Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Thin Rich Cookies

 

Ingredients

  • One cup butter
  • One cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • enough flower to mix and roll thin

Directions

  1. 1 cup butter, 1 cup sugar, 3 eggs, all beaten together to a cream.
  2. Use just enough flour to mix and roll thin.
Source — New Orleans Cookbook
Prepared by Hunter Clayton
Louisiana Anthology
April 16, 2024

Monday, April 15, 2024

Lasagna

 

Ingredients

  • one lb. ground beef
  • 16oz traditional spaghetti sauce
  • 8oz ricotta cheese
  • Parmesan cheese
  • Mozzarella cheese
  • one egg
  • Pack of lasagna noodles

Directions

  1. Brown your hamburger meat and drain then add spaghetti sauce.
  2. Put 1/2c of meat sauce into bottom of 9x13 pan and shake around so bottom is covered.
  3. In a bowl combine 8oz ricotta cheese, 1 1/2c parmesan, one egg, 1 1/2c mozzarella. Mix
  4. Cover bottom of pan in lasagna noodles
  5. Put 1/3 of cheese mixture on top of noodles and spread.
  6. Put one cup (or a little more) of meat sauce over cheese.
  7. Repeat two more times. 
  8. Sprinkle 1/2c parmesan and 1/2c mozzarella over top layer 
  9. Cover with sprayed foil and bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
  10. Remove foil and bake 15 more minutes.
  11. Enjoy!
Source — My Mom
Prepared by Cayden Scott
Louisiana Anthology
April 15, 2024

Catahoula Rabbit Stew

 

Ingredients

  • Good healthy rabbit
  • Half pound of ham
  • Two onions
  • Garlic
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • glassful of good bouillon
  • Sliced Mushrooms
  • Glass of white wine

Directions

  1. Skin, clean, and cut up your rabbit
  2. chop up half a pound of ham; put it in a frying-pan with two sliced onions
  3.  Add your rabbit and half a clove of garlic, mashed, salt and pepper
  4. cook twenty minutes over a quick fire
  5. add a glassful of good bouillon, some sliced mushrooms, a glassful of white wine
  6. Serve and enjoy!

Source — The Unrivalled Cook-Book 
Prepared by Cayden Scott
Louisiana Anthology
April 15, 2024

Ragout of Squirrels


Ingredients

  • One large Onion
  • A Tablespoon of Butter
  • Squirrells (enough to fill you up)
  • Two Tablespoons of Browned flour
  • Quarter of a pound of bacon
  • Glass of wine
  • Half a lemon
  • Five tablespoons of broth

Directions

  1. Slice a tolerably large onion and fry brown in a tablespoonful of butter.
  2. Next stir into the frying-pan five tablespoonfuls of boiling broth and thicken with two tablespoonfuls of browned flour.
  3. Then put the squirrels into a saucepan with a quarter of a pound of bacon cut into strips.
  4. After that, add the onions and their gravy
  5.  Then season to taste, and put in a cupful of tepid water
  6. Cover and stew for forty minutes or until tender,
  7. Finally, pour in a glassful of wine and the juice of half a lemon, shake well, and turn into a deep covered dish.
  8. Serve and enjoy.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Source —The Unrivalled Cook-Book 
Prepared by Cayden Scott
Louisiana Anthology
April 15, 2024

Boiled Shrimps à la Créole

 Boiled Shrimps à la Créole

Ingredients

  • However much big shrimp you like
  • Ripe red pepper
  • Salt
  • Parsley

Directions

  1. Wash the shrimps carefully,
  2. Boil them in salt and water
  3.  While at boil add several pods of ripe red pepper 
  4.  Heap the shrimps in the dish then surround by crimped parsley and serve                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Source — The Unrivalled Cook-Book                                                                                                        Prepared by Cayden Scott
Louisiana Anthology
April 15, 2024

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Garlic Bread Pizza

Ingredients

  • One box of garlic bread (or homemade if you would like!)
  • Pizza sauce
  • Shredded mozzarella cheese
  • Pepperonis

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Paper a pan and place the garlic bread on it.
  3. Coat each garlic bread with a nice layer of pizza sauce.
  4. Place pepperonis on the garlic bread to your liking (or other toppings if you'd like).
  5. Put a nice layer of cheese on top of the bread, until you can hardly see the pepperonis.
  6. Put the pan in the oven and bake for about 10 minutes, then take it out.
  7. Let cool for a minute or two then serve!
Prepared by Ian Dryg
Louisiana Anthology
April 9, 2024

Dried-Pea Soup

Ingredients

  • One gallon of water
  • One quart of split peas
  • One pound of salt pork
  • One half pound lean beef
  • One head of celery
  • One tablespoon of sugar
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Powdered parsley
  • Fried bread

Directions

  1. Soak the peas overnight.
  2. Cut the salt pork into dice.
  3. Boil all ingredients together slowly until the liquid does not exceed two quarts.
  4. Pour into a colander and press through it with a silver spoon.
  5. Return to the pot and add sugar.
  6. Add salt and pepper to taste; and add a little powdered parsley.
  7. Serve with dice of fried bread.
Source — The Unrivalled Cook-Book
Prepared by Ian Dryg
Louisiana Anthology
April 9, 2024