Ingredients
- Herring
- Salt
- Eggs
- Powdered toast
- butter
Directions
- Remove the scales.
- Clean, wash, and dry the fish.
- Salt the meat.
- Put in a dish with beaten eggs.
- Turn in powdered toast.
- Fry until golden brown.
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
To Fry Fresh Herring
Sweet Pickle Peaches
Ingredients
- 1 quart of good vinegar
- 2 cups of sugar
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 3 whole cloves
- Peaches
Directions
- Mix 1 quart of good vinegar, 2 cups of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
- Stick 2 or 3 cloves in the peaches.
- Peel the peaches.
- Put fruit in with the mixture of sugar and vinegar.
- Boil fruit until it is very tender, and juice thickened.
Daube
Ingredients
- Five pounds of beef (off the round)
- Pork fat
- Garlic
- Lard
- One pint of water
- Flour
- Onions
- Tomatoes
- Garlic
- Spices
Directions
- Poke holes in the beef.
- Push pork fat and garlic into the gashes.
- Boil the lard.
- Brown the beef on both sides in the lard.
- Take the beef out of the pot.
- Brown the flour and onions.
- Add a pint of boiling water mixed with tomatoes, garlic, and spices.
- Place the beef back in.
- Simmer slowly for three hours.
Tapioca Cream
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp. Tapioca
- 5 cups of Milk
- 1 cup of Sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 1 tsp of Dixie Vanilla
- Salt
Directions
- Soak two tablespoons of tapioca in water over night or for at least three hours.
- In a double boiler, combine milk, tapioca, sugar and salt and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Let it boil for ten minutes.
- While the mixture is boiling, separate the egg yolks from the egg whites and beat the egg yolks thoroughly.
- After the ten minutes, remove the mixture from the fire, add the egg yolks and stir rapidly for five minutes.
- Add a teaspoon of vanilla for flavor and pour the mixture into a baking dish.
- Beat the egg whites to a stiff froth and pour over the top.
- Sift sugar over it and brown.
- Serve cold with cream.
Virginia Brunswick Stew
Ingredients
- Three gallons of water
- Two chickens
- One pound of bacon
- Half gallon of Irish potatoes
- One and a half pints of fine cut green corn
- One pint of butter beans
- One quart of peeled tomatoes
- Small loaf of bread
- Pepper
- Salt
- Butter
Directions
- Boil the water.
- Add the chicken and small cut bacon to the water.
- Remove the chicken once cooked properly.
- Remove the meat from the bones, and return to the water.
- Add boiled and mashed Irish potatoes.
- Add the green corn, butter beans, tomatoes, pepper, salt, and butter.
- Place a small loaf of bread once it is nearly done.
- Stir constantly once it thickens and add more water if it is too thick.
Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Funnel Cakes
Ingredients
- 1 quart of vegetable oil for frying
- 1 1/2 cups of milk
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups of all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 3/4 cups of confectioners' sugar
Directions
- Heat oil to 375 degrees F in a heavy skillet.
- Beat the milk and eggs in a mixing bowl. Combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt in a separate bowl; stir into egg mixture until smooth.
- Use your finger to cover the funnel hole; pour in 1 cup of batter. Starting in the center of the skillet, remove your finger and move the funnel in a swirling motion to make a 6- or 7-inch round.
- Fry in the hot oil until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels.
- Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar and serve warm.
Cocoanut Drops
Ingredients
- 1 lb. of grated cocoanut
- 1/2 lb. of white powdered sugar
- 6 egg whites
Directions
- Separate the yolk from the whites of 6 eggs.
- Beat them until they are frothy.
- Add the 1 lb. of cocoanut and the 1/2 lb. of powdered sugar and combine.
- Drop in a buttered pan and bake.
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