Mock Turtle Soup

Ingredients

     Soup

• 1 large spoon (1 Tbsp) of lard
• 1 large spoon (1 Tbsp) of flour
• 1 pound (1 lb) of finely chopped beef
• ½ can of tomatoes
• 6 whole allspice berries
• Salt
• Pepper
• 3 quarts (3 qt) of water

    Garnish

• 2 hard boiled eggs
• 1 lemon

Directions

1. Using the lard, brown the flour.
2. Add the beef, tomatoes, and allspice.
3. Season the mixture with salt and pepper to taste.
4. Add the water and simmer until the beef is tender.
5. Prepare the soup tureen adding 2 chopped hard boiled eggs.
6. Pour the soup into the tureen.
7. Finish by slicing half of the lemon into the soup and squeezing in the juice of the other half.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Carter Kelly
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2021

Mock Turtle Soup

Ingredients

     Soup

• 1 large spoon (1 Tbsp) of lard
• 1 large spoon (1 Tbsp) of flour
• 1 pound (1 lb) of finely chopped beef
• ½ can of tomatoes
• 6 whole allspice berries
• Salt
• Pepper
• 3 quarts (3 qt) of water

    Garnish

• 2 hard boiled eggs
• 1 lemon

Directions

1. Using the lard, brown the flour.
2. Add the beef, tomatoes, and allspice.
3. Season the mixture with salt and pepper to taste.
4. Add the water and simmer until the beef is tender.
5. Prepare the soup tureen adding 2 chopped hard boiled eggs.
6. Pour the soup into the tureen.
7. Finish by slicing half of the lemon into the soup and squeezing in the juice of the other half.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Carter Kelly
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2021

Lady Cake

Ingredients

• One half cup of room temperature butter
• One cup of sugar
• Three cups of flour
• One cup of lukewarm water
• Five egg whites
• Two teaspoons of baking powder
• One teaspoon of Vanilla

Directions

1. Cream the butter.
2. Stir in the sugar until fully mixed.
3. Incorporate one half cup of water.
4. Add in the flour one table spoon at a time, alternating with water until both flour and water are mixed in.
5. In a separate bowl, beat half of the eggs into stiff peaks.
6. Fold in the baking powder into the beaten eggs.
7. Incorporate the rest of the eggs into the beaten egg mixture.
8. Poor the egg mixture into the flour mixture and fold in until fully incorporated.

—Mrs. Rosenbaum

Source — New Orleans Cookbook
Prepared by Ashton Davenport
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2021

Vermicelli Soup

Ingredients

• One pound of Vermicelli pasta
• One egg yolk
• Salt
• Pepper
• Water

Directions

1. Boil vermicelli for 30 minutes.
2. Salt and pepper the broth and noodles to taste.
3. Add more water if needed.
4. Beat the egg yolk.
5. Stir the egg yolk into the soup after it has been plated.

—Mrs. Lucie Menard

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Ashton Davenport
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2021

Vermicelli Soup

Ingredients

• One pound of Vermicelli pasta
• One egg yolk
• Salt
• Pepper
• Water

Directions

1. Boil vermicelli for 30 minutes.
2. Salt and pepper the broth and noodles to taste.
3. Add more water if needed.
4. Beat the egg yolk.
5. Stir the egg yolk into the soup after it has been plated.

—Mrs. Lucie Menard

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Ashton Davenport
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2021

Lady Cake

Ingredients

• One half cup of room temperature butter
• One cup of sugar
• Three cups of flour
• One cup of lukewarm water
• Five egg whites
• Two teaspoons of baking powder
• One teaspoon of Vanilla

Directions

1. Cream the butter.
2. Stir in the sugar until fully mixed.
3. Incorporate one half cup of water.
4. Add in the flour one table spoon at a time, alternating with water until both flour and water are mixed in.
5. In a separate bowl, beat half of the eggs into stiff peaks.
6. Fold in the baking powder into the beaten eggs.
7. Incorporate the rest of the eggs into the beaten egg mixture.
8. Poor the egg mixture into the flour mixture and fold in until fully incorporated.

—Mrs. Rosenbaum

Source — New Orleans Cookbook
Prepared by Ashton Davenport
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2021

No egg, no milk pancakes

Ingredients

• Two cups of flour
• One forth cup of sugar
• Four teaspoons of baking powder
• One half teaspoon of salt
• One and one half cup of water
• One tablespoon of vanilla
• One tablespoon of vegetable oil
• One fourth cup of melted butter

Directions

1. Put dry ingredients into a bowl and mix.
2. Put wet ingredients into a bowel and mix.
3. Pour the mixed wet ingredients into the dry ingredient bowel.
4. Combine the mixtures by gently folding in.
5. Heat a pan on the oven on medium heat.
6. Coat the bottom of the pan with nonstick spray or butter.
7. Pour one third of a cup of batter into the heated pan, watch for bubbles.
8. Flip when the bubbles stop appearing.
9. Once golden brown on both sides, plate and enjoy.

—My grandmother, Nelly Sue Curtis

Source — Nelly Sue Curtis
Prepared by Ashton Davenport
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2021