Old Recipe Detective

Busy Week For HeritageRecipes.Com

2010-11-21T14:52:00.000-08:00

The week of Thanksgiving is a time when people reach back into their childhood memories and this leads them on search for family recipes that have gone missing. My HeritageRecipes' website will have many, many visitors this week. So if you have any old family recipes you would like to share, please email them to editor@heritagerecipes.com

Lost Recipes Requests (in their own words)

Douglas Bakery Fruitcake And Carnation Milk Meat Loaf
Hi, I am searching for two recipes. As a child in West Virginia in the 1960's, we had a bakery delivery truck that brought an amazing fruit cake. The bakery was Douglas Bakery of Charleston, WV. If anyone has that recipe, my dad will be a happy, happy man! Also, in the late 1970's, Carnation Milk had a meat loaf recipe on the label. Being the girl I was, I thought I'd never forget. Need I say more? I remember the topping had pickle relish in it and that's as far as I can go. I deeply appreciate any help you can provide! Sincerely, Beverly

Chicken Soup with Elbow Macaroni
I lived with my great grandmother in Double Springs Alabama until I was 13. I was placed with another relative because she developed Alzheimer’s. She would make me a chicken soup with noodles that were very large elbow macaroni and had a creamy sauce, not clear. I know she started by boiling a whole chicken and then removing the skin and bones. I have looked through hundreds of recipes and can’t find anything except recipes using cream of chicken soup. She made hers entirely from scratch. I never got a chance to get the recipe, as a child I honestly never dreamed there would be none left to ask. If you have any ideas I would greatly appreciate it. Athena

Kidney Bean Pie
I am looking for a bean pie recipe that my great grandmother used to make. I have been searching for this recipe ever since my grandmother told me about it. My great grandmother was a very traditional southern woman and I guess she used to make this all the time. The only thing my grandma remembers her putting in it was kidney beans. Have you heard of a recipe like this? Since my grandma is not a cook or a baker she has been begging me to try and make this recipe. If you could find this recipe that would be great!! Thank you, Tristan

Chocolate Lush Cake
I have been hunting for Chocolate Lush Cake recipe for 30 years. It is a chocolate cake cooked in an iron skillet. When you turn it out it is covered in its own chocolate sauce. I have made it before and it was soooo good. Thank you for any help you can give me on this. Birdhouse

Christmas Cake
Does anyone have a recipe for a Christmas cake which included whole hazelnuts, chocolate buttons, large raisins and was then baked in a ring tin in the oven and when cool had icing drizzled over it. I think the recipe came from a Family Circle or similar magazine in the 1980s. My kids loved it and I want to try it on the grandchildren but have lost the recipe. Mandy

Date Bars
There is a recipe for date nut bars that was on the box of a date bread mix. My mom used to fix it every Christmas during the 60's. It had lemon glaze on top and was delicious. I don't think it was written out because she just purchased the mix whenever she wanted to bake it. I would love to find the recipe from someone who was prudent enough to save it. I have not found it on the back of any current mixes seen in the store.

Three Layer Cake
My Aunt said the her mom had made this cake from scratch 3 layer cake one layer was spice and 2 were white and she believes that it had a egg white frosting with a lemon filling between the layers the spice layer was in between the white layers and she believes that it was a lemon filling between the layers but not for sure .. My aunt is 75 now and it was a cake that her mom made and we are wondering if you could fine that recipe.. Thank You ..Wendy

Garden Delight Relish
I am looking for a relish recipe that my Aunt used to make. I think it was called "Garden Delight" It was the best relish I've ever had and I would love to be able to make it.!

Pineapple Cake
I am looking for a pineapple cake, very simple, with a cream cheese frosting. Just 1 can pineapple, 1 c sugar, balance unknown. Can you find a recipe for me? Thank you in advance, Bernice

Potato Candy
Back in the 1940's my mother made candy that I think was called potato candy. it would have a layer of potato or whatever the white was and a stripe of peanut butter. I would love to find the recipe. Thanks..Mary

Fried Tomatoes
I may be looking for a recipe that was one of my Dad's creation, but I hope not. We haven't raised tomatoes for many years, but I planted (too many of course, lol) and it looks like I will have a bumper crop. Dad used to take tomatoes that were turned or turning and start off by cooking them like a traditional fried tomato. He dredged them in four and meal and fried them in a big cast iron skillet. Then when they were fried, he took a spatula to kinda stir them together and give them a casserole-type consistency. Then he would put them in the oven to finish them off. Dad is 85 now, and has dementia, and doesn't remember how to cook them. I think I could wing it, except for the oven part. I am not sure how hot to have the oven or how long to cook them. It has been decades since I had these, and I can still remember the great taste. I am hoping that he got this recipe from someone and that someone else out there has it. Thank you for your help, Phyllis

Found Recipes:

Green Goddess Salad Dressing
by Mrs. Clay Richmond from the River Road Recipes, Junior League of Baton Rouge, LA and submitted to this blog
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 Tablespoons chopped anchovies
3 Tablespoons chopped green onion
1 Tablespoon lemon juice
3 Tablespoons tarragon wine vinegar
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup mayonnaise
1/3 cup chopped parsley
salt and coarse black pepper
The anchovies are optional. Mix in the order given and chill. Makes 1 pint. Serves 8-12.

Sweet Potato Fool
Hello, I'm looking for a "Sweet Potato Fool" recipe. Jacquelyn
Follow this link: Sweet Potato Fool

Wishing everyone a totally terrific Thanksgiving Holiday!

Lookin' For Lost Recipes

2010-06-07T16:26:00.000-07:00

I've had lots of lost recipe requests over the past few months. Many of them I have been able to answer quickly through Google searches. Here are the ones that I haven't been able to answer. Any help is always appreciated. Below I have posted the actual requests...

Ribsticker
"My mom has been searching for a recipe from her childhood. It's called 'Ribsticker'. Its flour and milk, steamed, then served with a sauce of sweetened milk and vanilla. Have you heard of such a thing? Thanks, Christie"

Lost Frosting Recipe
"When I was young (50 years ago) my aunt made a white cake with a lemon and orange zest icing/glaze. It (the frosting) was tart, colorful and was more like a thick glaze. She died many years ago and there is no one to ask about it in the family." FOUND: Click here to see Orange Lemon Icing recipe.

Banana Cream Pie with a Peanut Butter/Cornflake Crust
"In the 1960's my mother cut out a recipe for a banana cream pie with a peanut butter/cornflake crust. It was very delicious and rich. I think she cut it from a magazine and she thinks it was from a box of corn flakes. My whole family would love to have this recipe. Does anyone have it?"

