There is a very interesting history to the Shrove Tuesday pancake; one that goes back to the 1400’s, (about 1448), when a Housewife from Olney Buckinghamshire forgot that she needed to be at the church for the beginning of lent on what was called Half-holiday in Britain; which started at 11:00 with the ringing of […]
This is from a large lot of notebooks filled with handwritten recipes from 1940’s through 1950’s. Several are in shorthand and it includes a lot of life lessons and advice. These are from Columbus, Wisconsin, written by a Mrs. Corinne Christians. She has all kinds of Holiday special recipes and notes as well as decoration […]
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 […]
Today is Lincoln’s Birthday and I have a fun project from 1950 in this newspaper article on building a log cabin out of food. Looks like it would be fun to play around with. Visit my ebay store to find some great kitchen utensils and collectables to go along with these vintage and antique 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 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 11th 1875 Corn Soup. To each quart of young corn, cut from the cob, allow three pints of water; boil until the grains are tender; take two ounces of sweet butter, mixed smooth with one tablespoonful of flour; stir the butter into the soup, and let it boil ten or fifteen […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 10th 1875 Mush. Stir tablespoonful of salt and cup of flour mixed with one quart of Indian meal, into a quart of boiling water; beat it well, and boil gently two hours. Turn the whole into dishes which have been dipped into cold water, and set away cool. In the morning […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 9th 1875 Brown Bread 1 cup corn meal 1 cup rye 1 cup graham 1 cup molasses 1 cup sour milk 1 teas soda 1 cup sweet milk (Ethels) Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 February 9th 1912 Sugar Cookies Mrs. Minich 3 cups of sugar 3 eggs 2 cups of sour milk 2 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 8th 1875 Cream Cookie (Mother’s) 1 cup sour cream 2 cups sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon soda Nutmeg or seed Good Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 February 8th 1912 Little Nut Cakes ½ lb. sugar ½ lb. nuts taken through grinder 3 whole eggs (separate) 5 tablespoons flour (rounded) Beat sugar and eggs […]