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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Rum Sauce

A recipe for rum sauce:

1 box (?) dark brown sugar
Water so you can boil
2 tbl rum
Margarine
2 teas cornstarch

Can be used on Date Nut Cake

Can be stored in covered jar

Heat before serving

Found in "Murderer: A Play in Two Acts" by Anthony Schaffer. Published by Marion Boyars, 1979.


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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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Sour Cream Pie

Recipe for Sour Cream Pie:

1 2/3 c. sour milk
1 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. ground raisins
1 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. cloves
dash nutmeg
1 T. corn starch
2 egg yolks
2 egg whites

Raw crust - bake 275

Beat egg yolks, add sugar, corn starch, cream, spices and beat. When ready, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Pour in crust and bake 1 1/2 hours.

Found in a very well-worn copy of "The Boston Cooking School Cook Book" by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Published by Little, Brown, 1912.


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Hobo Bread

Recipe for "Hobo Bread" attributed to Debbie Aiken:

2 cups raisins
2 1/2 cups boiling water (pour over raisins, add 4 tsp. soda, let stand overnight overnight on countertop)

Mix:

1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
4 tbsp. oil
4 cups flour
1/4 tsp. salt

Mix well. Add raisins and nuts and some of the raisins liquid (enough to make mixture smooth)

Pour into 3 greased 1 lb. coffee cans.

Bake at 350 deg. for 1 hour ten min

Found in "Captain Courageous" by Rudyard Kipling. Published by Grosset and Dunlap, no date, circa 1955.

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Stuffed Peppers

I thought I would share another recipe from my book HANDWRITTEN RECIPES. This one is for stuffed peppers:

4 peppers
1½ cups cooked macaroni
1 can mushroom soup
4 tablespoons grated cheese
1 tablespoon onion
1 tablespoon parsley
½ cup ham

Mix soup, (macaroni), onion, parsley and meat. Sprinkle top with cheese. Bake in oven 375 degrees for 15 minutes.

 Found in The ABC of Casseroles (no author). Published by Peter Pauper Press, 1954.

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Tuna Croquettes

Here's another found recipe that's featured in my book HANDWRITTEN RECIPES.

This one is for a very American version of Tuna Croquettes:

35 Ritz crackers (1 stack pack), crushed
1 (7-ounce) can tuna, drained and flaked
¼ cup milk
½ teaspoon basil
⅛ teaspoon pepper
1 egg, beaten
American cheese, cut into 1-inch cubes

Mix together all ingredients except cheese, reserving some cracker crumbs, and chill. Shape each croquette around a cube of cheese. Roll in remaining cracker crumbs. Sauté in ½ inch of hot fat until well browned. Makes 6 to 8 croquettes.

Found in Gateway to the Great Books, vol. 10: Philosophical Essays edited by Robert M. Hutchins and Mortimer J. Adler. Published by Encyclopedia Britannica, 1963.

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Coffee Cake

Recipe for coffee cake (I think). Some of the writing has faded a bit and is tough to make out:

6 cups flour
1 cup butter
1 cup of coffee prepared as from the label
1 cup molasses
1 cup of sugar
1 cup of raisins
1 teaspoon soda
Spice with cloves and cinnamon

Found in the 1886 edition of "The Centaur Almanac and Cook Book."

Here are a few more scans of that old almanac:

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Eggs in a Basket

This recipe, featured in my book Handwritten Recipes, is for the classic "Eggs in a Basket" -

6 hard-cooked eggs
1 can deviled ham
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1 tablespoon sweet pickle relish
green pepper, pimiento, stuffed olives (chopped into strips)

Cut eggs in half and remove yolks. Blend ham, mayonnaise and relish. Fill hollows with mixture and garnish with strips of pepper, pimiento and stuffed olives.

 Found in Good Egg Dishes by Ambrose Heath. Published by Faber and Faber Ltd., 1952.

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Applesauce Cake

Applesauce Cake (1 egg)

1 3/4 c cake flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinn.
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 c shortening
1 c sugar
1 egg, well beaten
2 c chopped nuts
2 c chopped raisins
3/4 c strained hot applesauce, unsweetened

Sift flour, add b. powder, soda, salt and spices and sift three times, Cream butter, add sugar.

Mix thoroughly. Add egg, raisins, nuts, beat well.

Add flour mixture, alternately with apple...(sauce)... a small amount at a time.

Bake into a greased (pan loaf) 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3 in a med. oven 350 degrees 1 hour or until done.

Found in "Pillsbury Kitchens Family Cookbook" published by Pillsbury, 1979.

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