Kilfin
"Just found your site, and wow! My mother use to make cookies that she called Kilfin. It may be of Viennanese background. Basically, they contained blanched finely ground almonds, butter and very little flour. They were rolled into a log, refrigerated, and sliced and hand shaped into elongated ovals; she told me they were supposed to be in a crescent shape but that the tips broke off too easily. After they were baked, cooled slightly but still warm, they were very carefully rolled in a powdered sugar/cinnamon mixture. They were exceedingly delicate, melt-in-your mouth cookies that were stored in an air tight container. Any help finding this recipe would be greatly appreciated! Thank you. Nancy" Found. Click here to see recipe.

Italian Rum Cake
"When I was a child, my family always celebrated birthdays with a rum cake from an Italian bakery near my house. It was unlike any "rum cake" I have never encountered since. It had several layers, each one different - chocolate cream, red fruit jam, custard cream, rum-soaked yellow cake. I think there were seven layers in all. The icing was a sweet cream icing, and the sides were coated in something slightly crunchy and sweet; I remember it tasting like almonds. I don't know if this is a classic Italian recipe or if it was created at that bakery, but it was a truly heavenly cake! If anyone has ever seen or read a recipe like this, I would be very grateful to have it. I've missed those cakes like you wouldn't believe, as the place closed around thirty years ago." This recipe may be the one: Rum Cake Italian Style

Cherry Roll Cake
"I am looking for an old recipe my husband says was called Cherry Roll, that his mom made when he was young. He said it was off the Bisquick box back in the 50's. It was not a roll, but a cake with the consistency between cake and cheesecake and the cherries were in the batter. No icing or topping. He says it was VERY moist. I've never seen nor had it, so I'm going on his memory. Thanks."

Needs Help with Lefse
"My sister and I and spouses are trying to resurrect our mom’s Lefse recipe. Unfortunately, she is no longer with us to help. We have numerous questions in our effort to fine-tune (what type potatoes, type cream, volume of flour etc. I was hoping your website would have a forum for this type discussion, but apparently not. Do you have any suggestions on where we can get help like that? Gary"

Chocolate Fudge Recipe
"I am looking for the receipt for chocolate fudge that was on the back of the Hershey chocolate can. Thanks, Norma" FOUND: Click Here to See Angel Fudge Recipe

Sausage and Grits Baked and Fried
"When I was growing up my father was in the Army. He said that he worked in the kitchen and they boiled the grits then in another pan they cooked ground pork then they mixed them together put them in the oven till they were done, then they cooled them, then they cut them in to slices and fried them they were good. But I can't find the recipe any where -- it must have been in the 40s or 50s. Please help me find it -- my father died when I was young."

Martini Salad
"A couple of months ago I came across a "martini salad" in a magazine which I have since misplaced. I don't remember which magazine it was nor the date of the publication. As best I can remember the ingredients were shrimp, avocado, seeded cucumber, onion (I think), grape tomatoes and either shredded lettuce or field greens and it was served in a martini glass. I don't remember the exact dressing ingredients, but it was not a creamy dressing. I would be so appreciative if someone can help me find this recipe!"

Potato Walnut Bundt Pan Cake
"I'm looking for a recipe I got from a long lost friend about 40 years ago. I lost it about 20 years ago. It was a cake and the main ingredients were riced or mashed white potato and (?black) walnuts (ground very fine). It was baked in a Bundt pan. It did not contain chocolate, sweet potato, or fruit (e.g. banana or cranberry). It was not a spice cake. It did not use any pre-packaged cake mix as a base. I have a vague memory that the "frosting" was powdered sugar but it might have been nothing at all. Are you able to help? Thanks! Stephanie"

Knopp
"Every Christmas my father would make a hash he would call Knopp. He would boil a pork shoulder and grind up the meat. Then would add barley, allspice, salt and pepper. I'm not sure if these are the only ingredients and have no idea of the amount of these ingredients. He would pack it into a container and refrigerate. Then we would brown it in a pan and serve with fried eggs on top and maple syrup. It was so good. I would like to make it for my son who never had the chance to have Grandpa make it for him. Appreciate any help. Kathy"

Chicken Cacciatore, Salmon In a Blanket and Mac and Cheese
"Looking for a recipe for Chicken Cacciatore, published in Cosmopolitan Mag in the 70's,
Salmon In a Blanket with Bisquick (I think it was on the box), and a mac and cheese by my German grandma with egg noodles, eggs, cheddar cheese, milk, butter, cooked on the stove top in a cast iron pan till crusty on bottom. And (I think ) Kraft green goddess dressing . Thanks, Laura"

If you have the recipes or comments about any of these searches, please post them in the Blog comment section.

Answers:
Cheery Chowder Answer from Deborah
"Regarding Cheery Chowder. I have the actual magazine clipping and Colleen has the ingredients almost exactly as written. The exceptions are as follows:

Colleen’s recipe uses 1 lb low-fat sharp Cheddar, grated. The clipping is written using- 1 pound extra sharp cheddar, grated. Also, Colleen’s recipe does not list broccoli, but the clipping is written using- 1 cup broccoli flowerets, cooked until tender.

My clipping is pretty tattered and most of the directions are missing from the abuse of my stuffing other clippings into my recipe book. This is definitely a motivation for me to organize my recipes. Thank you for providing the venue."

Seafoam Frosting Answer from Lanelle
"I was just online looking at recipes and found the posting on your site about Boiled Frosting. In my family we often made the Boiled Frosting but another variation we used was Seafoam frosting. Our version of Seafoam frosting substituted brown sugar for the sugar in the recipe and left out the corn syrup because of the molasses in the brown sugar. The procedure is basically the same, we boiled it in a double boiler for 7 minutes over simmering water. The tell tale sign of it being ready is that it loses some of its shine when perfect to spread. I remember my mother making this every year for my birthday and putting it on a devil's food cake. The recipes she used were from a Swan's Down recipe booklet that was often included in the flour sack or box up until the 50's. I am in my 40's now and I make the cakes for her. We still love the recipes and recall my grandmother who started us both on this path so many years ago."

Searching for Chocolate Nutmeg Cake Recipe...

