How to Make Tea

 Ingredients 

• tea
• water

Directions 

1. scald teapot with boiling water
2. put in spoonful of tea with large spoonful of hot water
3. let stand
4. add cup of boiling water (water must be boiling)
5. let stand
6. add another cup of water (water must be boiling)
7. *can add hot water to cups to warm them* 

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.
Prepared by Kaitlyn J. Spearman
Louisiana Anthology
June 3, 2018 

How to Make Tea

 Ingredients 

• tea
• water

Directions 

1. scald teapot with boiling water
2. put in spoonful of tea with large spoonful of hot water
3. let stand
4. add cup of boiling water (water must be boiling)
5. let stand
6. add another cup of water (water must be boiling)
7. *can add hot water to cups to warm them* 

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.
Prepared by Kaitlyn J. Spearman
Louisiana Anthology
June 3, 2018 

Family Bread

 Ingredients

• 10 cups of flour
• 2 eggs
• 2 or 3 tbsp of sugar
• 2 cups of water
• 1/2 cup of yeast
• salt

Directions

1. beat eggs with the sugar and 4 tbsps of flour
2. stir yeast and water with salt
3. add gradually to the egg
4. sprinkle some flour in bottom of breadpan
5. pour in batter
6. sprinkle some flour on top
7. set in cool place to rise
8. when risen, work in remainder of the flour

Source — Creole Cookery Book.

Prepared by Kaitlyn J. Spearman
Louisiana Anthology
June 2, 2018 

Jambalaya a la Creole

 Ingredients

• 1 cup of rice
• A rich brown chicken fricassee
• Optional ingredients:
• cooked tomatoes
• green peas
• okra
• fried tomatoes
• oysters
• butter

Directions

1. boil rice 5 minutes
2. put chicken fricassee in saucepan
3. add rice to chicken fricassee
4. do closely cover, let dry slowly, turn with fork

Additional Optional Directions 

1. add cooked tomatoes and butter (or)
2. add green peas with butter (or)
3. add okra and fried tomatoes (or)
4. oysters fried in butter

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.

Prepared by Kaitlyn J. Spearman

Louisiana Anthology

June 3, 2018 

Jambalaya a la Creole

 Ingredients

• 1 cup of rice
• A rich brown chicken fricassee
• Optional ingredients:
• cooked tomatoes
• green peas
• okra
• fried tomatoes
• oysters
• butter

Directions

1. boil rice 5 minutes
2. put chicken fricassee in saucepan
3. add rice to chicken fricassee
4. do closely cover, let dry slowly, turn with fork

Additional Optional Directions 

1. add cooked tomatoes and butter (or)
2. add green peas with butter (or)
3. add okra and fried tomatoes (or)
4. oysters fried in butter

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.

Prepared by Kaitlyn J. Spearman

Louisiana Anthology

June 3, 2018 

Family Bread

 Ingredients

• 10 cups of flour
• 2 eggs
• 2 or 3 tbsp of sugar
• 2 cups of water
• 1/2 cup of yeast
• salt

Directions

1. beat eggs with the sugar and 4 tbsps of flour
2. stir yeast and water with salt
3. add gradually to the egg
4. sprinkle some flour in bottom of breadpan
5. pour in batter
6. sprinkle some flour on top
7. set in cool place to rise
8. when risen, work in remainder of the flour

Source — Creole Cookery Book.

Prepared by Kaitlyn J. Spearman
Louisiana Anthology
June 2, 2018 

Lancers Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups of butter
• 3 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
• 3 1/3 cups of sifted flour
• nutmeg
• cinnamon
• brandy

Directions

1. mix butter, powdered sugar, and flour
2. rub butter into it until crumbled
3. add heaping tbsp of mixed nutmeg and cinnamon
4. moisten entirely with butter
5. add small glass of brandy
6. roll out onto large, thick sheet
7. cut into round cakes (saucer size)
8. bake on flat tins, slightly buttered

Source — Creole Cookery Book.

Prepared by Kaitlyn J. Spearman

Louisiana Anthology

June 2, 2018