Mince meat pie is one of my favorites, although it’s not all that popular anymore, having been replaced at the holidays with pumpkin, sweet potato and pecan pies. I made a mince meat pie a few years ago and I think my dad and I were the only ones who had any. Although the name … Continue reading
This recipe calls for scalded milk. I did a little reading about scalded milk, and it’s possible that it won’t be necessary using modern milk. Scalding milk “in the old days” was the process of heating milk to about 180 to kill harmful bacteria, and to destroy the enzymes in milk that would prevent it … Continue reading
This one is only a mystery because the top of the paper has worn off over time, if there was a name there at all. Gram certainly loved to cut up these slips of paper, probably advertisements, to use as scratch pads. I finally figured out that these ones that have the big blue writing … Continue reading
Here’s a pudding recipe that sounds a little bland to me, but it could be good. It’s also worth noting that it’s gluten free. Cornstarch Pudding 2 cups milk 6 tsp cornstarch 3 tbsp sugar salt vanilla Cook all together When done stir in two slightly beaten egg yolks
Let’s start of the work week with an old favorite, shall we? Just start up the deep fat fryer and make a batch of old fashioned doughnuts. Make sure the coffee is brewed hot, because there isn’t much in this world that goes better with coffee than a fresh doughnut. My mouth is watering as … Continue reading
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