We’re at half three of our four-part take a look at granny recipes that readers submitted to the Montgomery Advertiser in 1940, and there are nonetheless so many scrumptious treats forward. Misplaced Recipes is proud to serve them up, with a aspect of recollections.
That stated, when you occur to come back throughout one among these particular treasures that is from your loved ones, I would actually like to see you attempt to make it. Ship a photograph or video to me at [email protected].
And keep in mind, there’s nonetheless another week to go on this sequence. Be sure you come again once more subsequent week to seek out extra treasures from grannies passed by.
Extra:Lost Recipes Part 1: We found a treasure chest full of granny recipes
Satan’s Meals Cake
Mrs. W.A. Goolsby of Cherry Avenue in Montgomery despatched in a Satan’s Meals Cake recipe that’s simply heavenly. You’ll want a cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 4 egg yolks, 3 cups of flour, 3 teaspoons of baking powder, a cup of bitter milk, a cup of boiling water, 2 teaspoons of cocoa, a teaspoon of baking soda and a teaspoon of vanilla.
Combine the cocoa with boiling water, then add the baking soda. Let it cool. Cream the shortening totally, add sugar and beat it till it’s fluffy. Add the crushed egg yolks and vanilla. Beat the combination once more. Add baking powder to sifted white flour, then add it to the combination slowly, and add the bitter milk additionally. Add the chocolate combination to it, then add stiffly crushed egg whites, folding over into combination. Don’t beat once more. Pour this into three layer cake tins which have been oiled. When the muffins are baked, ice them with white icing.
Extra:Lost Recipes Part 2: Five divine dishes from our grannies
Scrumptious Rooster Pie
Mrs. J. Bolling Corridor of Deatsville despatched in a very Southern tackle rooster pot pie, with a biscuit crust.
To start with, this isn’t a fast recipe. It known as for a contemporary rooster, ideally a “good fats hen.” You’d must spend time sooner or later dressing the rooster — eliminating the stuff like head, feathers, and different inedible elements — after which salt the fowl down. The subsequent day, wash and boil it till it’s tender. Relying on how fats the fowl is, you’ll want as much as a half cup of butter, plus two tablespoons of flour, a cup of milk and 4 boiled eggs minimize into small items. (Wouldn’t it be bizarre to make use of eggs from the hen you’re cooking?)
Lower the deboned cooked rooster into small items and set it apart. Make a easy paste from flour in just a little water and add to the water during which the rooster was boiled, after which add the butter, milk and boiled eggs. This makes a wealthy gravy, into which you’ll subsequent add the rooster, salt and pepper to style. Line a deep pan with biscuit dough a few fourth of an inch thick. Pour the rooster gravy combination into that. Use extra biscuit dough to make a high crust on the pan, and prick it with a fork. Bake till the biscuit crust is browned.
Extra:Lost Recipes Part 4: A last look at seven ‘secret’ granny recipes from 1940
Brunswick Stew
Mrs. W.C. Wingard of Selma has us able to serve a giant pot of Brunswick Stew on this recipe.
You’ll want 4 cans of tomatoes, 3 cans of corn, 1 can of okra, 3 kilos of Irish potatoes, 2 kilos of onion, 1 rooster, 1 and a half kilos of floor beef or pork, a stick of butter, rooster inventory, crimson pepper, black pepper and salt.
Prepare dinner the rooster till it’s tender and take away the bones. Prepare dinner the potatoes and mash them easy. Brown the bottom beef and drain. Chop and prepare dinner the onions. Then mix all elements and prepare dinner about two hours, stirring continuously till it’s very thick.
Tempting Vegetable Dish
Mrs. R.E. Mathews, who lived on Highland Avenue in Montgomery, was able to tempt you with greens… and bacon. Bacon makes all the things higher, and also you’ll want 1 / 4 pound of it for this recipe, plus a pound of latest Irish potatoes, a pound of contemporary snap beans, a lemon and two kilos of onerous inexperienced cabbage.
Put the bacon in a pot with three cups of water. Place complete beans in with potatoes on high. Prepare dinner slowly for an hour. Sprinkle calmly with salt and pepper. When achieved, take away potatoes. Lower the cabbage into thick slices and place them lengthwise on the beans within the pot. Squeeze half of a lemon over the cabbage, then prepare dinner for 25 minutes or till tender. Then prepare all of it on a big platter, being cautious to not break the cabbage. Place beans round in border kind, potatoes in heart. And, sure, someplace within the midst of all these veggies is the bacon.
Onion Soup
Grace Thompson of Notasulga provided a reasonably fast tackle onion soup that may make you wish to drink each drop. You’ll want a cup of minced onions, 3 tablespoons of butter, 3 tablespoons of flour, 2 bouillon cubes, 2 cups of boiling water, a cup of milk and 1 / 4 teaspoon of salt.
Brown the onions in butter till they’re good and caramelized. Take away the pan from warmth, then add the salt and flour and stir till blended. Mix bouillon cubes and the new water and stir till they’re dissolved. Add the bouillon water to the onion combination. Prepare dinner and stir continuously till thickened. Add milk. Warmth to boiling. Then serve instantly.
IF YOU TRY IT
Should you determine to attempt one among these misplaced recipes please ship us a photograph and a observe on the way it went. Ship it in an e-mail titled “Misplaced Recipes” to Montgomery Advertiser reporter Shannon Heupel at [email protected].