Showing posts with label Side Dish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Side Dish. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Pumpkin Golden Glow



Handwritten recipe for "Pumpkin Golden Glow" -

Chop coarsely 3 lb. of peeled pumpkin
Cover with 3 lb. of sugar. Let stand overnight.
In morning, add juice and grated rind of 6 oranges and 3 lemons.
Cook slowly till thick.
Few raisins may be added.

Found in "Astrology: Your Place Amount The Stars" by Evangeline Adams. Published by Dodd and Mead, 1930.

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Tomato Pickles


Recipe for tomato pickles:

1 pk. tomatoes ??
1 cup salt
Stand overnight, drain

Boil tomatoes in 2 qts water and 1 qt vinegar 15 minutes

Drain, then take
5 qts vinegar
2 lbs brown sugar
1/2 lb white mustard seed
2 tablespoons ground allspice
2 tablespoons ground cloves
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons ground ginger
2 tablespoons ground mustard
2 green peppers cut in strips

Put all into a porcelain kettle and cook 15 minutes and ?? ?? in loose.


Found in "Lowney's Cook Book" prepared by Maria Willett Howard. Published by Lowney's, 1921.


Monday, December 5, 2016

Glorified Rice

 Recipe for "Glorified Rice" -

1 pt crushed pineapple
1 C. pineapple juice
1 pkg lemon jelly
1 C. boiling water
2 C. cold cooked rice
1 C. whipped crea,
1 C. sugar

Method - Drain pineapple - dissolve jello in boiling water and add pineapple juice.  Allow to thicken. When set, whip to consistency of heavy cream. Add pineapple pulp to rice and fold into whipped jello. Add sugar to whipped cream and fold into rest. Set in cold place to harden. You may serve with more whipped cream.

Found in "The Middle Twenties" by John Farrar. Published by George H. Doran, 1924.




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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Sweet French Rolls


 Recipe for Sweet French Rolls:

1 c. milk
1 yeast cake, dissolved in 1/4 c. lukewarm water
Flour
1/4 c. sugar
1 t. salt
1 egg
Yolk of one egg
1/8 t. mace
1/4 c. melted butter

Method:

Scald milk; when lukewarm, add dissolved yeast cake and one and 1/2 cups flour.

Beat well, cover and let rise until light.

Add sugar, salt, eggs well beaten, mace, butter and enough flour to knead.

Knead, let rise again, shape and bake same as salad rolls, or roll in a long strip to 1/4 inch in thickness, spread with butter, roll up like a jelly roll and cut into 1/4 inch pieces. Place pieces in pan close together, flat side down. A few gratings of lemon rind or 1/2 t. lemon extract may be substituted in place of mace.

Found in "Men of the Old Stone Age" by Henry Fairfield Osborn. Published by Scribners, 1916.

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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Apple Sauce


 Recipe for "Jumbo Sauce" -

8 lbs. crabapples, chopped
6 lbs sugar
2 oranges (with rind) chopped
1 lb. raisins chopped

Mix all together and cook well

Found in "The Boston Cooking School Cook Book" by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Published by Little, Brown, 1929.

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Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Pepper Hash


Handwritten recipe for Pepper Hash:
1 large head white cabbage
1 large white onions
6 sweet red peppers
1 tablespoon white mustard seed
Quart best cider vinegar
1 pint granulated sugar

Chop cabbage and the peppers very fine. Make a brine with half cup salt and enough cold water to cover the chopped vegetables and let soak overnight. The next morning cop the onions fine, drain the peppers and cabbage, and the other ingredients, and it is ready to can.
Found in "New Modern Illustrative Bookkeeping" by Charles Rittenhouse. Published by the American Book Company, 1918.


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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Mustard Pickles



Recipe for mustard pickles:

2 qts tomatoes
2 qts little cucumbers
1 qt onions (small)

Cut these up and soak all over-night with salt

2 qts vinegar, add 2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons celery seed
1 teaspoon mustard seed
1 cauliflower, cut up - also add tomatoes, cucumbers and onions that have drained and ?? (I think it says "sook" as in the past tense of soak) until soft, not mushie.


