Blogs Posts on "Historic Recipes"

Apple Snow by Hushpuppy Nation on Oct 22, 2009A recipe for apple snow, an old Southern recipe made with stewed apples and egg whites from a nineteenth century Virginia cookbook. Related posts:Apple Sweet Pickles A recipe for sweet pickles made from apples, taken from...To make Apple-Fritters A...

Roasted Opossum by Hushpuppy Nation on Oct 9, 2009

Tipsy Parson Pudding by Hushpuppy Nation on Aug 22, 2009Tipsy Parson is an English dessert that was a staple in the Nineteenth Century South.  It is made by soaking sponge or pound cake in brandy or wine and topping it with a custard pudding. “Soak a whole sponge-cake (or any pieces of dry cake will an...

Blackberry Cordial by Hushpuppy Nation on Mar 23, 2009A recipe for blackberry cordial, an after-dinner drink popular in the nineteenth century, rom a United Daughters of the Confederacy cookbook published in 1916. Related posts:Dixie Pudding A recipe for a simple pudding made with sugar, flour...Mrs.

Eudora’s Double Caramel Cake by Hushpuppy Nation on Mar 1, 2009Recipe for caramel cake with caramel frosting from Eudora Garrison's Carolina Recipes, published in Charlotte, NC in the very early 1960s. Related posts:War Marble Cake Whites of 5 eggs, 1 3/4 cups sugar, 3/4 cup...Scripture Cake The history of Scr...

Col. Wm. Rhodes Estill’s Recipe For Curing Hams by Hushpuppy Nation on Feb 10, 2009“Kill your hogs when the wind is from the north-west. The night before you salt the meat take a string of red pepper and make a strong tea. (Let it remain on the stove over night.) Put in the tea 2 heaping tablespoons of saltpetre to every 2 g.

Hush Puppies by Hushpuppy Nation on Feb 9, 2009A recipe for hushpuppies from a cookbook published by the American Legion Auxillary in Greenville, MS just after the Second World War.

Calf’s Head Soup by Hushpuppy Nation on Jan 30, 2009Recipe for Calf's Head Soup, a traditional nineteenth century recipe, from a community cookbook published in Norfolk, VA in 1907.

Dixie Pudding by Hushpuppy Nation on Jan 26, 2009A recipe for a simple pudding made with sugar, flour and eggs from a United Daughters of the Confederacy cookbook published in 1916 in Los Angeles.

Apple Sweet Pickles by Hushpuppy Nation on Jan 22, 2009A recipe for sweet pickles made from apples, taken from an 1875 cookbook published by the ladies of the Presbyterian Church in Parish, Kentucky.