From a Pennsylvania 1920 newspaper- Clam Fritters – 1920 Pennsylvania Recipe Little Neck clams (Wikipedia) Clam Fritters 1 pint of clams 2 eggs ¼ cupful cornstarch ½ cupful of flour ½ teaspoonful of salt 1/8 teaspoonful of pepper Drain the clams after cleansing them; chop, add the eggs, well beaten, and stir in the cornstarch […]
Can you guess her name? Born in a fishing village in the West Indies, she lived in bare, dingy rooms over a sugar refinery. She was not good looking and she had bad teeth and two half-grown children, and was deep in debt and one step above the sheriff when she first met one of […]
FRUIT CAKE, ANYONE? BY INEZ MCCOLLUM The fruit cake is the proverbial joke this time of the year. There are stories about re-gifting them into the following year. Me? I happen to be quite fond of them. I purchase the bar type and keep it in the refrigerator. It doesn’t go anywhere since I am […]
MEMORIES OF AUTUMN AND FOOD by Jean Butterworth What childhood memories do I have of Autumn I ask my self? Pulling back the years of my memories, I first thought of my Grandmother, who was as a busy bee when it came to preparing for the family’s long winter months ahead. As I child I […]
