Stewed Cabbage

 

Stewed Cabbage

Ingredients

• Cabbage
  
• 1 Tablespoon butter
• 1 cup milk
• Flour
• Water
• Salt and pepper

Directions

1. Wash and drain cabbage. 
2. Place it in a large pot, cover with water and let simmer for 30 minutes or until tender. 
3. Once the cabbage is tender, pour off excess water and add butter. 
4. Stir continuously and cook gently, adding milk and flour to thicken. 
5. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve. 

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Chloe Murphy
Louisiana Anthology
January 11, 2021

Stewed Cabbage

 

Stewed Cabbage

Ingredients

• Cabbage
  
• 1 Tablespoon butter
• 1 cup milk
• Flour
• Water
• Salt and pepper

Directions

1. Wash and drain cabbage. 
2. Place it in a large pot, cover with water and let simmer for 30 minutes or until tender. 
3. Once the cabbage is tender, pour off excess water and add butter. 
4. Stir continuously and cook gently, adding milk and flour to thicken. 
5. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve. 

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Chloe Murphy
Louisiana Anthology
January 11, 2021

Plain Beef Soup

 

Plain Beef Soup

Ingredients

• 5 pounds leg or shin of beef
  
• 1 gallon cold water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 heads celery
• 5 carrots, cut small
• 3 onions, sliced and fried
• 4 turnips
• 2 tomatoes
• bunch of sweet herbs

Directions

1. Cut meat into 2 or 3 pieces and place in a large pot.
2. Add cold water and salt to pot. Stir continuously and slowly heat to boiling. 
3. Boil slowly with regular heat for about 4 hours. 
4. While this is boiling, cut carrots and slice and fry onions.
5. After four hours, add celery, carrots, tomatoes, onions, and sweet herbs tied up in muslin.
6. Add turnips 30 minutes before serving. 
7. If any portion of the meat is required for the table, take it from the soup about 2 hours before dinner, and let the remainder be left in the soup. This must be strained through a hair sieve before it is served.  

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Chloe Murphy
Louisiana Anthology
January 11, 2021

Plain Beef Soup

 

Plain Beef Soup

Ingredients

• 5 pounds leg or shin of beef
  
• 1 gallon cold water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 heads celery
• 5 carrots, cut small
• 3 onions, sliced and fried
• 4 turnips
• 2 tomatoes
• bunch of sweet herbs

Directions

1. Cut meat into 2 or 3 pieces and place in a large pot.
2. Add cold water and salt to pot. Stir continuously and slowly heat to boiling. 
3. Boil slowly with regular heat for about 4 hours. 
4. While this is boiling, cut carrots and slice and fry onions.
5. After four hours, add celery, carrots, tomatoes, onions, and sweet herbs tied up in muslin.
6. Add turnips 30 minutes before serving. 
7. If any portion of the meat is required for the table, take it from the soup about 2 hours before dinner, and let the remainder be left in the soup. This must be strained through a hair sieve before it is served.  

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Chloe Murphy
Louisiana Anthology
January 11, 2021

Louisiana Anthology Cookbook: To Boil Artichokes

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Louisiana Anthology Cookbook: To Boil Artichokes

Louisiana Anthology Cookbook: To Boil Artichokes: Ingredients Two artichokes Pot of water Pot of milk Salt to taste Directions Wash and scrape the artichokes. Parboil them in ...

Pour Faire Du Bon Café

Ingrédients

• Un filtre d’étain (filtre de plaque d’étain sont les meilleurs) 
• 10 grammes par tasse de café moulu 
• 2 tasses d’eau

Instructions

1. Placez le café moulu sur le filtre en étain.
2. Faire bouillir l'eau.
3. Lorsque l'eau est chaude, commencez à la préparer à recevoir l'infusion et à faciliter la filtration.
4. Porter l'eau à ébullition.
5. Versez de l'eau bouillante sur le café. Répétez 3 fois de plus.

Avertissement: En aucun cas, vous ne devez mettre du café sur un feu ouvert. Assurez-vous que l'appareil à café est nettoyé à l'eau froide pour dissuader le mauvais goût.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Kiara Green
Louisiana Anthology
January 10,2021

Ingredients

• A tin filter (tinplate filter are the best)
• 10 gram per cup of ground coffee
• 2 cups of water

Directions

1. Place ground coffee on tin filter.
2. Boil water.
3. When water is warm start to prepare it to receive infusion and facilitate filtering.
4. Bring water to a boil.
5. Pour boiling water over coffee. Repeat 3 more times.

Disclaimer: Under no circumstances, should you put coffee on an open fire. Make sure coffee appliance is cleaned with cold water to deter bad taste.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Kiara Green
Louisiana Anthology
January 10,2021