I really like unusual sounding recipes, especially those that have a sense of humor with them. These stuck out to me in this book from Highbridge, Somerset in the UK during 1898 through 1911. It is the first recipe in this book, “Old Lady Biscuits”, that just sets the whole thing as a fun read, […]
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. 365 Desserts: […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 6th 1875 Cup Cake 2 eggs beat in a teacup and filled with some cream 1 cup sugar 1 2/3 cups flour Soda & spice Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 February 6th 1912 Sugar Cookies Mrs. Good 2 cups of brown sugar 2 cups of shortening 2 egg 1 cup of sweet milk […]
365 Recipes from 1900 & 1903 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 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 4th 1875 Cooking Greens. – This is the simplest of dishes, and yet it is not always a well served one. Greens should be properly boiled; the water should be soft, and a tablespoonful of salt added to a large-sized pot of it, which should be boiling hot when the greens […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 3rd 1875 Apple Short Cake To one quart of sifted flour add two teaspoons cream of tarter and one of soda, half a teaspoonful of salt, quarter of a pound of butter, sweet milk to mix it. Have a dough rather stiff, roll and bake in a sheet. As soon as […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 February 1st 1875 Sweet Cake 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 cup sour cream 2 cups flour Teaspoon soda Usted (or Astrid) Burlington Vermont 1875 February 2nd 1875 Cracker Pies 3 crackers 3 eggs 2 cups sugar 1 cup vinegar ½ cup water 1 cup raisins ½ cup butter All kinds spice […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 29th 1875 Fruit Pudding To make a plain fruit pudding, take one cup of sugar, one half cup butter and two eggs. And beat together, then add a cup of sour milk and one tea-spoonful of soda, three cups of flour and one cup of chopped raisins; spices to taste. Put […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 26th 1875 Jumbles 1 ½ cup sugar ½ cup butter 2 eggs 1 teaspoon soda in1 big spoon sour-milk Flour to knead Astrid Burlington Vermont 1875 January 27th 1875 One Egg Cake 3 cups flour 1 /12 cups sugar 1 cup sweet milk 1 egg 2 tablespoons butter 2 teaspoons cream […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 25th 1875 Berwich Sponge Cake Three eggs 1 ½ cup sugar 1 teaspoonful cream tarter 1 cup flour. Dissolve ½ teaspoon soda in 1/2 cup cold water then another cup flour. Astrid DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out […]