Indian Bread

Ingredients

• Indian meal
• Cold water
• Salt
• Yeast
• Butter

Directions

1. Mix (as for a thick gruel) Indian meal and cold water; stir the mixture into boiling water, let it boil 1⁄2 hour.
2. Stir in a little salt; take it from the fire; let it remain until lukewarm, then stir in yeast and Indian meal, making it the consistency of common dough.
3. When light, take it out and put into buttered pans.
4. Let it remain a few minutes, then bake it about 2 1⁄2 hours.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Ujjen Rajkarnikar
Louisiana Anthology
October 4, 2023

Royal Diplomatic Pudding

Ingredients

• gelatine
  
• water
• granulated sugar
• lemon juice
• orange juice

Directions

1. To one box gelatine add one glass of water.
2. When dis-solved divide into half.
3. To one half add three glasses of granulated sugar, 1 half glass of lemon juice and 1 glass of water.
4. Heat a little to get the sugar to melt, then colour with leaf green.
5. To the other half of gelatine add 2 glasses of sugar and 1 glass of orange juice.
6. Color with red fruit coloring, and when ready to congeal add the whites of 3 eggs beaten to a stiff froth and add to the green.
7. This makes a lovely dessert, looks like watermelon.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Ujjen Rajkarnikar
Louisiana Anthology
October 4, 2023

Steak Roll

Ingredients

• Steak
  
• Bread crumbs
• Pepper
• Salt
• Onions
• Sage
• Celery

Directions

1. Beat the steak well.
2. Make a dressing of bread crumbs, pepper, salt, onions, sage and celery, fry it a little, then put it on the steak and roll up and tie.
3. Put in oven and bake.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Ujjen Rajkarnikar
Louisiana Anthology
October 4, 2023

Johnny Cakes

Ingredients

• Two cups of Indian meal
• One pint of sour milk or butter-milk
• One spoonful of cream or butter

Directions

1. Take two cups of Indian meal in your mixing dish.
2. Add one pint of sour milk or butter-milk, a spoonful of cream or butter.
3. Beat well together and add a cup full of flour, with a teaspoon of soda sifted through it.
4. Bake in a quick oven and serve hot for breakfast.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Ujjen Rajkarnikar
Louisiana Anthology
October 4, 2023

Shrimp Alfredo

 Ingredients

• Shrimp
• Parmesean
• Pasta
• Butter
• Cream cheese
• Heavy cream
• Chicken broth
• Garlic

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Directions

1. Thaw frozen shrimp.
2. Boil water and cook the pasta. 
3. Add butter, cream cheese, heavy cream, chicken broth, garlic to a skillet on medium heat for five minutes.
4. Stir in parmesan cheese and let melt for one minute. 
5. Add the shrimp and cook for 5-6 minutes. 
6. Add pasta. 

Source — Salt & Lavender
Prepared by Brileigh Rossitter
Louisiana Anthology
September 24, 2023

Virginia Buns

Ingredients

• Two pounds of flour
• One pint of milk 
• 3/4 pounds of butter
• Eight eggs
• One and a half grated nutmegs
• One teaspoon of cinnamon 
• one and a half wineglasses full of yeast
• One pound of white sugar

Directions

1. Shift flour into a pan. 
2. Add warm milk.
3. Add butter and stir.
4. Beat eggs lightly.
5. Add grated nutmeg.
6. Add cinnamon. 
7. Beat everything together.
8. Add the yeast and set it to rise. 
9. Stir in white sugar.
10. Set to rise in pan. 

Source —  Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Brileigh Rossitter
Louisiana Anthology
September 24, 2023

German Flour Soup

Ingredients

• Flour
• Milk
• Powdered cinnamon
• Powdered sugar 
• Egg yolk
• Bread
• Fried croutons 
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Directions

1. Brown some flour. 
2. Thin it while warm with sufficient milk.
3. Add powdered cinnamon and powdered sugar.
4. Cook it while stirring continuously. 
5. Thicken it with beaten egg yolk 
6. Pour it over slices of bread

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Rachel Niemirowski
Louisiana Anthology
September 23, 2023