2009-11-23T15:27:00.000-08:00

New request:

"Years ago I got a recipe from a magazine – Good Housekeepng or Better Homes and Gardens perhaps – for a square chocolate nutmeg cake frosted with chocolate butter cream frosting and then using marzipan – making “ribbons” and a bow from marzipan to make the square cake look like a package with ribbons. I have lost the recipe and was wondering if anyone still had it. Thank you for any assistance, Marcy"

If you have this recipe or a link to it, please post it in the comments section. Happy Thanksgiving and don't forget to share your favorite heritage recipes with us at HeritageRecipes.com

New Lost Recipes Requests

2009-10-26T15:34:00.000-07:00

Bean Pie
Mei is looking for "an authentic and reliable Bean Pie recipe that someone has used for years."

Caraway Cookie/Cake
Ellen is searching for "a recipe for these bakery treats. Last time we recall tasting them was in the 1950s in the Brooklyn, Queens area of New York. These “cakes” were really hard, flat cookie bars (very crunchy) that contained caraway seeds. They weren’t very sweet but were a delicious accompaniment to coffee. Can you help me find a source to buy them or a recipe to make them? I would love to surprise my family with these for the holidays this year!"

Please let me know if you have either of these recipes and post them in the comments section for this blog.

Recipes That Mom Use to Make...

2009-10-18T16:28:00.000-07:00

Please get your family members to write down the recipes you love while they still remember them! This is the main way to perserve your own personal family culinary history. And meanwhile please help the following folks find recipes that have been lost.

Good German Brown Bread
"I am looking for an authentic recipe for "Good German Brown Bread" as it is described by elderly Germans who lived through the 1930's and 1940's in Germany. My own research has turned up very little. Apparently, It was well known and widely available throughout Germany during this period. Even if you can only help me identify the specific type of bread being referred to it would be a great help. I have no doubt that there are people alive in Germany today who would know what I am looking for but I can neither read nor speak German. I would appreciate anything you turn up. Thank you, Hraefn"

Peanut Pudding
"My grandmother used to make a peanut pudding. She use almost a clear, light colored custard and roasted peanuts with the skins on. She ground the peanuts in a meat grinder. Once the nuts were mixed with the custard, she then put a meringue on top. My father really enjoyed this dessert and this in one of those that was not written down. Any ideas on getting this recipe? Thanks, Elizabeth"

Cape Cod Turkey
"I am looking for a recipe my mom used to make when I was a child. She passed away in 2002 and everyone on her side of the family that would know the recipe have also passed so I don't know where to find it. She called it Cape Cod Turkey I know it consisted of mashed potatoes, fried salt pork, and cod fish but no idea how she cooked the cod fish any help would be appreciated. Carol"

Stanley Plum/Prune Filling
"My grandma made a prune pie filling from fresh stanley plums. She would then use this through the year to make may different polish desserts. No one can seem to find this recipe at all. My parents stopped canning anything about 25 years ago, and my mom says she doesn't know whatever happened to her recipes. I don't know much about it at all, but if anyone has a recipe please let me know. I will test them all if I have to. Todd"

Italian Country Chicken
"Several years ago a recipe appeared in Woman's Day magazine. The woman in the article stated it was her grandmother Ameneia's (sp) recipe for Italian country chicken. It was done on the stove top with red potatoes , rosemary and calamata olives. I'll be darned if I can find it. This is one of those recipes that has people drooling for Sunday dinner at just the thought of it. I would love to find a copy of this if anyone has it. Thanks Bonnie"

Hard Cake Icing
"I remember as a little girl coming up in Natchez Ms in the early 60’s, at Christmas everything was homemade, even the icings for the cakes. I remember the icing being soft when they put it on the cake, but it got hard. When you would cut the cake, the icing would kind of crumble. Does anyone out there have any idea how it is made. Any help will be greatly appreciated. MANY THANKS, IN ADVANCE Patrice "

If you have any of these recipes, please post them in the comment section. Thanks for your help!

Urgent Request!

2009-09-07T11:48:00.000-07:00

This morning I recieved a request from Cheryl who is urgently seeking a recipe for a Cranberry Christmas Pudding -- here's what she wrote:

"As for the Christmas Pudding recipe (at least my mother used to make it for Thanksgiving and/or Christmas) back in the mid to late 60's. I believe it had Cranberries in it, baked in a loaf pan and served with some kind of rich buttery sauce. My youngest brother has terminal lung cancer and has asked if I could find this recipe......it's not in anything of my mom's. Can anyone help find this one? I would like my brother to have it at least once more before he's gone...This request is REALLY urgent and you can see why.........please help, someone out there must have had this same dessert (as we called it) besides my immediate family. God Bless you for your help. Cheryl"

Cheryl is also looking for a great apple butter recipe ... "Back in the 50's and 60's my mother had a recipe that I remember seeing on a handwritten card. Back then I had no interest in canning or such things so I couldn't even tell you what the recipe included or where it came from. All I know is it was the BEST apple butter others and myself have ever tasted. My mother is 90 and has Alzheimer's and there is no way she would remember let alone tell me where the recipe came from. I would appreciate any GREAT TASTING recipes for apple butter from back in the day."

I posted two of my favorites on the Heritage Recipe website: Apple Butter and Crabapple Plum Butter. I had some of the Crabapple Plum Butter on toast this morning -- yum! It can be made with any slightly tart apples if you don't have access to crabapples. I've also used Gravensteins.

Another request this week came from Stella. She is looking for two recipes that were in Comospolitan Magazine sometime around 1976-1977. One is Texas Bowl of Red Chili and the other is Zucchini Tomato Souffle Roll. I Googled the chili recipe and found several recipes for her to try but had no luck with the zucchini recipe.

If you have any of these recipes, please post them in the comment section. Thanks!

I'm Baaack!

2009-08-24T22:58:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since I've posted. However, I have been searching for recipes as requests come in. If you send a request and don't hear from me right away -- it is usually because I didn't have any quick results finding the recipe you request. Once in a while a request does slip past me.

This summer I have been working on getting my recipes better organized. My teenage neighbor has spent more than 60 hours this summer sorting all the loose index card recipes and newspaper clippings people (think family members) have given me over the years. That project is now complete. She sorted them by category and then in alpha sort.

Now she is typing all my cookbooks into LibraryThing. Currently the count is 133 cookbooks...and we many, many shelves of cookbooks to go! I keep telling my husband "no more cookbooks!", then I go to an estate sale and buy them myself! This weekend I found two pickling cookbooks printed many years ago by a local cucumber grower...the parents of the same farmer that I buy my pickling cukes from.

So here are a lot of recipe requests...hopefully you all can help these folks. I still have more to publish. Maybe next week.

