GLAZING FOR TARTS – Mix sifted sugar and water into a thick paste, and brush it over the crust. A PRETTY DESSERT – Take…
Recipe Wednesday: Two easy rice recipes from the 1920s Rice Souffle 3 eggs 1 cupful of cooked rice 1 cupful of medium white sauce Beat…
Old Household and Paint Tips from the past Rub Camphor oil into scratches to fill light or dark wood. The darker the wood, the…
I remember the days when my grandmother and mother would make jelly. It was an all day process but there was always wonderful aromas…
Good comfort food when you are sick with the flu - cornbread and hot chicken soup. The staple in any Southern home is good…
No bacon or grease for the beans and cabbage? This was the solution in early days of Alabama CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALABAMA REMINISCENCES OF ITS…
Transcribed from The Shelby Guide, Columbiana, Alabama May 7, 1868 PRESERVING PICKLES FROM SCUM A Correspondent of the Rural New Yorker gives the following:…
SEWING TIPS FROM THE PAST To sharpen scissors in an emergency, cut aluminum foil several times. Talcum Powder can be used for hem markers.…
BUCKWHEAT CAKES (Transcribed from The Times-Argus, Selma, Alabama January 27, 1870) Dissolve half of yeast in a little warm water, and mix with a…
On a tombstone in Grafton, Vt.: Gone home below. ---- Here lies Bernard Lightfoot who was accidentally killed in his forty fifth year. Erected…
Gumbo Soup As Made in New Orleans in 1850 (Transcribed from The Democrat, Huntsville, Alabama Sept 12, 1850) Take a fowl of good size,…
In a New York churchyard: We shall miss thee, mother. (Good job printing neatly done) ----- Here lies Jane Smith, Wife of Thomas…
EGGS IN TOMATO CUPS Recipe from 1948 3 medium-sized tomatoes 3 eggs Salt and pepper to taste PREPARATION Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.…
On Thomas Woodcock: Here lie the remains of Thomas Woodhen, The most amiable of husbands and excellent of men, N. B. His real name…
FRENCH ROLLS 1924 recipe ½ cake yeast ½ pt. warm water Flour 2 tbsp. butter 1 tbsp. sugar 3 eggs Dissolve yeast in warm…
Here lies my wife in earthly mould, Who, when she liv'd, did naught but scold; Peace, wake her not, for now she's still, She…
APPLE SLUMP The original recipe for this old-fashioned New England dish calls for a dozen tart juicy apples Core, pare and quarter them, put…
Epitaph on an old woman who kept a pottery-shop in Chester, England: Beneath these stones lie old Kathering Gray, Changed from a busy life…
Do you want to make dressing like your Alabama grandmother for Thanksgiving? Then start with Alabama corn meal from the J. T. Pollard cornmeal in…
ROASTED EGGS IN ASHES Roasting is a hearty pioneer hearthside method of cooking eggs, probably by the Dutch to these shores. You need two…
In colonial days, “preserving meat for the winter or for use during travel was a major concern before canning and usually kept for years,…
ASH CAKE from the 1930s 2 cups corn meal 1 teaspooon salt 1 tablespoon sugar boiling water Mix corn meal, salt and sugar, then…
BOILED CUSTARD Beat seven eggs very light, omitting the whites of two, mix them gradually with a quart of milk and half a cupful…
Banana Fritters Recipe from 1948 1 c. Bisquick Mix ½ c. milk 1 egg 2 large ripe bananas 1 tsp brown sugar ¼ tsp.…
HOMEMADE COTTAGE CHEESE FROM 1924 RECIPE Alabama Extension service Filling cartons with cottage cheese 1939 (Library of Congress) SETTING - Place clean sweet milk in…
CORN "A LA SOUTHERN" Scraping corn 1935 by Arthur Rothstein (Library of Congress) 1924 Recipe from Alabama Extension Service 2 c. corn 2 eggs…
Here are some interesting recycling tips from the past: "Do not throw away that old popcorn. If you can't make it pop, put it…
SPOON BREAD Recipe from 1924 1 c. ground corn meal 1 c. boiling water 2 c. milk 1 c. cooked grits or rice 2…
FRUIT STAINS ON HANDS- three good tips 1. Rinse hands with Lemon Juice 2. Rinse hands with vinegar 3. Rub Stubborn Stains with salt…
Girls preparing punch 1936 photographer Harris and Ewing (Library of Congress) CREAMY TOMATO PUNCH From the 1940s 4 cups ice-cold milk 2 -2/3 cups…
