Friday, January 15, 2021

Oyster sauce for boiled Fowl or Turkey

Ingredients

  • 2 dozen large oysters
  • 2 ounces of fresh butter
  • Flour

Directions

  1. Put oysters into a stewpan with their liquor and a little water.
  2. Boil the mixture.
  3. Take the oysters out with a silver spoon, and drain them on a hair sieve.
  4. Put them into a stewpan with 1 or 2 spoonful of floor, and fresh butter.
  5. Let it stand until the flour is a little fried, and then add the liquor.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Linh Nguyen
Louisiana Anthology
January 15th, 2021

Oyster sauce for boiled Fowl or Turkey

Ingredients

  • 2 dozen large oysters
  • 2 ounces of fresh butter
  • Flour

Directions

  1. Put oysters into a stewpan with their liquor and a little water.
  2. Boil the mixture.
  3. Take the oysters out with a silver spoon, and drain them on a hair sieve.
  4. Put them into a stewpan with 1 or 2 spoonful of floor, and fresh butter.
  5. Let it stand until the flour is a little fried, and then add the liquor.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Linh Nguyen
Louisiana Anthology
January 15th, 2021

To Dress Sheephead

Ingredients

  • 18 or 20 inches long sheephead
  • 1/2 pint of tomato catsup
  • A large spoon of butter
  • 1/2 pint of water
  • Salt
  • Black and red pepper for seasoning

Directions

  1. Put the sheephead into a pan along with tomato catsup, butter, water.
  2. Season the sheephead with salt,and black and red pepper.
  3. Place the pan into a dutch oven at 350 degrees.
  4. Cook the food for 30-40 minutes.
  5. Serve the fish with dressing.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Linh Nguyen
Louisiana Anthology
January 15, 2021

To Dress Sheephead

Ingredients

  • 18 or 20 inches long sheephead
  • 1/2 pint of tomato catsup
  • A large spoon of butter
  • 1/2 pint of water
  • Salt
  • Black and red pepper for seasoning

Directions

  1. Put the sheephead into a pan along with tomato catsup, butter, water.
  2. Season the sheephead with salt,and black and red pepper.
  3. Place the pan into a dutch oven at 350 degrees.
  4. Cook the food for 30-40 minutes.
  5. Serve the fish with dressing.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Linh Nguyen
Louisiana Anthology
January 15, 2021

Terrapin Pies

Ingredients

  • 1 large or 4 small terrapin
  • 1/2 a pound of butter
  • 6 eggs
  • All spice
  • Mace
  • Pepper
  • Salt
  • Eschalot
  • 2 or 3 slices of bread

Directions

  1. Open the terrapin(s) and chop up the meat.
  2. Soak the bread and mash smoothly
  3. Add the well chopped meat to the mixture of butter, eggs, all spice, mace, pepper, salt, eschalot, and the mashed bread
  4. Wash the shells, and put the mixture into them
  5. Bake the entire thing to a light brown
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Linh Nguyen
Louisiana Anthology
January 15, 2021

Terrapin Pies

Ingredients

  • 1 large or 4 small terrapin
  • 1/2 a pound of butter
  • 6 eggs
  • All spice
  • Mace
  • Pepper
  • Salt
  • Eschalot
  • 2 or 3 slices of bread

Directions

  1. Open the terrapin(s) and chop up the meat.
  2. Soak the bread and mash smoothly
  3. Add the well chopped meat to the mixture of butter, eggs, all spice, mace, pepper, salt, eschalot, and the mashed bread
  4. Wash the shells, and put the mixture into them
  5. Bake the entire thing to a light brown
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Linh Nguyen
Louisiana Anthology
January 15, 2021

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Swiss Steak

Ingredients

  • Tenderized round steak
  • 1 large sliced onion
  • flour
  • garlic salt, salt and black pepper

Directions

  1. Season steak with garlic salt, salt and pepper then dredge in flour to coat.
  2. Brown both sides of the steak in hot oil, then set steak aside in casserole dish.
  3. Add flour to oil that steak was cooked in to make a gravy, pour the gravy over the steak and top with sliced onion.
  4. Cover casserole dish with tight lid or foil and bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
Source — Personal Recipe
Prepared by Kaylee Pace
Louisiana Anthology
January 21,2021