Quite a while ago I posted this recipe for Peach Tart Pie, which had been one of my Gram’s recipes. At the time I commented that it would probably be a dessert that looked impressive but would be very easy. Well, passing through the market the other day I saw peaches…you know what happened next, … Continue reading
I don’t know if I’d call this a cake as it seems more like a muffin, but without trying it first, I’m a bit unsure. Of course, very old cakes were more like what we consider muffins or breads anyway. The oldest tradition I could find concerning a wedding cake was to pile a bunch … Continue reading
When I think of a cocktail, I think of an alcoholic drink, but a cocktail can also be a combination of fruits and/or vegetables, pureed, chopped up, or otherwise combined. Fruit cocktail is a combination of chopped fruits in a syrup. The recipe above is for a tomatoe [sic] cocktail, probably along the lines of … Continue reading
The recipe I posted today was just too tempting, and since I have some time on my hands lately, I decided to try out the Chocolate Walnut Dollars. Okay, here we go! First I creamed the shortening and sugar, then added the egg and finally the rest of the ingredients. Before I added the nuts … Continue reading
Back in the day when ink came in a fountain pen, this kind of paper was not your best friend. The ink tends to find the fibers in the paper and bleed along them. If the surface of the paper was damaged in any way the words blurred as the ink saturated the inner fibers. … Continue reading
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