Burlington Vermont 1875 January 24th 1875 Oyster Omelet Whisk six eggs to a stiff froth, then add by degrees a cup of cream or milk, beat them well together, season with pepper and salt to taste. Have ready one dozen fine oysters, cut them in half. Pour the eggs into a pan of hot butter, […]
These are from a nice set of books I got from Columbus, Wisconsin, belonging to a Mrs. Corinne Christians; they are mostly dated in the 1950’s, except one book is dated in the 1920’s. She was likely a secretary as a lot of the recipes are written in shorthand; I will need to find someone […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 23rd 1875 Chicken Croquettes Chicken croquettes may be made of bits of cold chicken chopped fine. Take a sufficient quantity of milk to moisten the chicken; in this stir a little flour till it is free from lumps; stir in the chicken in this. Then dip your hands in flour, and […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 22nd 1875 Orange Dessert This delicious compound, to be eaten cold with cake, is made by paring five or six orange, and then cutting them in thin slices; then pour a cup of pulverized sugar over them; boil one pint of milk; when scalding hot add the yolks of three eggs […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 21st 1875 Potato Snow Boil six or eight large potatoes. When perfectly dry, mash very fine, adding one tea-cupful of hot milk, a table-spoonful of butter, a tea-spoonful of salt and a salt-spoonful of white pepper. Rub through a colander, into a deep dish that may fall lightly and not lose […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 20th 1875 Cracker Griddle Cakes One pint of cracker dust; the yolks of two eggs; thin with milk, and when it swells add more milk until of the right consistency; salt, and when ready to bake add the whites of the eggs beaten stiff. I am assuming these are pancakes, due […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 19th 1875 Lemon Pie 1 lemon – Yolks of two eggs & one whole one – 1 cup sugar ½ cup sweet milk blended with – 1 teaspoonful of corn starch. Use the whites of the other two eggs for frosting allow 3 tablespoonsful of sugar for one egg. Check out […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 18th 1875 Cream Pie Crust 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 ½ cup flour 1 ½ cup cold water ½ teaspoon cream tarter ½ teaspoon soda This is a little difficult to interpret this recipe, the measurements for the flour and water seem to be the same, 1 ½ cup, but […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 17th 1875 Chocolate Cake Bake any light cake- one half and stir in grated chocolate arrange it in pans with the other half same as for marble cake. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 January 17th 1912 Dropped Sugar Cakes Mrs. Foltz 3 cups of sugar 2 gran. 1 brown ½ pt. of shortening. […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 January 16th 1875 Hard Gingerbread 2 cups molasses 1 cup hot water ½ cup butter 1 tablespoon ginger 2 small tablespoon soda Mix hard grill in thin sheets. This seems like a lot of soda; I wonder if she meant teaspoons instead. Then you grill them? I am thinking these are cookies […]