Rice Dressing with Oysters

 

Ingredients

• Three cups rice
• Two cups water
• Oner large spoon of lard
• One small onion
• One tablespoon pulverized sage
• One spoon salt
• One teaspoon pepper
• 3 dozen oysters
• 2 eggs
• One spoon butter

Directions

1. Put rice in water over a quick fire.
2. Let the mixture come to a good boil.
3. Cover closely and cook slow for half an hour.
4. Put lard in pan, add small onion cut fine, pulverized sage, salt, and pepper.
5. Add three oysters.
6. Cook for 10 minutes.
7. Turn rice out in a bowl, beat eggs, and butter into it well, add oysters and gravy, and enough juice from the oysters to make it soft.
8. This is enough to dress a medium sized turkey.
9. The oysters can be omitted if desired.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Samantha Hillman
Louisiana Anthology
September 20, 2021

Rice Dressing with Oysters

 

Ingredients

• Three cups rice
• Two cups water
• Oner large spoon of lard
• One small onion
• One tablespoon pulverized sage
• One spoon salt
• One teaspoon pepper
• 3 dozen oysters
• 2 eggs
• One spoon butter

Directions

1. Put rice in water over a quick fire.
2. Let the mixture come to a good boil.
3. Cover closely and cook slow for half an hour.
4. Put lard in pan, add small onion cut fine, pulverized sage, salt, and pepper.
5. Add three oysters.
6. Cook for 10 minutes.
7. Turn rice out in a bowl, beat eggs, and butter into it well, add oysters and gravy, and enough juice from the oysters to make it soft.
8. This is enough to dress a medium sized turkey.
9. The oysters can be omitted if desired.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Samantha Hillman
Louisiana Anthology
September 20, 2021

Johnny Cakes

 

Ingredients

• Two cups of Indian meal
• One pint of sour milk or butter milk
• One tablespoon of cream or butter
• One cup of flour 
• One teaspoon of soda 

Directions

1. In a mixing dish put your Indian meal.
2. Add sour cream or butter milk. 
3. Add cream or butter.
4. Beat well together. 
5. Take flour add soda and sift.
6. Add the flour and soda mixture to your meal.
7. Bake in a quick oven. 
8. Serve hot for breakfast.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Samantha Hillman
Louisiana Anthology
September 20, 2021

Johnny Cakes

 

Ingredients

• Two cups of Indian meal
• One pint of sour milk or butter milk
• One tablespoon of cream or butter
• One cup of flour 
• One teaspoon of soda 

Directions

1. In a mixing dish put your Indian meal.
2. Add sour cream or butter milk. 
3. Add cream or butter.
4. Beat well together. 
5. Take flour add soda and sift.
6. Add the flour and soda mixture to your meal.
7. Bake in a quick oven. 
8. Serve hot for breakfast.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Samantha Hillman
Louisiana Anthology
September 20, 2021

Donut

Ingredients

• 5 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 1 cup warm milk
• 7 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoon yeast
• 3 tablespoon Argo cooking oil

Directions

1. In a large bowl or mixer, add all ingredient.
2. blend well until the dough is form.
3. sprinkle small amount of flour onto a clean surface. 
4. place the dough on the surface and cut into smaller pieces.
5. roll the dough using your hands until it is long.
6. form dough like the number eight.
7. fry until golden brown.

Source — Liberian donut
Prepared by Rita Addy
Louisiana Anthology
September 20, 2021 

Donut

Ingredients

• 5 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 1 cup warm milk
• 7 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoon yeast
• 3 tablespoon Argo cooking oil

Directions

1. In a large bowl or mixer, add all ingredient.
2. blend well until the dough is form.
3. sprinkle small amount of flour onto a clean surface. 
4. place the dough on the surface and cut into smaller pieces.
5. roll the dough using your hands until it is long.
6. form dough like the number eight.
7. fry until golden brown.

Source — Liberian donut
Prepared by Rita Addy
Louisiana Anthology
September 20, 2021 

Chocolate pudding

Ingredients

• 1 pint milk (2 cups)
• 1 pint bread crumbs (2 cups)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 5 tablespoons grated chocolate 

Directions

1. Scald the milk, and add breadcrumbs and chocolate.
2. Take from fire and add sugar, and the beaten yolks of eggs.
3. Put in pudding dish.
4. Bake 15 minutes
5. Beat the whites of eggs with 1 tablespoon of sugar, spread on and brown.
6. Serve cold with liquid sauce

-Mrs. A.FG

Source —New Orleans cook book 
Prepared by Rita Addy
Louisiana Anthology
September 20, 2021