Reverse side, I'm not sure if it's still part of the recipe:

??? 3/4 cup flour
1/4 lb ground mustard
a tablespoon turmeric
??? water
Add to boiling mixture and continue boiling 5 minutes
Stir so it does not stick


Found in "The Settlement Cookbook" edited by Mrs. Simon Kander. Published by Settlement Cookbook Company, 1931.


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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Green Bean Bake


Just in time for Thanksgiving, here's a recipe for Green Bean Bake:

Cooking time - 30 min

1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. soy sauce
1 dash pepper
4 cups cooked, cut green beans
1 1/3 cups french fried onions

Mix soup, milk, soy sauce, pepper, beans and 2/3 cup onions in 1 1/2 casserole. Bake 350 degrees for 25 mins

Serves 6

Found in "The Films of Laurence Olivier" by Margaret Morley. Published by Citadel Press, 1977.

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Monday, November 16, 2015

Corn Relish



Recipe for corn relish:

18 ears corn
1 qt chopped cabbage
2 c diced celery
2 c chopped green pepper
1/2 c chopped red pepper
1 1/2 c chopped onion
2 c cider vinegar
1/2 c lemon juice
1 1/2 c sugar
3 T sakt
2 tea celery seed
2 T dry mustard
1/4 tea cayenne pepper
1 1/2 tea tumeric

Cut corn from cob and combine other vegetables in big kettle. Mix seasoning ingredients and add to vegetables. Stir well. Cook slowly for 35 minutes stirring often. Turn into hot jars filling to overflowing.


Found in "Steam: Its Generation and Use" published by Babcock and Wilcox, 1923.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Raspberry Salad


Large volume recipe for Raspberry Salad:

Serves 50

15 pkgs (3 oz) raspberry jello
15 cups boiling water
10 - 10 1/2 oz. packages frozen raspberries
15 cups applesauce

Dissolve jello in hot water. Add unthawed berries. Stir to dissolve. Add applesauce and pour unto mold. Serve with whipped cream or mayonnaise thinned with cream.


Found in "Ruth Wakefield's Toll House Tried and True Recipes" published by M. Barrows and Co., 1940.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Rosa Marina Salad


Recipe for Rosa Marina Salad:

1 lb box Rosa Marina
1 20 oz can crushed pineapple
1 15 oz can mandarin orange
1 8 oz Cool Whip

Drain fruit, saving juices. Mix juice, 4 eggs, 2 tablespoons flour. Cook until thickened over med heat, stirring so it doesn't burn. Chill.

Cook Rosa Marina accord. to pkg. Then chill with fruit.

When chilled, mix all ingredients including Cool Whip and chill


Found in "While My Pretty One Sleeps" by Mary Higgins Clark. Published by Simon and Schuster, 1989.



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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Corn Bread


Recipe for corn bread:

3 pints of sweet milk
2 tea spoons of soda
1 saucer of wheat flour
A little salt
1/2 cup molasses

Stir as thick as Johnny Cakes
Steam 2 1/2 hours (?)
Then put it in the oven 10 minutes and take it out and eat it.


Found in "The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying" by Jeremy Taylor. Published by Little, Brown, 1864.

Is it me, or is there no corn in this corn bread?

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Vegetarian Blender Puff

Recipe for Vegetarian Blender Puff:

Butter or margarine
Grated Parmesan cheese
4 eggs
4 oz. sharp Cheddar cheese, cubed or shredded
1 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, cubed
1/3 c. milk or half and half
1/2 tsp. onion salt
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen peas, cooked and drained
2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped

Butter bottom and sides of a 1-quart casserole. Dust with Parmesan cheese. Set aside. Combine eggs, Cheddar cheese, cream cheese, milk, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, onion salt and dry mustard in blender container.

Cover and blend at medium speed until smooth, about 30 seconds. Blend at high speed another 10 to 15 seconds. Pour into prepared dish. Toss together peas and chopped eggs. Fold gently into blended mixture. Bake at 350 degs. until puffed and delicately browned, about 45 mins. Serve immediately. Makes 4 servings.