Inspiration Cake
“A friend of mine was looking for a cake recipe. She said that her grandmother called it an inspiration cake. It was a white cake that used egg whites and shaved pieced of semi-sweet chocolate were folded into the batter. Would you know of this recipe? Thank you, Beth”

Molasses Corn Cake
“My mother is 92 years old and going strong. She has been talking about and searching for a recipe for the molasses cake her mother made using cornmeal and spices. Any help in providing one will be appreciated greatly. Thanks in advance, Brenda”

Sweet Milk Pie
“I am looking for a recipe of my Great Grandmothers. She called it a Sweet Milk Pie but it seems to me more like dumplings. I do know she would boil sweet milk and may have added sugar to the milk. Then she would cut dough and drop it into the boiling milk-in layers. It also seems that the dough was sweet. Any suggest would be appreciated, Candy”

Holiday Cookies from Imperial
“What I am looking for is a recipe that I have used for many years. It was a magazine ad for Imperial Margarine. The cookies are called: Holiday Cookies from Imperial. They are rolled sugar cookies that you cut out, bake and then frostdecorate. Thanks again, Dora”

Durham Scald Cream
“We were sitting around last night discussing memories and old recipes. My Mother-in-law talked about her childhood memories of visiting relatives in Durham County, Ontario during the 1930's. She remembers Durham Scald Cream, apparently used as a custard substitute (maybe?). Is there any way to locate more info on this recipe? Internet searches and searches on food sites have turned up nothing. Thanks for your help. Nick”

Chicken Casserole
“Was wondering if you could help. I found a recipe a thousand years ago in a Women’s Day or something. It include chicken parts, golden delicious apples, white sauce. I do know you brown the chicken parts and apples in a skillet...then you transfer to a baking dish or casserole dish...then you make the white sauce...this is what I cant remember...I remember you use the same pan that you browned the apples and that you use a bit of white wine but I cant remember the rest...then you pour it over your chicken and apples...and bake...its fantastic...and I would really love to make it again....can you help...thank you...sincerely.. Joan....

PS I remembered too that it included heavy whipping cream in the white sauce..butter??? not sure...probably flour to thicken more and you put it in the same pan you use to brown the apples, leaving behind a sweet glaze that incorporates into the sauce. I just cant remember the exact way to make the sauce...it was very rich..a little sweet..the wine countered that a bit...then you bake it in the oven on a low temp to ensure the chicken bakes threw while the sauce on top browns...i wish i could remember it..it was heavenly...”

Honey Buns
“I would like to find a recipe for old family honey buns.”

Strawberry Gelatin Cake and Icing
“I’m looking for an old recipe for strawberry gelatin cake and icing. It’s the icing that’s the recipe I’m searching for – it was a cooked (boiled?) icing in a saucepan and had strawberry gelatin as an ingredient, constantly stirred, then poured over the cake while still warm and then it would crust a bit on the outside but still be soft just under the crust. It would be a bit thin due to the pourable nature of the icing. Thanks! Karen”

Cheese Rarebit
“When I was about 7 years old (1972) my mother used to make this recipe she called cheese rarebit that included the following: eggs, bread slices, milk, McCormick’s cheese sauce mix.
I loved this and my mother can't remember it. Do you think someone from your group would? Please let me know if you do. Best regards, Lesley”

Snowballs
“Hello, My aunt and I are looking for an old recipe my mother would make at Christmas. I think she might have gotten the recipe from the Denver Post in the 50's. All I can tell you is that "we" called them Snowballs and that they were frozen and had coconut on the outside. They might have been made with ice cream. Thank you so much, Linny”

Yum Yum Salad
“30 years ago a 90 year 'Grandma Bacon' down the road, gave me her VERY OLD recipe for Yum Yum Salad. I've lost it !! Some of the ingredients were: 1 pkg. gelatin mixed with water, evaporated milk, celery, green pepper, onion, lemon juice, horseradish and maybe a little sugar. None of it was much – but WOW what flavor !! Thanks for your help trying to find it !! Louise”

Graham Cracker Crust Dessert
“I know that my aunt made a graham cracker crust and pressed it into a 9 x 13 in pan. It had lemon juice, I think unflavored gelatin, but I'm no sure what else. I know it set up solid. I think she put something like a cream topping on it. As kids we loved it. Her daughter can't even remember eating it. Thanks for anything you can do to help. It is something my Aunt made years ago, that we loved, and I would love to make it for my grandkids. Mary PS. Love this site.”

Six O’Clock Buns
“Looking for a recipe called “Six O’Clock Rolls/Bun” My grandmother used to mix the bread dough at night – starting at six p.m. Then at ?? 7 punch dough down, then again at 8 and the final step was to shape the dough on the baking sheets and cover with a heavy plastic sheet and towels – to keep them from rising too much that night. At 6 a.m. she would put the dough into the oven and we would have hot bread/rolls/buns for breakfast – plus her bread baking would be done for the day! I am not sure if I have the times right, Nancy”

Soupenblay and Punkyablay
“My Grand Mother and My Mom (both are of Dutch Decent.) Anyways Mom made these 2 kinds of ( I guess You Could call them a type of Soup.) One was Called Soupenblay. Made with Barley & Buttermilk not sure what else, the other Punkyablay was of course made with Pumpkins not sure what else. ( I dont know if I even spelled them right I was Very Young at the Time. but that is how they sounded to Me when they said the Words. I was bout 7 or 8 so that would be bout1947 . My Brother & I are in our 70's now, and I sure would like to find them and Make them for My Brother & Me to. :) I would Appreciate any Help You can Give Us. Mom kept a lot of Dutch Recipes, but not them 2, wouldn't ya know that’s the 2, I wanted. Mom and Dad came here when they were very Young from the Netherlands. They were both Born in 1912. Dad was 3 when He came here & Mom was 5 and came here Later. I really, really hope You Can Help. Silly what We Remember when We get Older. :) Thank You Very Much. Hope I have given You enough info. That’s all I know bout it anyway. Marian”

Snow Ice Cream Memory…“Just wanted to say that I live in Northern BC Canada and have eaten a lot of snow ice cream! Its delicious and a fond memory. Both my husband and I had parents who grew up during the Dirty 30's as they referred to it, ice cream was not something I ever ate until I was in my teens, not that there wasn't such a thing, just that my mother didn't own an Ice Cream freezer, and for many years the stores didn't stock a lot of "fancy" foods, it was mostly the basics as food was trucked into the area from larger centers and took anywhere from 3 days to a week to make it to the stores. In the 1940's stuff did come in by rail to Dawson Creek, but was then trucked to Fort St John by who ever was going that way and had the room to take it. So evaporated milk, a bit of sugar and some flavouring was a real treat when mixed with snow! Eva taking a trip down memory lane.”

