The dough nut is considered a thoroughly American food, although it is similar to the Dutch “oil cake” popular in the 18th century. In New Amsterdam, er, New York around 1809, Washington Irving described the nuts of dough fried in hog’s fat in his History of New York. This is considered to be the earliest … Continue reading
Yet another chocolate cake recipe…can there ever be enough? Chocolate Cake (Alice Rhoads) 2 cups brown sugar 1/2 cup butter + lard 2 eggs 1 cup sour milk 1/2 cup cocoa 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 cup flour 1 teaspoon vanilla cream butter and sugar. Add eggs. Beat well add cocoa. Put baking soda in … Continue reading
Chocolate Cake (Mabel Haas) 1 cup granulated sugar 2 heaping tablespoon butter 1 or 2 eggs Add 1 cup milk 1 1/2 cup flour 1/4 cup cocoa 1 tablespoon soda 1 tablespoon vanilla 1 tablespoon vinegar Beat white of eggs put in last
One way I find source material for this blog is to troll ebay and pray that some recipe collector doesn’t snipe the items I want. Recently I have bid on several handwritten recipe journals dating from the early 20th century and earlier. Most I either gave up on because the price was just too rich … Continue reading
My mom used to make something very close to this, which had a lot of celery salt or seed, I think. It had a distinctive smell that didn’t appeal to me, but she loved it! 3 Bean Salad 1 can peas 1 can french green beans – drained 1 can green beans 1 purple onion … Continue reading
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