Debenham UK 1800’s through the 1950’s; Miss Emily Moore (Three generations in these cookbooks) The perfect Sauce for the Pudding To Make Hard Sauce For Tonight’s Cocktail Parties Fudge And another Newspaper article for; Chestnut Recipes: Chestnut Soup Cold Chestnut Sweet Chestnut Supper Dish Chestnut Caramel Oven temperatures are seldom given in the old books […]
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Debenham UK 1800’s through the 1950’s; Miss Emily Moore (Three generations in these cookbooks) Home Cookery Sweets for the Christmas Party, by Madge Charlotte Russe Orange and Pineapple Cream Chartreuse of Oranges Banana Trifle Maids of Honor Christmas Pudding Without Eggs Sauces For Christmas With Turkey With Roast Beef With Goose With Christmas Pudding A […]
Le Habra California 1930’s through 1960’s Fruit Cake (Cathryn Watts) ½ lb. (1 c.) butter 1 lb. raisins (nectars) ½ lb. (1 ½ c.) brown sugar 1 lb. candied cherries (left whole) 6 eggs ½ lb. candied pineapple (cut wedge shaped) 3 c. sifted flour ¼ lb. citron (long thin slices) {1/2 lb. mixed candied […]
Betty Wallace Cider Cake 1 tea cup butter, 3 sugar, 1 cider, 4 or 5 eggs, 1 cup milk, 6 heaping spoons flour, 1 teaspoon soda wet with water, 2 brandy; Put in (?) thing mil first, then cider & flour. Pound Cake 1 lb. flour, 1 ld. Sugar, ¾ lb. butter, 10 eggs 8 […]
Anne Wrens cookbook Mid to Late 1800’s Soft Cookies 1 cup butter, 2 sugar, 3 eggs, 1 cup milk, 6 tea cups sugar, (? That is a lot of sugar, I am not certain of this measurement? This is probably flour, not sugar), 1 teaspoon soda, a little nutmeg or brandy. Lemon juice. […]
Anne Wrens cookbook November 24th 1894 Ann Campbell Pie Crust (this is a Puff paste) Half pound lard Half pound butter 1 ¼ pound butter One kitchen coffee cup of water, not full to the brim, so far from top Work the lard & butter into the flour with a knife, salt, leaving out just […]
Sheffield UK 1899 – 1928 Mincemeat 3 lbs. raisins 1 ½ lb. suet 2 lbs. currants 2 lbs. sultanas 2 lbs. apples 1 ½ lbs. sugar ½ lb. mixed peel 1 nutmeg 1 bottle brandy 2 lemons Miss Skaldholme Wrawley, 1908 Mince Pies One pound of suet, one pound of currents, one pound of sugar, […]
November 21 Sheffield UK 1899 – 1928 Curled Gingerbread One pound of treacle, one pound of raw sugar, one pound of flower (flour), half a pound of butter and a little ginger. Why this is called Curled, I am not sure? Brown Gingerbread 1 ½ lb. flour, 1 lb. treacle, 1 lb. sugar (course), ¼ […]
Sheffield UK 1899 – 1928 Plum Puddings #1 Half a pound of suet, half a pound of currants, half a pound of raisins, half a pound of sugar, three quarters of a pond of bread, one ounce of citron, one ounce of candied peel, one nutmeg, 8 eggs, a glass (?) of brandy, and a […]
Buriens Washington 1920 – 1950 Sept. 25 ‘46 Mrs. Gimbill’s Christmas Pudding 2 cups suet 2 cups bread crumbs 1 cup flour 1 cup sugar 1 lb. raisins 1 lb. currants 2 oz peel (optional) A few almonds 1 grated apple 1 t. nutmeg 1 t. cinnamon ½ t. mace Rind & juice of […]