Pages 4 and 5

Puddings & Sauces

Date Pudding

2 eggs (beaten separately) 

1 c. chopped dates

1 c. milk

1/2 c. sugar

steam or bake

Lemon Excellent

Carrie D.

1 cup sugar

1 Tables butter

2 eggs

Juice and grated rind 1 lemon

1 cup milk

2 Tables. flour   cornstarch

Cream butter and sugar

Add flour

Add beaten egg yokes

Add lemon juice & rind

Add milk

Fold in beaten whites

My notes:

As you can see, I am copying the recipes word for word.  The Lemon recipe was changed from flour to cornstarch.  I am thinking that Grandmother tried the recipe and changed it.  Also note that she did not always write down specific cooking instructions.  This will be very prevalent when she has the cakes and breads recipes.  Hopefully, some of us will try a recipe or two and give feedback.

Love to all!!!!

Connie 

Pages two and three "Salads"

Fruit salad dressing

1/4 c. pineapple juice

1/4 c. orange juice

1/2 lemon juice

1/4 c. sugar

1 tbl flour
3 tbl. water
1 egg
1/2 cup whipped cream
Scald fruit juices - Mix sugar
& flour, add cold water - mix.
Add beaten egg and stir in the hot liquid slowly. Cook
in double Boiler, stirring
constantly until thickened.
Cool and when ready to
use fold in whipped cream.
Makes 2 c. dressing

Sour milk salad dressing

1 c sugar    4 heaping tlb cornstarch
1 t mustard  1 t salt
2 c thick sour milk but mix lightly
Yolks 3 eggs but mix lightly
Add eggs to milk add
1 1/2 c. vinegar
Stir into dry ingredients
After cooking add white of
eggs well beaten & 1 can
fromentoes (see note) cut up fine

Old fashioned lettuce dressing

Mrs A (is written along the side)
1 tblsp mustard
1 tblsp sugar
1 t salt
vinegar - dillute
mix hard boiled eggs with
this and stir into cut up lettuce

Heavenly Hash salad for 12

Ada (written on the side)
3 pkg. of Phila cream cheese
1 pt cream whipped
1/2 c crushed pineapple
2 bottles red cherries
1 lb dates
1 pkg knoxes gelatine.


My notes: I am typing as it is written by Grandmother.  I have no ideas what fromentoes are (in the Sour milk dressing).  At first, I thought that maybe she meant pimentoes  but also did a google search for fromentoes.  I did find frumento which is Italian for wheat or grain, so that did not make sense.  Hoping someone knows!

The first page

This is the first page ... Starts off with "After kill" and I have no idea what Manoses is and hoping that Uncle Bill or Uncle Harold can clue us in .....

"Fish, crabs, oysters, etc"

Snapper

After kill, scald like chicken.
Put in cold water, pull skin off.
Disconnect body from shell, clean
let stand salt water
all night
Cook same as chicken

Manoses

Soak in cold water over night.
Scald.
Take shells off by running knife under one side,
then pull and skin will come off snout.
Cut end of snout off.
Split snout and
wash sand out, then
cut snout into small
pieces and make batter
together with main part
and fry. Can also
make stew as with oyster.

So there you go, page one of Minnie May's Recipes.  As I read through, many recipes do not contain temperatures or specific information (such as "make batter" in the above recipe).  Also note that even though her page title is "Fish, crabs oysters, etc" these are the only two recipes.

Before my Mother passed away, she gave me her mother's recipe book.  It is so cool and I want to share it with family.  After much thought and procrastination, I decided maybe a blog would be best.  As I post recipes, we can comment on them, maybe even try some.  I may even be able to take pictures of the actual pages.  We shall see ..... so let's get started!