Found in "I, Claudius" by Robert Graves, Published by Grosset and Dunlap, no date listed.


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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Marinated Carrots

Recipe for marinated carrots:

2 lbs. carrots - clean and slice, then cook in salted water until tender; cool. Then combine the ff. ingredients:

2 lg onion, sliced into rings
1 lg pepper, cut into strips
1/2 c. vinegar
1/2 c. salad oil
1 cup sugar
1 cup tomato soup
1 teas. dry mustard
1 teas. Worcestershire

Refrigerate. Marinate for 4 hrs. Stir once in a while


Found in "The Dead Zone" by Stephen King. Published by Viking, 1979.


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Monday, December 29, 2014

Tomato Pudding




Recipe for Tomato Pudding:

2 cans (#3) of tomatoes
5 cups cubed white bread (or bread crumbs)
1 tsp. salt
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup melted butter
3/4 cup boiling water

Strain tomatoes - no juice. Add sugar and salt. Add boiling water. Boil for 5 minutes. Put bread cubes in casserole. Pour butter over bread. Add boiling tomato mixture. Bake for 50 minutes at 375 degrees.

see: p. 185 of Joy of Cooking

(sorry to have taken so long with this! HG)

Found in "A Family Affair" by Roger Eddy. Published by Crowell, 1958.


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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Sour Milk Biscuit

Hope all of you in the U.S. have a great Thanksgiving. Today's post comes from my book Handwritten Recipes - if you need a last minute biscuit recipe, give it a shot.



Sour Milk Biscuit

2 cups g.m.(?)  flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon salt
¼ cup shortening

Stir in ²∕³ cup sour milk

Knead lightly.

Bake at 450 degrees, 10 to 12 minutes.


Found in The Art of Cooking and Serving by Sarah Field Splint. Published by Procter & Gamble, 1930.


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Monday, November 25, 2013

Scalloped Tomatoes

Today's bookmark is a recipe featured in my book "Handwritten Recipes."



Scalloped Tomatoes
1 pint tomatoes
1 pint bread crumbs
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 saltspoon pepper
Alternate layers of tomatoes and bread crumbs. Season each layer and cover with small pieces of butter. Finish with crumbs on top. Bake for a half-hour. 

Found in “Mastering the Art of French Cooking, vol. 1” by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle and Simone Beck. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1971.

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Broccoli Soup


Recipe for what looks like broccoli soup:

1/3 stick butter
2 cup chicken broth
2 c. milk
3 tlbs flour
2 pkg. frozen chopped broccoli

In large dutch oven

Melt butter - add flour to make paste - add chicken broth, milk and thawed broccoli.  Salt and pepper to taste. Simmer approx. 1 hr

If you would like the soup thicker at this point add corn starch - not flour


Found in "The Wrong Side of the Bed" by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Doubleday and Co., 1970.


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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Thousand Island Pickles


Recipe for "Thousand Island Pickles."

1 quart sliced cucumbers
1 large onion sliced fine

Salt in layers and let stand three hours, then squeeze out the brine

Add -

1 cup vinegar
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon tumeric
A few dozen mustard seeds and a little horseradish chopped fine

Heat thoroughly and put in cans while hot.


Found in "All About Home Baking"  published by General Foods, 1937.


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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Cheese Souffle


Recipe for "Cheese Souffle" -

16 slices white bread
6 eggs
1 pt. milk
1/2 pound cheddar cheese - grated
1/3 tsp. salt
1/3 c. melted margarine

Cut crusts off bread and cube it, in buttered casserole. Place layer of bread cubes, then cheese, ending with cheese on top.

Beat eggs, add milk and salt. Pour over bread and cheese. Dribble melted margarine over top. Cover with foil, refrigerate overnight.

Remove from refrigerator 1 hour before baking. Set casserole in pan of water (1 inch). Bake at 400 degs. for one hour. Uncover to brown about 10 mins. before serving.

Found in "Charles Darwin: Evolution and Natural Selection" edited by Bert James Loewenberg. Published by Beacon, 1959.

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