Season for Cooking And Searching for Lost Recipes

2008-11-22T16:55:00.000-08:00

The fall is the busy season for lost recipe requests and for visits to our Heritage Recipe website. It's also been a very busy time for me with lots of travel so I am way behind in looking and finding these lost recipes. Can you help? Let me know if you have any of these recipes!

Toffee Bar from Ralston
Please help; there was in the late 60s a recipe on a box of Ralston wheat cereal for a Toffee Bar. They are the best cookies I had growing up and my dear sister lost the recipe. I would so love to find them again after 40 years, I have searched forever on the net and cannot find. Help make an old man young again, PLEASE! Robert

Chocolate Cake Frosting
I am looking for a recipe for cake frosting. My mother said it was her favorite as a child, and I would like to make it for her on her birthday. All I know about it is that it was chocolate and it hardened. Like that stuff they put on ice-cream now. If anyone has this recipe I would greatly appreciate it! Thank You, Billie

Banana Pudding
I was looking for a recipe - Banana Pudding that is made with buttermilk. I have very little computer knowledge and could not figure out the Blog thing. If you can post or if you have it that would be great. I had this 20 years ago and have not forgotten the best Banana pudding ever. Thanks, Susan

What is Krogo?
I have an old recipe that come from my grandma's recipe book, there’s a word I haven’t been able to figure out. When it calls for 1/2 Cup Krogo is that speaking of 1/2 Cup of Shortening or Lard? Thanks for any help you can give, Amanda

Uncle Ben’s Rice Pudding
I moved a year ago, and lost my entire file on old recipes that I had collected from 1960. Including the wonderful Rice Pudding recipe printed on the Uncle Ben’s rice box. I have researched the site for Uncle Ben’s Rice, but they have resorted to instant rice and instant pudding. The original recipe required that you cook the rice, then simmer it in milk, and add eggs, vanilla sugar, raisins etc. It was a wonderful recipe that required time and effort. It was worth every minute. I am hoping that you can help me. Thank You,
Virginia

Turkey Stuffing
I’ve been searching for a recipe for turkey stuffing that I got from a friend years ago. Sadly, I’ve lost touch with my friend and the recipe, but I often think of both around the holidays. I seem to recall that she got the recipe from an old cookbook that was either from the Pacific Northwest (Oregon I think) or had Pacific Northwest in the title. Some of the ingredients that I can remember are bread cubes, onions, ground sausage, hazelnuts (the original recipe might have called for chestnuts which weren’t easy to find so hazelnuts were substituted), Madeira (or maybe it was marsala), herbs and seasoning. I also seem to recall there being cream or sour cream in the recipe as well, but I’m not as certain on that ingredient. This is absolutely the best stuffing I have ever had. It’s great with turkey dinner and amazing on turkey sandwiches the next day. If you can find the recipe I would be grateful and I’m sure your readers would love it as much as I do. Thanks, Kathy

Editor's Note: I found a stuffing recipe that may be the one -- in a very old Gourmet and it's on their website - here. Heard back from Kathy who says this recipe is it.

Different Vinegar Pie
When I was a child my grandmother used to make a pie she called vinegar pie, but it was not like the lemon pie in a pie shell. I remember she made something like cinnamon rolls and placed them in a pan. Then she made a syrup by cooking vinegar, sugar, and I don't know what else. She would pour the syrup mixture over the cinnamon rolls and baked. It was so good. After she passed away, I looked everywhere for that recipe, but I guess it was only in her head. I would love to have that recipe and be able to share some of my heritage with my children and now my own grandchildren. I am praying that you can help me. I've looked on line and can't find anything like it. Please, Please help if you can. I would really appreciate what ever you could do.
Thanks, Lahoma

Editor's Note: I found a recipe for Old Fashioned Vinegar Rolls at Cooks.com. It sounds a lot like the one Lahoma is looking for.

Domco Delight Cake
I have a recipe for the domco delight cake my mom left me when she passed. I have searched and searched and no one else seems to have heard of this recipe. Please if you have or you know of one that would be very much appreciated. Cathy

Osterizer Drink
Hi, When I was a child going to the old country fairs, the Osterizer was just starting to appear. The demonstrator would put together the most awful list of vegetables, including cabbage, beets, carrots, and all of that kind of stuff and this AMAZINGLY GREAT pink frothy mix would come forth that I would love to reproduce and have to drink. It has to be one of the healthiest drinks in the world. The most amazing thing was that the mixture was SWEET with no identifiable vegetable flavors....Have you ever found this or heard of this??? Thanks and I hope you can help!! Dallas

Sweet Potato Orange Pudding
Can you help me my grandmother made this pudding from grated sweet potato and oranges I think, when it was done it was kind of sticky, dark brown and sweet. I hope you can help as we lost the recipe. Veronica

Editor's Note: Found this Sweet Potato Pone recipe that has all the requirements Veronia is looking for, so I hope it is the one. Take a look at Sweet Potato Pone at Bellaonline.

Cake Frosting Recipe Trouble
Hi … I’m trying to make sense of an heirloom recipe in the family. This was a prized cake frosting recipe that my husband's grandmother used to put on yellow cake. No one in the family can get the recipe to come out like the family remembers her cooking it ... and, the recipe doesn’t make sense to me in regards to their description.

They said it had the texture of 7 minute frosting.... crunchy on the top and softer underneath ... and that she cooked it in a cast iron skillet.
1 cup sugar
1 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup butter
3 eggs beaten
add 1 1/3 cup coconut
1 cup pecans/walnuts
1t. vanilla

No idea how to combine/cook. The problem is that it is a caramel recipe with the eggs and milk ... so I don't know how you would crunch that up on top. The coconut & walnuts make it more of a frosting like for German-chocolate cake, but that isn't crunchy on top either. Any ideas?

Rocky Mount Cake
Am trying to find a recipe for a Rocky Mount cake. My husband's family is from NC / VA area and he remembers this cake as a child. All of his older family members are deceased and we cannot find a recipe. We know the filling has nuts at least two kinds and coconut. It was apparently baked during the holidays. I would love to be able to bake one for him this year. We live in AL now and I have not been able to locate a recipe. Thank you!

Editor's Note: Follow this link Rocky Mount Cake -- it may be the lost recipe.

