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.
My sister did some research and a manoses is like a clam fritter. Thanks, Carol!
ReplyDeleteI just received this from Uncle Bill: "good work. Actually her book was developed from scratch as she said when she was first married she hardly knew how to even boil water. She was mostly raised by her grandmother Duke so even Grandmother Donahey's great bread making and roll making skill was not passed down."
ReplyDeleteI did see some of the recipes from her family. Those will be posted later on (I am doing it in order). Uncle Bill, I love the fact that you were able to tell us that this was our grandmother's documentation of her cooking education! I was laughing because the final chapter is all wines, brandies and "Budweiser Beer."
Manoes are soft shell clams.
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