Hominy Cakes

 Hominy Cakes are a savory treat made from the heart! Read below for ingredients and instructions.

Ingredients:

• Hominy*
• Salt
• Butter
• Cream
• 1-2 Eggs
• Flour

*Hominy is made from dried maize kernels that are treated with an alkali process called nixtamalization. 

Steps:

1. Take your hominy and add it to a bowl and season it with salt to taste.
2. Next, mix the salted hominy with 1-2 eggs.
3. Now, add butter, preferably melted.
4. Finally, add cream and flour until it reaches a dough like consistency.
5. Shape hominy dough into balls, and then flatten into small patties.
6. Fry the patties on a griddle and serve them hot.
7. Enjoy!

Grated Beef

Ingredients

• Lump of Smoked beef
• Bread
• Butter

Directions

1. Cut a lump of smoked beef
2. Put in oven until and dry it out until perfectly hard
3. Grate to fine powder
4. Serve with this slices of bread-and-butter

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Luke Frederick
Louisiana Anthology
May 3, 2023

Lemon Ice Cream

Ingredients

• 1 quart of milk
  
• 2 lemons
• Tumbler of sugar

Directions

1. Bring the quart of milk to a boil then put in the fridge.
2. Squeeze the juice form the lemons into the sugar and mix.
3. When the cream is cold stir well into the sugar and freeze immediately.
4. Once frozen it is ready to serve. 

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Camden Bigler
Louisiana Anthology
May 1, 2023

Orange Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 large smooth orange of a deep color
  
• 1 lime
• 1/4 lb of powdered sugar
• 1/4 lb of fresh butter
• 8 eggs
• 1/2 glass of mixed wine and brandy
• 1 tea spoon of rosewater
• 5 ounces of flour

Directions

1. Make a paste by mixing 5 ounces of flour with 1/4 lb of fresh butter and lay the paste in a buttered dish. 
2. Mix the rest of the ingredients except the powdered sugar and pour over the paste.
3. Bake 30 minuets in a moderate oven. 
4. When done cooking sprinkle powered sugar over the top and ready to serve.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Camden Bigler
Louisiana Anthology
May 1, 2023

Taco Soup

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef
  
• 2 cans of corn
• 2 cans of black beans
• 1 can of tomato sauce
• 2 cans of diced tomatos 
• 1 package of taco seasoning
• 1 container of pico de Gallo
• 1 cup of water

Directions

1. Brown the 2 lbs of ground beef and season with the taco seasoning.
2. Add in all the other ingredients to a large pot adding the 1 cup of water last.
3. Stir thoroughly until all ingredients are evenly mixed together.
4. Cook on stovetop on high for 3 hours stirring every 15 minutes.
5. When done cooking let cool 30 minutes and serve with shredded cheese on top. (Optional)

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Camden Bigler
Louisiana Anthology
May 1, 2023

Egg Toast

Ingredients

• 
  1 glass of thick cream
• 1 cup of white sugar
  
• 3 macaroons
• A few almonds
• 1 lemon 
• 8 eggs
• Bread 
• Butter

Directions

1. First crush up the macaroons and almonds.
2. Then mix together with the glass of cream, cup of sugar, and grated lemon and boil.
3. Next add the yokes of 8 of the eggs and the whites of 3 eggs and mix.
4. When done serve on very thing slices of fried bread and sprinkle sugar on top.
5. Best served with tea.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Camden Bigler
Louisiana Anthology
May 1, 2023

Stuffed Crabs

Ingredients

• 2 dozen crabs
• 2 hard-boiled egg yolks
• Thyme
• Parsley
• Onion
• Butter
• Black pepper
• Cayenne
• Bread crumbs

Directions

1. Boil crabs
2. Take the meat out of the crabs
3. Combine meat, yolks, thyme, parsley, onion, butter, pepper, and cayenne
4. Stuff crabs 
5. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and butter
6. Bake until brown

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Rachel Niemirowski
Louisiana Anthology
July 16, 2019