Le Habra California 1930’s through 1960’s Spiced Figs Make a strong soda solution with boiling water & pour this over figs. Just enough to cover bottom of a preserving kettle. Let stand 5 min. & then drain them thoroughly; Rinse. Take 1 qt. vinegar to 3lbs. sugar, when dissolved add figs. Make a spice bag […]
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Morrison Illinois 1910 – 1930 July 28th 1925 Dill Pickles 6 quatrs of water, 4 cups vinegar, 1 lb. course salt, 1 heaping teasp. Powdered alum; boil & pour over pickles, hot. Soak pickles 24 hrs. Soak pickles 24 hrs. in cold clear water, scrub off & dry with cloth. Pack in bottles; for every […]
Olson Family Cookbook Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s On July 26th we canned 5 pints of peas and 8 pints of string beans! Visit my ebay store to find some great kitchen utensils and collectables to go along with these vintage and antique recipes. https://www.ebay.com/str/ozziesattic720?_trksid=p2047675.l2563
La Habra California 1930’s through 1960’s May 5 – 1943 Canning – Chili Sauce 15 ripe tomatoes 2 ½ tsp. salt 8 apples 1 tsp. cinnamon 5 medium onions ½ tsp. cloves 2 c. sugar ½ tsp. dry mustard 1 pt. vinegar ¼ tsp. black pepper 1 green pepper (or more) 2 tsp. celery […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 November 23rd 1912 Preserved Corn DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of several books I have that are dated or from calendar books The list of names for the people who contributed recipes for these books are listed here; […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 October 15th 1912 Canned Corn Mrs. Dolson Middletown 1 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons lemon juice 1 qt. corn Cut corn from the ear (raw); pack loosely in jars. Put lemon juice and salt on top and fill the jar with cold water. Boil 2 ½ hours. Very good and keeps fine. […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 October 9th 1875 Gingerbread ½ cup sugar ½ cup lard ½ cup sour milk ½ cup sour cream 1 egg 2 cups flour Teaspoon soda Ginger – salt Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 October 9th 1912 Bell Jar Canning Book Used Aug 7, 1944 Tomato Ketchup 1 pk (peck) of Tomatoes 3 sweet red […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 October 6th 1912 Canned Peaches Ann Moore 1 pt. of sugar 1 pt. of Karo syrup (light) ½ pt. of water 1/8 teaspoon of salt Heat peaches thru in syrup, pack in jars, seal and process 10 minutes. Apple Sauce Prepare sauce as for table use, bring to boil again, put into […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 October 1st 1875 Dark Chocolate Cake Over 2 oz. of chocolate cut in small pieces, (?) ½ cup boiling water. Stir into this ¼ cup butter and 1 cup brown sugar. Add 1 cup flour (little more) dissolve 1 teasp. Soda in ¼ cup sour milk and mix with other ingredients. Add […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 September 30th 1912 Peach Butter Scrub peaches first. Use skins, put in kettle and boil until soft, put thru sieve, let come to good boil and pretty thick add some sugar and cinnamon until taste, let boil until there is no water when tried in scanner. To Can Hot Peppers Armand recipe […]