Burlington Vermont 1875 March 24th 1875 Cherry Pudding 1 egg ½ cup sugar 1 large spoon butter 1 teaspoon cream of tarter ½ teaspoon soda 1 cup cherries and flour enough for a batter, bake ½ hour. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 24th 1912 Dessert 1 cup chopped dates 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 cup sugar […]
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Burlington Vermont 1875 March 23rd 1875 Egg Sauce – For Puddings Three eggs 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon flour or cornstarch Pour on boiling water add wine, lemon or vanilla. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 23rd 1912 Fruit Cake Add 1 jar Mince Meat 1 cup of nutmeats 1 cup of raisins ½ […]
Yesterday I posted a Victoria Cake in the calendar section for the day March 22nd 1885; these cakes celebrated the Queen of England, Victoria, who up to that time was the longest Reigning Monarch in England. (Next to Queen Elizabeth) Of course now, the currant Queen Elizabeth has outdone her by several years. The Victoria […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 21st 1875 To cure Hams 50 lbs. meat 1 ½ gallon water 3 lbs. salt 3 oz salt peter ½ pt molasses boil & skim – pour on cold for four pails full or 12 gallons use 24 lbs salt 24 oz salt peter 4 pts (not sure what word this […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 20th 1875 Stuffing for Turkey Bread chopped to fill, salt pork size of an egg, butter size of an egg, pepper, salt to taste. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 20th 1912 Nut & Date Cookies (Arnaud’s friend) Good 1 ½ cups gran. Sugar ½ cup butter 3 cups flour 3 eggs 1 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 17th 1875 Puff Pudding 1 pint milk 4 eggs 2 cups flour salt & soda. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 17th 1912 Butter Scotch Cookies Ruth Mertz Cream: 4 cups of brown sugar ½ cup of butter ½ cup lard Ingredients; 4 eggs well beaten 1 level tsp. – soda 1 level […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 16th 1875 Berry pudding 1 pint berries 1 pint sour milk 1 pint flour Salt & soda – steam two hours. Beat 1 pint sweet cream to froth. Add whites of four eggs beat all together flavor to taste. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 16th 1912 Taylor Cakes Elizabeth Moffet 3 eggs […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 15th 1875 Pudding Crumbed Bread One pint 3 pints milk boiled poured onto bread when cool put in 8 eggs ½ lb. raisins little salt sauce for it – butter sugar & nutmeg rubbed together. Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 15th 1912 Ginger Bread Mrs. A.S. Moyer 1 cup gran sugar 2 […]
This March 14th is National pie day and I thought this would be a good time to write all about this lovely dessert. With further research, it seems that every August 15th is Lemon Meringue Pie Day, I did not know this until studying for this posting. I may repeat it in August and just […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 March 14th 1875 Frosting White of one egg 1 teaspoon starch 9 heaping teaspoons pulverized sugar Lemon juice to whiten Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 March 14th 1912 Ice Cream Cookies Mrs. A.S. Moyer ½ cup granulated sugar ½ cup lard and butter 1 egg not beaten ¾ cup flour – bread flour or […]