| Recipes The
following recipes were given me by Mother before I went West:
- Boston Brown
Bread
- 1 cup sour milk
- 1 cup sweet milk
- 1 cup molasses
- 1 cup corn meal
- 2 cups graham flour
- 1 teaspoon soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
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- Cook three hours in
cans set in boiling water. Sweet milk may be used instead of sour,
in which case use 1/2 teaspoon soda and one rounded teaspoon baking
powder. Sugar may be used instead of molasses. Raisins may be used
in it.
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- To cook prunes:
Wash the prunes and soak overnight in water enough to cover them.
Then simmer slowly for two or three hours, adding sugar when nearly
done.
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- To cook rice:
Grease
the dish. Wash 1 cup rice in several waters. Boil 3 1/4 cups water,
add 1 large teaspoon salt and the rice, and stir to prevent adhering
to boiler. Cook until kernels are soft.
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- Graham Pudding
- 1 1/2 coffee cups
graham flour
- 1/2 coffee cups
molasses
- 1/4 coffee cups
butter
- 1/2 coffee cups
sweet milk
- 1 egg
- 1 even teaspoon soda
- 1 cup raisins or
berries, salt and spice to taste. Cinnamon, one teaspoon or more;
cloves, 1/2 teaspoon. Cook three hours in cans set in water.
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- Biscuits
- 1 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons baking
powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
or lard
- Put baking powder
and salt into the flour and mix well; rub grease well into flour,
add milk, and stir lightly, adding flour until stiff enough to
handle; but not any more. Cut out and bake.
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- Baked Beans
- Pick over and wash
about a quart of beans, and soak overnight. Put over the fire in
cold water and let boil, then pour off. Repeat if you like. Boil
until soft, then add a chunk of pork or ham or beef that has been
thoroughly washed and scraped. If it is not very soft, add salt. If
that makes it too salty, add a little sugar. Bake a long time -- two
or three hours.
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- General
Directions
- Dried fruits should
soak overnight.
- Sterno [?!] is good
in soup.
- Grease dishes to
prevent sticking.
- Scrape aluminum with
a wooden knife, to clean.
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