Burlington Vermont 1875 February 24th 1875 Mrs. Dr. Smith’s Recipe for Cucumber Pickles Make a weak brine pour it scalding hot over the cucumbers – let stand three days- pour it – of make more & let stand three days do so the third time then take weak vinegar & pour over them while boiling […]
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Burlington Vermont 1875 February 18th 1875 Mrs. Bealties Recipe Tomato Pickles Slice the tomatoes let them stand overnight in all – then drain & seald (not sure what this word is?) in weak vinegar drain again then take three quarts good vinegar (Mrs. Brays weak vinegar) 3 pounds sugar 1 cup white mustard seed 3 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]