Ravenna Ohio 1880’s – 1940’s January 1931 Strawberry Jam Cook one quart of berries at a time (hull and wash) Add 2 cups of sugar. Boil for 5-minutes, add two more cups of sugar and two teaspoons of lemon juice, and boil 10 minutes. It is essential that you cook one quart at a time. […]
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Buriens, Washington 1920 – 1950 Handy Pastry Mix Keep a batch on hand for emergencies 8 cups Kitchen Craft flour 4 tsp. salt 2 2/3 cups shortening or lard Sift flour, measure; sift again with salt. Cut shortening into flour with knives or pastry blender until particles are size of small peas. Store covered in […]
October 1905 Albany New York 1902 – 1940 Cousin Libbie Cole Spanish Relish 6 large cucumbers 2 large onions 4 quarts green tomatoes 2 heads cabbage 6 green peppers 2 red peppers, chop, add 1 cup salt; let stand over night, drain. 1 large bunch celery, then add; 1 oz. white mustard seed ½ oz. […]
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 […]
#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. […]
Brooklyn New York late 1800’s through the early 1900’s Summer Fruit Cake Mrs. Brooks 1 lb. fine flour dry sifted – (?rubbed) into 6 oz. butter, then add ½ lb. pulverized sugar, ½ lb. currants, ½ chopped raisins – 3 oz. mixed chopped peel – beat 3 eggs completely with a gill of milk – […]
Twinsburg Ohio 1900’s through the 1940’s Weights and Measurement Charts Equivalent measurements Baking Times How to Recipes, Make Your Own Basics…. In these difficult days of higher prices, supply shortages, and people going back to their Parents and Grandparents ways of surviving and living through tough times; I am going to be posting recipes from […]
Twinsburg Ohio 1900’s through the 1940’s Of Course You Can Bake How to Recipes, Make Your Own Basics…. In these difficult days of higher prices, supply shortages, and people going back to their Parents and Grandparents ways of surviving and living through tough times; I am going to be posting recipes from the early 1900’s […]
Cedar Rapids Iowa 1914 through 1958 To make White Frosting Cooked Frosting Easy Mincemeat Mincemeat Apricot Candy Old Fashioned Taffy Fondant Vinegar How to Recipes, Make Your Own Basics…. In these difficult days of higher prices, supply shortages, and people going back to their Parents and Grandparents ways of surviving and […]
April 1918 Some of the words are very difficult to read and I had to guess on some of them. If I could not read the words at all I put them in parentheses with a question mark. As with all recipes like these, use your own experience and knowledge to make them your interpretations […]