Tuna Casserole Favorite
Many years ago my family loved this recipe and now I cannot either find it nor remember it. Can you help? It was tuna, canned soup and potato chips all layered in a pan and then baked. But cannot remember the good details.
Sincerely, Carol

Currant Muffins
My great-grandmother lived to 96--I was truly blessed. Her husband was a blind traveling minister who traveled throughout Nebraska and the Midwest. My grandmother, one of great grams 8 children remembers having to play in the wagon because of the many rattlesnakes. Unfortunately they have passed and the recipes with them. My great used to make a very simple free formed pie/tart we kids used to love but I can't find it anywhere. She used to call it "Currant Muffins". It was made with soaked dark raisins, pie crust and sugar--I'm not sure if anything else or what kind of crust was actually made. The dough was rolled and the raisins put on and sprinkled with sugar then the dough then sealed and baked. Have you ever seen anything like this? My great grandmother was born sometime in the 1870's. Thanks in advance for your help.

Pumpkin Dessert
Hi. I hope you can help me. Around 2000, I made a recipe for a pumpkin dessert that was baked in a springform pan. It had pureed pumpkin from a can, peanut butter and chocolate (in layers) on a cookie crust. It was incredible. I can't remember if it was from an ad (like Libby's) or an article, but I think it was from Good Housekeeping or Better Homes and Gardens or a magazine like that. I'm pretty sure it was from 2000, give or take a year. If someone knows what I'm talking about, the karma you will get for helping supply it to me will be astounding. Thank you in advance.

Bread with Cream of Wheat
I once had a bread recipe that used cold, leftover cream of wheat. It was moist and delicious! If anyone has a similar recipe, I would appreciate a contact. Cyndi

Rosebud Ketchup
I was wondering if you could help me find a recipe. My great-grandma used to make ketchup out of rosebuds - have you ever heard of this? Thank you! - Melissa

Fill ‘er Up Loaf
Many years ago (late 50's early 60's) my mother used to make a dish called "Fill 'er Up Loaf" - not entirely sure of the spelling. It was a casserole type dish with hamburger, macaroni, and cheese. etc baked in a loaf pan. My mother has been gone for years, but my dad would love to find a recipe so he could make this dish. Any assistance anyone has would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Pat

Polish Peach Cheesecake
I am Polish, and I know of a Polish peach cheesecake, which my grandparents rave about. I was wondering if you could find one. Katie

Pickle Lilly
Some type pickle relish; not chopped but sliced or julienne slices - for a friend whose grandmother used to make it in northern states. Sorry I don't have more information. Can you help?

3 Milk Ice Cream
Hello, Firstly I want to say how much I enjoy your site! Keep up the good work. Looking for a 3 milk ice cream recipe also using gelatin. One of the milks was Ideal (evaporated). The other two were of the following, powdered, fresh or condensed. Would appreciate any help. Thanks
Bernice

Warm Sandplum Soup
My wife has picked and made sandplum jelly for several years now. I told her that as a young child, my grandmother used to pick sand plums and make what was called sandplum soup. It might have been sandplum pudding. I have looked many times on the internet to try to locate anything that might be similar. My mother remembers my grandmother making sandplum soup, but has no idea how it was done. Do you have any information, or any leads on such a recipe?
Dave
(Editor’s Note – found chilled Sand Plum Soup Recipes, but not a warm one.)

Peanut Candy
About 60 years ago my Dad at Christmas would bring home for Christmas a peanut candy made of sugar and peanuts. I tried the peanut candy with sorghum but that is not it. The candy came in sheets that were cut into squares. That was in Winston-Salem, N.C. I don't know if it was from the Moravians. Thanks for your help. Jack

Shredded Wheat Health Bar
Hi, Back in the 80's maybe early 90's there was yellow boxes of Shredded Wheat cereal. These were fairly good size large biscuits at the time not bite size. On the box was a recipe for a somewhat healthy bar. It involved breaking up the biscuits, adding nuts, honey and cant remember what else. You then pressed the mixture into a 13 x 9 baking dish and baked it for a short time. I loved these and would like the recipe again. I sent Nabisco or Post I can’t remember which a note a year or so ago and they sent back some recipe that was not it. Again this was on the box and I remember it being yellow and an odd shape due to the large biscuits. Thanks for any help, Kevin

The Recipes We Clip...

2008-08-12T22:37:00.000-07:00

What can you tell about a person from the recipes they clip? Well, you can tell a lot about their culinary interests, shopping habits, what they liked to eat and cook and maybe learn something about their kitchen appliances.

Today I got this lost recipe request:

“Back in the 80's maybe early 90's there were yellow boxes of Shredded Wheat cereal. These were fairly good size large biscuits at the time, not bite size. On the box was a recipe for a somewhat healthy bar. It involved breaking up the biscuits, adding nuts, honey and can’t remember what else. You then pressed the mixture into a 13 x 9 baking dish and baked it for a short time. I loved these and would like the recipe again. I sent Nabisco or Post, I can’t remember which, a note a year or so ago and they sent back some recipe that was not it. Again this was on the box and I remember it being yellow and an odd shape due to the large biscuits. Thanks for any help, Kevin”

In my recipe collection I have a big box packed with clipped recipes – all from one person, so I pulled it out and started sorting through it. I’ve sorted through it before, but I’ve never really thought about the original sources of all these clipped recipes.

Now I can tell you that the cook who clipped these recipes never walked past a free recipe card at her local Piggly Wiggly grocery store; she read Better Homes and Garden often and sometimes Southern Living. Cool Whip was a regular purchase for her and she had an electric skill and liked to use it. Her family liked Chili and Mac&Cheese. She and her friends shared a lot of recipes and she loved to read the home section of her newspaper – especially the recipes. She was trying to get more fish into her diet, collecting salmon recipes and the lids of oyster cans (they had recipes on them). And she liked chocolate.

But she didn’t eat Shredded Wheat! So if the recipe Kevin is looking for sounds familiar, please send it to me and I will post it. Or you can post it in the comments.

Sadly, when when the cook who clipped all these 100s of recipes went to join the great majority, there was nobody who wanted her recipes and they were rescued from the trash by someone who passed them on to me. The moral of this story is -- share your recipes while you can and submit your favorite recipes and their stories to HeritageRecipes.com.

