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H : Medford Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1963 Drinking & Dining Recipes from the original Thirteen Colonies On Thanksgiving Day in 1875 the family kitchen presented this scene of feverish activity. Today the kitchen equipment and the clothing of the cooks are quite different, but the American housewife is still serving turkey with dressing and cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes and either pumpkin or mincemeat pie with coffee as the favorite beverage. In observance of Thanksgiving 1963, this page is devoted to recipes used by housewives in the Thirteen Colonies. Thanksgiving was first observed in 1621 by the Pilgrims in the Plymouth Colony, but no specific date for the observance was set until 1863. Through the influence of Sarah Male, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as national Thanksgiving Day. (Photo by Coffee Brewing Institute; colonial recipes from House of Calvert.) M CONNECTICUT S. . MASSACHUSETTS Connecticut Cod Chowder Take 2 pounds of Cod. and simmer in 2 Cups of Water for I Vi Hour. Drain and pul aside Liquid. Remove all the Bones. Dice 2 Ounces of Salt Pork and fry in Buller till crisp.Sct aside. Fry 2 sliced Onions in Pork fat. To this add Cod.;4 large Potatoes, peeled and diced, I Handful of well chopped Celery, a crumbled Bay Leaf. Put all into Liquid and simmer tiki Potatoes are soft but unbroken. Serve, M DELAWARE S3 Rich Black Cake Take 20 Eggs; divide the whites from the Yolks and beat Whites to a Froth. Then work 2 pounds of Butter to a Cream, put the whites of Eggs to it, a Spoonful at a time, until well mixed. Then put 2 pounds of Sugar, finely powdered, in it in the same manner. Then add the yolks of Eggs, well beaten, 2Vj pounds of Flour and 5 pounds of Fruit. Add to this Vt ounce of Mace, a Nutmeg, ! i pint of Wine and some French Brandy. Five and one quarter hours will bake it. 1' ' I mmmme Boston Baked Beans Take 2 Cups of well-picked-over dried Beans. Cover with Water and soak the S Beans Overnight. In the Morning, bring to boil, then simmer for one full Hour. Drain and put Liquid aside. Put U lb. of Salt Pork in Bean Pot. Add Beans, Vi Cup good Jamaica molasses, one Onion grated fine, some Mustard and Vi Cup Liquid. Put Vt Salt Pork on top, cover and boil slowly for 5 Hours. Fin- ish with Cover off and one more Hour ; of Baking. NEW HAMPSHIRE & Maple Ginger Snaps Cream together 2 cups soft ' Maple Sugar, 1 cup Butler and 2 beaten Eggs. In another Bowl, sift Vt teaspoon Salt, 4 cups Flour and 1 tablespoon ' Ginger. Add 1 teaspoon Soda to I cup Sour Cream. Then add the Flour and Ginger to the first Mixture alternately with the Cream. Roll thin and bake in a moderately hot Oven for about 8 Minutes. Yields about 5 dozen Cookies, M GEORGIA S3 NEW JERSEY S? NORTH CAROLINA O Hdpping John '. Boil 2 cups Cow Peas until they are tender. Add 1 cup un cooked Rice and 3 tablespoons Bacon Drippings and enough) of the Water in which the Peas were boiled to steam the Sice (about 3 cups). Salt to taste. Cook over a slow Fire for one hour. This serves about six.- S3 PENNSYLVANIA Schnitz und Knepp Get end piece of good smoked Ham, weighing 2V4 to 4 pounds Place in a Pot and cover with Water. Simmer it for about 2 hours, chanting Water after 30 minutes. Soak in Water in advance 1 or 1 Vi pounds of dried Apples, (the kind which has not been pared before drying), and put into the Pot, together with the Water in which they have been soaked. Let simmer (or another Hour, add. " ing tablespoon brown Sugar. Make the "Kn'epp'' (dumplings) by sifting together 2 cups Flour, I teaspoon Salt; 4 teaspoons biking Powder, Vi teaspoon Pepper. Make a stiff Batter by mixing with about half cup Milk, 3 tablespoons melted Shortening, and I Egg well beaten. Remove the Ham and Schniti, bring Liquor to a boil, and then drop lahlespoonfuls o( batter, one at a time, into boiling Pol. Cover quickly, and boil for 17 to 20 Minutes. Serve ' it covered with the Liquor well thickened with Flour. 