Holiday Cooking and Baking #23 Thanksgiving Glenburn Maine 1880’s How to make a Thanksgiving Pudding Just shelve yours for a season while you try this one: Pour four cupfuls of hot scalding milk over one and one-fourth cupfuls of rolled common cracker and let stand until cool, says the Woman’s Home Companion. Add one cupful […]
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Holiday Cooking #19 Austin Texas 1970’s through 2000 Herb Roasted Turkey with Citrus Glaze Holiday Baking #19 This is a nice handwritten cookbook from Sheffield England and is dated between 1903 through 1928. Mince Pies One pound of suet, one pound of currants, one pound of sugar, three quarter’s of a pound of raisins, one […]
Avondale Pennsylvania 1912 November 19th 1912 Stuffed Turkey 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; […]
Oxford Michigan 1908 through 1960’s Beany, the Turk 5 cups Navy or Lima beans soaked & cooked 2 teaspoons salt ¼ teaspoon pepper ¾ teaspoon thyme 3 eggs/, slightly beaten Sausage fat 1 tablespoon water 4 link sausages Press cooked beans through course sieve, add salt, pepper & thyme, 2 eggs & 2 tablespoons sausage […]
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 […]
For 35 years I have been part of a historical recreation club, where we lived as if we were in the time periods defined in the groups charter. (the fall of Rome to 1600’s) In this club/group we study the everyday life of the people and then recreate it as closely as possible by wearing […]