
#11 Citron Pudding ½ a pint of cream, 1 spoonful of flour, 2 oz of sugar, a little nutmeg. Mix them well together with the yolks of 3 eggs; put it into tea cups and stick in 2 oz of citron cut very thin. Bake them in a quick oven, turn them out on dishes. […]