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Taste from the past – Fruit Biscuits from 1900 recipe

Fruit Biscuits from 1900 recipe (Transcribed from The Centreville Press April 5, 1900, Centreville, Alabama) FRUIT BISCUITS Take five cold baking powder or soda biscuits, cut each into three slices and butter each slice. Place bottom slice of each biscuit in a separate dish, pour over it any juicy small fruit, boiling hot and sweetened. […]

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Taste from the past – Onion Bouillon from 1900 recipe

Onion Bouillon from 1900 recipe (Transcribed from The Centreville Press April 5, 1900, Centreville, Alabama) ONION BOUILLON One cup each of finely chopped cracklings, onions and cooked dried apples or peaches, one-half cup rice, tea-spoonful of salt and one-half teaspoon pepper. Boil in three pints of water until it can be pressed through a sieve; […]

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Taste from the past – Mush sticks from 1900 recipe

Mush sticks from 1900 recipe (Transcribed from The Centreville Press April 5, 1900, Centreville, Alabama) MUSH STICKS Make stiff cornmeal mush, season a pint with a saltspoon of pepper and half-teaspoonful of salt and pour into a mold. When cold, cut into sticks one inch thick and six inches long, roll in melted butter, place […]

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Taste from the past – Bernaise Sauce from 1900 recipe

(Transcribed from The Centreville Press April 5, 1900, Centreville, Alabama) BERNAISE SAUCE Stir in a saucepan over the fire until jellylike the yolks of two eggs, two tablespoonfuls each of stock and oil; take from the fire; add slowly half a tablespoonful of tarragon vinegar, one chopped olive and half a tablespoonful each of finely […]

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Taste from the past – Mixed pickles recipe from 1879

Mixed pickles recipe from 1879 (Transcribed from the Evergreen Star, Evergreen, Alabama, September 18, 1879) To one-gallon good cider vinegar add one-quarter pound cloves and set on the stove to heat; fill fruit cans with small cucumbers, beans, onion, and green tomatoes; if you like first wipe them with a dry cloth; do not crowd […]

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Taste from the past – Canning peaches in 1879

HOW TO CAN PEACHES (Transcribed from the Evergreen Star, Evergreen, Alabama, September 18, 1879) Choose the cling-stones. Pare, halt, and stone them. Boil the stones or pits until all the flavor is extracted; then having everything in readiness (the cans, with their covers and the wax to seal them), pour off the water from the […]