How Much Is A Gill And The Barley Mow

2008-08-04T15:33:00.000-07:00

Today I received a question about how much is a gill.
Wayne writes: "I have a recipe book dating back to WW2 era.In it there are recipes calling for the measurement of gil. In one recipe it calls for "1 gil of olive oil." Can you explain what a gil is ? Thank You"

I pulled out one of my favorite old cookbooks - the wartime edition of "Victory, Binding of the American Woman's Cook Book," edited by Ruth Berolzheimer and published in 1942. I love the inside jacket leaf which read "Food Will Win the War and Write the Peace. You need not sacrifice good nutrition nor good health because of wartime food scarcities and rising costs." Over the years I have found many good recipes in this cookbook.

And in this cookbook is where a found a definition of a "gill" -- 4 gills equal of pint and 1/2 cup equal 1 gill.

Wikipedia has an informative write up on gills -- as a measurement. It notes that in the US a gill is equal to 4 US fluid ounces but in Imperial (British) measurements it is equal to 5 Imperial fluid ounces. And if you want to see gill used in a song -- check out the lyrics to "Good Luck to the Barley Mow." Isn't Wikipedia great!

The search is also on for a lost lemon cake recipe...here's the request:
"This recipe was on the back of Mrs Tucker's shortening when it came in buckets... can't find my recipe. It's called lemon semplisity cake.

Please check out other recent posts for lost recipes...and post them in the comment section! And now it's time to pick plums.

Holly

And one more thing -- here is a blog with some apron eye candy!

Carrot Cake & Roger's Cream Cheese Icing Recipes

2008-07-12T20:38:00.000-07:00

Following up on a request make by Barbara a while back, Dorothy sent me these recipes.

The following is the email Dorothy sent:

Barbara requested this recipe: Carrot Cake & Roger's Cream Cheese icing recipes out of the ( Ballinger) The Joy of Gardening Cookbook. I was wondering if this is the one she wanted.

For Preparing the Pan
1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter or solid vegetable shortening, softened
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

For the Cake
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
4 extra-large eggs
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup packed dark brown sugar
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 cups grated peeled carrots (about 3 large carrots)
1 1/2 cups (6 ounces) walnuts, coarsely chopped
1 cup golden or dark raisins

For the Frosting (Makes: 3 generous cups)
1 pound cream cheese (not the whipped or reduced-fat variety) at room temperature
3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar (if sugar is lumpy, sift first, then measure)
1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

RECIPE METHOD

Preheat the oven to 350 F. with a rack in the center of the oven. Cut a 9 by 13-inch rectangle of parchment paper. Coat the sides and bottoms of the pan with some of the butter or solid vegetable shortening, then place the parchment paper liner in the pan and apply butter or shortening to the liner, too. Place the flour in the pan, shake to coat the pan with flour, then knock out the excess. Set aside.

Place a mesh sieve over a medium mixing bowl and add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg. Shake the contents into the bowl and set aside.

Crack the eggs into a measuring cup with a spout, stir lightly, and set aside. Place the oil, dark brown and granulated sugar, and the vanilla in a large mixing bowl. Use the mixer on medium speed to beat the ingredients together until the sugars have dissolved and the mixture is smooth except for some small lumps of dark brown sugar that might remain, about 2 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula several times while mixing. Add the eggs to the mixture and beat on medium speed until they are incorporated, about 2 minutes more. Scrape the sides of the bowl well.

Turn the mixer to lowest speed and add the flour mixture. You win have to use a rubber spatula to mix the flour into the wet ingredients. Beat until the mixture is smooth and no traces of flour are apparent, occasionally scraping down the bowl with a rubber spatula. Add the carrots, nuts, and raisins, and stir with a rubber spatula until they are just combined, about 1 minute. Pour and scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a rubber spatula. Bake until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean and dry, about 40 minutes.

Remove the cake from the oven and cool it in the pan for 20 minutes, then turn it out carefully onto a wire rack, remove the parchment paper liner, and allow the cake to cool completely. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.

The baked and cooled unfrosted cake, out of its pan, can be refrigerated, wrapped in plastic wrap, for up to 3 days. It may also be frozen for up to 3 months. Wrap the cake securely in plastic wrap and place it in a freezer-strength recloseable jumbo-size plastic bag. Label the bag with a waterproof marker. Defrost the cake in its wrapping in the refrigerator or at room temperature, and then frost it.

Lora Says: The dark brown sugar in this cake contributes not only to its moistness, but adds a deeper, mellow taste associated with homey desserts like this one.

Lora Says: Be sure to use nice, fresh, firm, bright-colored carrots for this cake. They taste sweeter and are moister than carrots that have sat around awhile.

For the Frosting: Combine the cream cheese and butter in a large mixing bowl. With the mixer set on medium high, beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth, about 1 minute. Reduce mixer speed to low, add the confectioners' sugar, and continue to beat until smooth. Beat in the vanilla until it is thoroughly incorporated.

To frost the cake, use a flexible metal spatula to spread a thin layer of frosting on the four sides of the cake, then apply the remainder to the top. Use the spatula to distribute the frosting evenly and to create a swirled effect, if desired.

The frosted cake can be covered with plastic wrap and stored in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. To avoid having the plastic wrap come in direct contact with the frosting, push about 10 toothpicks halfway into the cake at even intervals around the top. Drape a sheet of Plastic wrap over the toothpicks and loosely down the sides of the cake.

Lora Says: If you are going to transport this cake to a picnic or other informal affair, it would make sense to frost the cake in the pan after it has cooled. Cool the baked cake out of its pan on a wire rack. Rinse out the baking pan, dry it well, and invert it over the cooled cake on its cooling rack so that the pan encloses the cake. Hold the cake pan and rack together and flip the whole thing over so that the cake is back inside the pan. Use a flexible spatula to spread the top of the cake with frosting. Unless you are pretty heavy-handed with the frosting, there will be some left over, since you aren't frosting the sides of the cake.”

(Editor's Note: Not sure who Lora is!)

In the next day or so I will be posting a group of recipe requests. Visit again soon!

More Lost Recipes

2008-06-24T20:04:00.000-07:00

Haven't posted for a while -- sometimes life gets in the way of what I want to do!

Below are some requests for lost recipes. If you have posted a request, please check the comments to see if you recipe has turned up!

Lost Recipes….

