Burlington Vermont 1875 October 5th 1875 Vinegar Cookies ½ cup sugar ½ cup butter ½ molasses 1 egg 1 teasp. Soda 1 teasp. Ginger 1 teasp. Vinegar Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 October 5th 1912 Molded Egg Salad Frances 12 hard-boiled eggs 2 tablespoons of unflavored gelatine ½ cup of cold water 1 cup of mayonnaise 1 […]
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Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 September 24th 1912 Apple Relish Ruth Mertz 2 doz. Ripe tomatoes 10 onions 1 doz apples 6 green mangoes 1 red mango 1 stalk celery 3 cups sugar 2 cups vinegar 3 tbsp. salt Cook 1 hr. Put through coarse grinder, makes 8 pts. Cook in salt water all except mangoes and […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 September 21st 1912 Canned Beans Sarah White Boil Beans with a little salt till nearly done, put ½ teaspoon salicylic acid in the bottom of 1 qt. jar, and fill with beans and juice, seal tight, turn upside down until cold. Pepper Relish 24 red, green and yellow peppers 6 large onions […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 September 1st 1875 Caramel Cake 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 ½ cup flour ½ cup butter ½ cup milk 1 teasp. Cream tarter ½ teasp. Soda Bake in 2 sheets, put together and frosted. Fig Filling 6 figs in water to cover, boil soft. Chop fine add 1 cup sugar; boil […]
Stapleton Family Cookbook 1900 through the 1950s; Denver Colorado Mrs. Covey – Flo. Cedars 8/18 Sour Pickles To 1 gal cold vinegar add 1 cup sugar 1 cup salt 1 cup dry mustard Place in a jar over pickles and stir once a day for a week. Bethel Maine 1917 through 1980’s August 28th 1923 […]
Sauris North Dakota 1920’s – 30’s Aug 27 1925 Cabbage and Apple Salad 3 c. shredded cabbage sour cream 1 c. chopped apple vinegar Salt and paprika sugar Mix cabbage and apple and season lightly with salt, sugar and paprika. Toss with silver fork till seasoning is well mingled, and add just enough thick sour […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 July 29th 1875 Drop Molasses Cookies 1/3 cup butter melted in 1/3 cup boiling water 1 cup molasses 2 ¾ cups flour Teaspoon soda ½ teaspoon ginger, cinnamon 1 cup nut meats, drop on a buttered sheet, rounding teaspoon in each cake. DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, I […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 July 27th 1875 Soft Gingerbread ½ cup milk ½ cup sugar ½ cup shortening ½ water Egg – soda- ginger 1 ½ cups flour 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 […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 July 26th 1875 Soak ½ cup tapioca in one pt milk overnight. Heat 1 pint milk thicken with 4 tablespoons corn meal, butter, salt, cassia & ginger. Last thing 1 cup cold milk – bake 2 hours. Pt. = pint; cassia is cinnamon; DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR As an ongoing feature here, […]
Burlington Vermont 1875 July 18th 1875 Mama’s Gingersnaps 1 cup molasses ½ cup lard 1/3 cup water 1 teaspoon soda Spice Flour enough to mould Lard – Is a semi-solid white fat from pigs used as a cooking fat or a shortening. It is prized for its properties of making pastries light and flaky, replacing […]