Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Lemon Cream

Ingredients

  • Five large lemons
  • Splash of juice for the lemons
  • Twenty spoonfuls of water
  • Six egg whites
  • Ten ounces of loaf sugar

Directions

  1. Take five large lemons; pare them as thin as possible, and steep the pairings with the juice of the lemons in 20 spoonfuls of spring water.
  2. Then strain into a silver saucepan through a jelly bag.
  3. Add the egg whites and beat well.
  4. Add in the 10 ounces of loaf suger.
  5. Set the saucepan over a very slow fire, stirring all the time one way.
  6. When scalding hot, pour it into glasses.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Lily Huggs
Louisiana Anthology
January 5, 2021

Banana Nut Bread

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs (beaten)

  • 3 ripe bananas, smashed (about 1 cup)
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2-1 cup chopped pecans (optional) or 1/2-1 cup walnuts (optional)

Directions

  1. Cream butter and sugar.
  2. Add vanilla and eggs.
  3. Combine dry ingredients, add alternately with bananas and milk.
  4. Add nuts if desired.
  5. Grease and flour one bread pan (2-3 smaller pans) or pour into muffin cups.
  6. For loaf, bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes.
  7. For muffins, bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.
Source — Food
Prepared by Lily Huggs
Louisiana Anthology
January 5, 2021

Banana Nut Bread

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs (beaten)

  • 3 ripe bananas, smashed (about 1 cup)
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2-1 cup chopped pecans (optional) or 1/2-1 cup walnuts (optional)

Directions

  1. Cream butter and sugar.
  2. Add vanilla and eggs.
  3. Combine dry ingredients, add alternately with bananas and milk.
  4. Add nuts if desired.
  5. Grease and flour one bread pan (2-3 smaller pans) or pour into muffin cups.
  6. For loaf, bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes.
  7. For muffins, bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.
Source — Food
Prepared by Lily Huggs
Louisiana Anthology
January 5, 2021

Lemon Cream

Ingredients

  • Five large lemons
  • Splash of juice for the lemons
  • Twenty spoonfuls of water
  • Six egg whites
  • Ten ounces of loaf sugar

Directions

  1. Take five large lemons; pare them as thin as possible, and steep the pairings with the juice of the lemons in 20 spoonfuls of spring water.
  2. Then strain into a silver saucepan through a jelly bag.
  3. Add the egg whites and beat well.
  4. Add in the 10 ounces of loaf suger.
  5. Set the saucepan over a very slow fire, stirring all the time one way.
  6. When scalding hot, pour it into glasses.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Lily Huggs
Louisiana Anthology
January 5, 2021

Soft Ginger Bread

Ingredients

  • Five cups flour
  • Two cups molasses
  • One cup of sugar
  • One cup of butter
  • Eight eggs
  • One teacup of allspice
  • One teacup of ginger

Directions

  1. Combine the ingredients.
  2. Bake in a pan or small.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Lily Huggs
Louisiana Anthology
January 5, 2021

Soft Ginger Bread

Ingredients

  • Five cups flour
  • Two cups molasses
  • One cup of sugar
  • One cup of butter
  • Eight eggs
  • One teacup of allspice
  • One teacup of ginger

Directions

  1. Combine the ingredients.
  2. Bake in a pan or small.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Lily Huggs
Louisiana Anthology
January 5, 2021

To Boil Artichokes

Ingredients

  • Two artichokes
  • Pot of water
  • Pot of milk
  • Salt to taste

Directions

  1. Wash and scrape the artichokes.
  2. Parboil them in the water.
  3. Then boil in the milk, salt to the taste.
  4. 15 minutes will boil them sufficiently long in the water.
  5. Add in the milk until they are so soft that a straw may be passed through them.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Lily Huggs
Louisiana Anthology
January 5, 2021