8 SOUTH CAROLINA & Kedgeree . Cook separately; 2 cups of Rice, 2 cups of flaked Fish and 4 Eggs (Eggs should be cooked Hard). Chop the Eggs and add them to the Rice, Also add the Fish, 2 tablespoons of minced Parsley, Vi cup top Milk and Salt and Pepper. Reheat in a Double Boiler and sewo immediately. Yields 5 Servings. Pecan Cake Beat the Yolks of 6 Eggs until light. Add 1 Vi cups Sugar, and 1 teaspoonful of vanilla, and . beat again. Mix 3 cups Pecan Meats (chopped as fine as pos sible), 1 tablespoon Flour, 1 teaspoon Baking Powder and Vi teaspoon Salt. Add them to the Yolks. Beat well and stir in the Whites of 6 Eggs (stiffly beaten). Bake in two layers in moderate Oven. When cold, put together and ice with Boiled White Icing, sprinkling ht cup of chopped Raisins on Top, This Cake makes an excellent Dessert if put together and covered w ith Whipped Cream flavored with Sherry W ine. The Cream must be whipped and flavored some time before using, and then drained, so that only the stiff Fart is used. Twelfth Ca.ke Put one and a half pounds of Flour on the Bread Trough and make a hole in the Center. Dissolve Vi ounce of Yeast in warm Water and place it in Hole in flour. Add enough warm Milk (scalded and cooled ) to make a medium Dough, knead ing it until smooth. Set Dough aside to raise in warm Place (or about 6 Hours until ft has doubled its bulk. Add another half pound of Flour and Vi ounce of Salt. Then add 6 Eggs beaten into I cup of Sugar and 1 pound of Butter. Knead all together adding more of the Eggs if the dough is too stiff. Set in a covered Bowl for an Hour, then knead lightly and pat into a Ring, leaving a Hole in the Center. Place in a Pan lined w ith buttered Paper and allow cake to rise for an Hour. Glaze with about 6 beaten eggs and hake (or one and one-half Hours in an Oven of about the temperature that is used for Bread or somewhat cooler. 2 RHODE ISLAND O Rhode Island Johnnycakes Stir 1 cup of white Corn Meal and Salt into 1 cup of boiling Water. Simmer until thickened, stirring frequently. Remove from heal. Add Vi Cup of fresh Milk, hit by bit, stirring until thick.DxojbTablcspoonfuhonHotGriddleandjfryiilLifnii.. M MARYLAND M NEW YORK S2 m VIRGINIA 2 Maryland Turtle Soup "Kill the Turtle at Daylight in Summer, the Night before in Winter, and hang it up to bleed. After Breakfast, scald it well and scrape the outer Skin off the Shell; open it carefully so as not to break the Gall. Break both Shells to Pieces and put them into (he Pot. Lay the Fins, and Eggs and some of the more delicate Parts by-put the Rest into the Pot with a Quantity of Water to suit the Size of your Family. Add two Onions, Parsley, Thyme, Salt, Pepper, Cloves and Allspice to suit your Taste." "An Hour before Dinner late Parts laid by, roll them in brown Flour, fry them in Butter, put them and the Eggs in the Soup. About half an Hour before Dinner thicken the Soup with brown Flour and Butter rubbed together. Just before Dinner add 4 Glass of red Wine." Head Up pct "c?'n ui,h 1 calf Head or 1 pig's Head .VIlCCiC nr half n( i-arhl anil 4 nnnniU nf Brff nr Pork (or 2 pounds of each). Wash Head land Meat, cook for 5 hours in plenty of boiling Water and Salt, let the Meat cook 3 Hours with it. Search for Bones and re move them all, then grind the Meat and mix wilh IVi or 2Vi quarts of Bouillon (in which the meal has been cooked.) It should not he loo dry. Add 1 graled Nutmeg, 1 tablespoon ground Cloves, 4 ounces Vinegar and some sour Gherkins (chopped). Put it in a Bowl, which has been rinsed wilh cold Waier, leave I inch room near the Top. Let it get cold, cut nut a piece f white Paper to fit on (op of the Bowl, cut a Slit in it. Pour some Vinegar over it and keep it. Pour some Vinegar on is toon as it gets dry. Oyster and Ham Pie Drain one Pint of Fresh Oysters and put aside the Liquid. Melt Vi cup of Butter and slir in same amount of Flour. To this mixture add Vi cup nf Oyster Liquid, Vi cup of white Wine, and Vi cup of good Fresh Milk. Cook this till good and thick. Add then the Oysters, 3 Handfuls of cut-up cooked Ham, 2 cups of green Peas, I Onion, put all into Pot and cook in hot Oven for IS minutes. VV s
