Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Corn Soup

Ingredients

  • One large chicken
  • Twelve ears of green corn, young and tender
  • One gallon of water
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Corn flour

Directions

  1. Boil the chicken to rags (very tender).
  2. Cut the corn from the cob and put into the pot.
  3. Stew and hour longer, still gently.
  4. Remove the chicken and season with salt and pepper.
  5. Thicken with corn flour, and serve at once.
Source — The Unrivalled Cook-Book
Prepared by Ian Dryg
Louisiana Anthology
April 9, 2024

Light Biscuit

Ingredients

  • One quart of well sifted wheat flour
  • One teaspoon of salt
  • One teacupful of yeast
  • One tablespoon of sugar
  • One egg
  • A piece of lard the size of a walnut

Directions

  1. Dissolve the sugar into the yeast.
  2. Sprinkle the salt into the flour.
  3. Add the lard, egg, and yeast, with enough warm water to make a soft dough.
  4. Put into a pan, cover, and set to rise in a warm place.
  5. Add a little more flour once it's well risen.
  6. Make them into small rolls and bake.
Source — The Unrivalled Cook-Book
Prepared by Ian Dryg
Louisiana Anthology
April 9, 2024

Corn Batter Bread

Ingredients

  • Six spoonfuls of flour
  • Six spoonfuls of corn meal
  • One cup of milk
  • Four eggs
  • Yeast powder or soda
  • Salt

Directions

  1. Sift the flour and corn meal, adding a little salt.
  2. Add yeast powder or soda (your preference). If yeast powder, sift it in the flour; if soda, put it in the milk.
  3. Make a batter with the eggs and milk.
  4. Stir in the flour and meal, making it a soft batter.
  5. Bake in small tins for breakfast.
Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Ian Dryg
Louisiana Anthology
April 9, 2024

French Cake

Ingredients

  • Twelve eggs
  • One pound of loaf sugar
  • One grated lemon peel
  • One half pound of sifted flour
  • One half pound of sifted, dried-ground rice
  • Four ounces of sweet almonds
  • One ounce of bitter almonds
  • One tablespoon of orange flower water

Directions

  1. Beat the yolks and whites of the eggs separately.
  2. Pound and sift the loaf sugar.
  3. Pound the almonds in a mortar with the orange flower water.
  4. Mix all ingredients gradually and beat well.
  5. Paper the pan and bake for one hour.
Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Ian Dryg
Louisiana Anthology
April 9, 2024

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Tomato Egg Salad

 Ingredients

  • Lettuce leaves
  • Tomatoes sliced
  • Hard boiled eggs sliced
  • Celery chopped
  • Salt, pepper, and mayonnaise dressing to taste

Directions

  1. Place lettuce on a salad plate.
  2. Place sliced tomatoes on top of the lettuce.
  3. Place sliced hard boiled eggs on top of the tomatoes.
  4. Sprinkle celery, salt, and pepper on top.
  5. Repeat steps 1 to 4 till dish is full.
  6. Pour mayonnaise dressing to finish.
source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Hojun Lee
Louisiana Anthology
April 3, 2024

Fish Salad

 Ingredients

  • 1 medium red snapper
  • Salad dish garnished with lettuce leaves
  • 2 raw egg yolks
  • 1 cooked egg yolk
  • Mustard, cayenne pepper, and salt to taste
  • 1 pt sweet oil
  • 1 lemon juiced

Directions

  1. Boil the red snapper.
  2. Place snapper on salad dish garnished with lettuce leaves.
  3. In a separate bowl stir raw and cooked egg yolks, mustard, cayenne pepper, salt, sweet oil, and lemon juice.
source — New Orleans Cook Book
prepared by Hojun Lee
Louisiana Anthology
April 3, 2024

Salad Dressing-Without Oil

 Ingredients

  • 1 Egss
  • 3 tbsp vinegar
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp mustard
  • Pinch of salt and pepper

Directions

  1. Put all ingredients into a pan.
  2. Put pan over boiling water, stirring continuously till thick.
source — New Orleans Cook Book
prepared by Hojun Lee
Louisiana Anthology
April 3, 2024