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Old Time Recipe for Corn Pudding by Beth Trissel 11/24/2009 10:00:27 AM
I’ve always been a fan of corn pudding, an old fashioned dish and one of the foods my characters would have eaten in my early American historical novels. Corn pudding, corn bread, and corn mush reach well back into America’s history. This basic rec... more
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Old Time Mennonite Pumpkin Pie Recipe by Beth Trissel 11/21/2009 2:50:12 PM
I found this recipe eons ago in the Mennonite Community Cookbook by Mary Emma Showalter. This vintage collection is fun to read simply for the colorful descriptions of rural life, back in the day, and the quaint illustrations. It’s also a treasure... more
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Southern Spicy Gingerbread by Beth Trissel 11/14/2009 7:40:07 AM
We got hit by cold, lashing winds and rain here in the valley this week. The sun is struggling to emerge from behind a veil of gray clouds and the air still nippy this morning. Which puts me in the mood for comfort food. With the holidays fast appr... more
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Old Southern Recipe for Buckwheat Pancakes by Beth Trissel 10/1/2009 7:08:22 AM
Charleston Receipts Book, old Southern Recipe for Buckwheat pancakes... more
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Julie and Julia and My Vintage Cookbooks by Beth Trissel 9/16/2009 4:53:15 AM
Several weeks ago, I saw the Julie and Julia movie with a group of mom’s and our college age daughters. We all really enjoyed it and thought the film extremely well done. Meryl Streep did an excellent portrayal of Julia Child, whom I grew up watch... more
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Old Time Apple Butter Boiling by Beth Trissel 9/8/2009 5:59:45 AM
I love fall, always have. It brings with it an excitement, a sort of energy, that recharges the land and a people grown weary of the stifling summer heat and drought that often accompanies it. Change in and of itself is not necessarily good, but it... more
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Old Southern Recipe for Huckleberry Muffins by Beth Trissel 8/31/2009 8:58:45 AM
From the Charleston Receipts Book published in 1950:
2 cups flour
1/4 cup shortening *(I imagine you can substitute oil)
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1 cup huckleberries or blueberries
1/2 teaspoon sa... more
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LIPS THAT TOUCH WINE . . . by Robert A. Mills 8/24/2009 5:46:58 AM
OLD VAUDEVILLE GAG: Lips that touch wine will never touch mine! . . . Your lips? . . . No, fool! My wine!
(Prolonged rim shot)
Unable to doze off, I flicked on the TV and caught ABC’s NIGHTLINE, a program I had not seen since the d... more
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Greg Sams' Cookery Lesson by Frances Lynn 8/19/2009 3:10:31 AM
Gregory Sams' new book Sun of gOd (his previous book is the iconoclastic Uncommon Sense) looks like it's becoming a best seller. It's selling like crazy, especially since Jonathan Cainer wrote about him and his book in his Daily Mail ... more
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Leaping from the Laptop to the Stove by Darden North 5/4/2009 4:32:09 AM
Rising celebrity cook, Martha A.Cheves, amazes both the novice and the master of the flame.
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Team Montana goes to battle by Cryssa C 4/23/2009 7:07:52 AM
This weekend our daughter, Sara, is participating in the National ProStart Invitational Culinary Competition in San Diego as part of the four member team representing Montana.
Basically this means that their team will compete against 37 oth... more
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Recipes anyone? by Linda Law 4/21/2009 8:55:57 AM
Don't laugh! Although I was the Betty Crocker Future Homemaker of Tomorrow waaaay back when... :-))) I never mastered the kitchen and all the tricks to living up to my beloved title! However.... I love to collect recipes! All types of food and craft... more
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Baking Bread by Nina T Bagnall 4/18/2009 9:53:46 AM
Baking Bread without ........The bread making machine
I adore cooking it’s a passion of my mine. Last year I decided to have a go at baking my own bread.
The first thing on my checklist was to find some recipes. My fingers went searching... more
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