Thursday, June 10, 2021

Herb Gumbo

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. butter
  • Pinch of flour
  • 1/2 lb. raw ham
  • Onion
  • Red and Green Pepper
  • Spinach
  • Lettuce
  • Green Cabbage
  • Raddish
  • Turnips

Directions

  1. Boil herbs thoroughly together, chopped fine.
  2. Put in a bowl a tablespoonful of butter.
  3. When hot, put in 1 lb. of brisket of veal.
  4. Smother slowly for 1⁄2 hour.
  5. Add a pinch of flour.
  6. Let veal fry brown.
  7. Add onions to taste.
  8. Add 1⁄2 lb. of raw ham cut in small pieces.
  9. Put in herbs for a little while; then add boiling water, say about 11 cups.
  10. Let stew together for about 3⁄4 hour.
  11. Add red or green pepper.
  12. Serve with rice in separate dish; herbs, spinach, lettuce and mustard tops predominate; green cabbage, raddish, and turnip tops in small quantities.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Bali Hebert
Louisiana Anthology
June, 10, 2021

Herb Gumbo

Ingredients

  • 1 lb. butter
  • Pinch of flour
  • 1/2 lb. raw ham
  • Onion
  • Red and Green Pepper
  • Spinach
  • Lettuce
  • Green Cabbage
  • Raddish
  • Turnips

Directions

  1. Boil herbs thoroughly together, chopped fine.
  2. Put in a bowl a tablespoonful of butter.
  3. When hot, put in 1 lb. of brisket of veal.
  4. Smother slowly for 1⁄2 hour.
  5. Add a pinch of flour.
  6. Let veal fry brown.
  7. Add onions to taste.
  8. Add 1⁄2 lb. of raw ham cut in small pieces.
  9. Put in herbs for a little while; then add boiling water, say about 11 cups.
  10. Let stew together for about 3⁄4 hour.
  11. Add red or green pepper.
  12. Serve with rice in separate dish; herbs, spinach, lettuce and mustard tops predominate; green cabbage, raddish, and turnip tops in small quantities.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Bali Hebert
Louisiana Anthology
June, 10, 2021

To Cure Bacon

Ingredients

  • 100 lbs. of meat
  • 1 bushel of salt
  • 1 lb. of brown sugar
  • 2 ounces of common red pepper, coarsely beaten
  • Salt
  • Black Pepper

Directions

  1. Rub meat with something harder than hand; and in packing it away, must be completely covered with the former preparation, have mixed an additional quantity of salt and pepper (say a handful of each), to stuff around the hocks.
  2. Let the hams remain in salt 4 weeks, the jowls and shoulders 3, and the middlings 2 weeks.
  3. Wash meat and hang, hams and shoulders hung by the large end.
  4. Begin to smoke next day, and make 1 good smoke every day, until the weather becomes mild, or about the last of March; afterwards it must be occasionally examined, and the most indifferent used first.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Bali Hebert
Louisiana Anthology
June, 10, 2021

To Cure Bacon

Ingredients

  • 100 lbs. of meat
  • 1 bushel of salt
  • 1 lb. of brown sugar
  • 2 ounces of common red pepper, coarsely beaten
  • Salt
  • Black Pepper

Directions

  1. Rub meat with something harder than hand; and in packing it away, must be completely covered with the former preparation, have mixed an additional quantity of salt and pepper (say a handful of each), to stuff around the hocks.
  2. Let the hams remain in salt 4 weeks, the jowls and shoulders 3, and the middlings 2 weeks.
  3. Wash meat and hang, hams and shoulders hung by the large end.
  4. Begin to smoke next day, and make 1 good smoke every day, until the weather becomes mild, or about the last of March; afterwards it must be occasionally examined, and the most indifferent used first.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Bali Hebert
Louisiana Anthology
June, 10, 2021

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Rice Pudding

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons of soft boiled rice
  • 1/4 lb. of butter 
  • 1 quart of milk 
  • 8 eggs 
  • Sugar 
  • 2 cinnamon sticks 

Directions

  1. Scald milk and add cinnamon sticks. 
  2. Beat 8 eggs. 
  3. Combine eggs, rice, and butter. 
  4. Wile milk is still warm, add it to the rice mixture. 
  5. Sweeten to taste with sugar and bake in a dish. 
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Jordan Eyler
Louisiana Anthology
June 9, 2021

Rice Pudding

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons of soft boiled rice
  • 1/4 lb. of butter 
  • 1 quart of milk 
  • 8 eggs 
  • Sugar 
  • 2 cinnamon sticks 

Directions

  1. Scald milk and add cinnamon sticks. 
  2. Beat 8 eggs. 
  3. Combine eggs, rice, and butter. 
  4. Wile milk is still warm, add it to the rice mixture. 
  5. Sweeten to taste with sugar and bake in a dish. 
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Jordan Eyler
Louisiana Anthology
June 9, 2021

Tapioca Pudding

Ingredients

  • 1 teacup of best lump tapioca 
  • Milk 
  • 1 pint of milk 
  • 1 tablespoon of butter 
  • pinch of salt 
  • 1 wineglass of rose water (approx. 2/3 cup) 
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar 
  • Pinch of grated nutmeg 
  • 4 eggs 

Directions

  1. Wash and soak 1 teacup of best lump tapioca overnight in milk.
  2. Boil 1 pint of milk and stir in the soaked tapioca pearls.
  3. Add butter, salt, sugar, rosewater, and nutmeg.
  4. Beat 4 eggs lightly and stir into the tapioca pearl mixture. 
  5. Mix all together well and place in a baking dish for baking for 30 minutes. 
   
 Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Jordan Eyler
Louisiana Anthology
June 9, 2021