Black Walnut Cake
"Hi just found your site today, and love it. I have been looking for a long lost black walnut loaf cake w/sugar glaze that I got from the Southern Planter magazine in the 1950's that was published in Richmond, Va. love to find this recipe. thank you." Alice

Butter Cake
"Dear Heritage Recipes,Some 20 years ago we lived in New Jersey across from Philly and ourneighborhood had an excellent bakery. They made the most wonderful"cake" they called Butter Cake. It wasn't cake in the sense you'dnormally think of. There was a cakey type bottom layer topped with abuttery sweet gooey topping that was baked together (I think). Thewhole thing was only about 2 or so inches high. We enjoyed it formany years when all of sudden the bakery was sold and the new ownerschanged the recipe, or didn't have the old one, and the toppingtasted like it had a marshmallow base. Not good at all. I've beensearching for a true recipe but the only ones I find use a yellowcake mix for the "crust". A few days ago I came across one thatdidn't at Cookingcache.com. It was called Philadelphia German ButterCake Recipe but it just doesn't cut the mustard although it's close. Our entire family would be most appreciative if you could help. Longing for true Butter Cake!" Tamie and Chuck

Cookie Recipe from Texas
"About 1985 there was a cookie recipe published in the Austin (Texas) American Statesman. As I recall, it had been developed by a kindergarten teacher. It uses cream cheese and both white and brown sugars. The dough is very moldable and can be baked as long as necessary depending on size and thickness of "creations." I like its flavor and the fact that numerous re-rollings of scraps don't adversely affect it. We like to make cutout Christmas cookies which we decorate with egg yolk paint prior to baking. I would certainly appreciate your help in recovering it." Anna Marie

Holiday Yeast Bread Recipe
"Hello, I have lost a treasured holiday yeast bread recipe that I have used for over 30 years. The recipe is a yeast bread with quick oats, flour, sour cream in the bread. It is raised once, than rolled out and filled with cream cheese whipped. It than raises again. The bread is filling and delicious. I am trying to make it from memory but hope to find the original. I think it was featured as a Easter bread originally, however my family loves it all year at the holidays.Thanks for your help!"

Oatmeal Softies Cookie Recipe
"Am looking for an Oatmeal Softies Cookie recipe that was in the Family Circle or Woman's Day Magazine, probably in the 1980's. It had flour of course, white and brown sugars, a couple eggs, baking soda, maybe also baking powder?, vanilla, and chopped nuts, and oatmeal. Can't remember proportions, or whatever else it may have had, if anything. I've searched high and low, can't find it, and tried some on-line searching also. Please help! I miss these wonderful cookies." Bette

Sweet and Spice Pickle Recipe
"I'm looking for a good old fashion pickled recipe it is sweet and spice. can you help me find one , thank you. PS really enjoy your web site it's grate glad I found it a lot of the recipes bring back a lot of memories of my mother and grand mothers cooking. Thanks. Billy
Molasses CakeMy mother is 92 years old and going strong. She has been talking about and searching for a recipe for the molasses cake her mother made using cornmeal and spices. Any help in providing one will be appreciated greatly. Thanks in advance," Brenda

Silver Cake
"I was recently informed of a cake recipe from the 1920s that was calledsilver cake and had an icing to go with it... I don't know much about itother than the name was something like that and I think it had to dosomething with the way it looked when it was finished. Can you help me findit??"

Thanks for your help! Holly

New Recipes Search -- Please Help!

2007-11-18T15:17:00.000-08:00

Here are a few requests that I need help with. Thanks!

Pumpkin Chessecake Search
Denise is looking for a Pumkpin Chessecake Recipe that was in an old Oster Blender cookbook (and it’s not in the Osterizer Cookbook I recently bought). She says it was made in the blender with gelatin.

Anyone Know Lamb’s Tail?
Joy asks: "I am looking for a recipe for something my husband's grandmother made. She called it Lamb's Tail -- it was a biscuit dough type dessert, sort of like Butter Roll (in the South) but I don't know enough to make it. She was from Maine so I assume it's a New England thing. If anyone knows about this, I'd love to hear! My father-in-law has requested that someone make this for him this Christmas.”

In search of a stuffing recipe….
Rae is looking for a stuffing recipe made with bacon, bread, thyme and onions.

Vegetable Chowder Recipe Request from Andrew
“I am looking for a recipe I found several years ago on a message board. It was called Vegetable Chowder. It contained nothing but canned vegetables. I think it had corn, cream of corn, green beans, kidney beans, & stewed tomatoes. I think it had other canned veggies, but I can't remember. I loaned my only copy of this recipe to someone and never got it back. This recipe was not a soup but more like a chowder. I've searched every where on the internet without much luck. I am not a very good cook, so I always try to find super easy recipes and this one was more suitable to my culinary skills. Any help would be greatly appreciated.”

Ernest is looking for the following recipes:
Pugacha
Aron Gulushka
Choruka (in Polish – Kruschi)
He writes these are phonetic spellings and he is also looking for Hungarian baking recipes.

Gerrit in South Africa is asking:
“Do you perhaps know of a recipe for (American) Southern Salt Bread? A friend of mine remembers it from a trip to the USA where he ate this bread in Florida, near Orlando. We have been seaching for it without any success.
I am also keen to learn about a recipe that one can bake in those American cast-iron moulds shaped like small cobs of corn. I have a pan of that kind with 8 small molds in it. Although it is antique I would like to put to the test and taste the bread/cookies for which it was designed."

Thanks for your help!
Holly

Cookbook Junkie Roadtrip

2007-10-03T14:45:00.000-07:00

It's probably intuitively obvious that I'm a cookbook junkie, especially those little pamphlet ones printed by church groups in really small towns.

So recently on an out of town trip, I ran across an antique shop (aka junk shop) with a treasure trove of old recipe books. This was also just after I re-organized all my cookbooks and said I wouldn't buy anymore. Well that was a resolution that didn't have a long life because there are some cookbooks that I just can't resist.

Cookbooks on canning and preserving are special favorites of mine. When I ran across this Ball Cookbook, it had to come home with me to add to the five other Ball Cookbooks that I already had. But the cover is so pretty.

I'm also a sucker for Culinary Arts Institute Cookbooks. And this one had such a cheerful cover! It was $1.50 more than my 50-cent price target for these little booklets, but on the back cover there is a sweet little black cat sitting in front of a big stone fireplace and I'm a sucker for black cats too.

The recipes probably aren't "masterpieces of Italian cookery, " but they are interesting to read. Each recipe has it name in English and in Italian so I get to practice my Italian pronunciation.

Then I found a book with handwritten recipes. The book was divided into recipe sections with about 50 blank pages in each section. It was apparently a gift to someone and the person giving the gift had written a recipe on the first page of each section. The person receiving the book had added a few but not many. If you are into making books, this would be a great gift idea.

I also joined the Foodie Blogroll. You will find the Foodie Blogroll links on the right. If you like reading foodie blogs, then you will love this blogroll. Lots of interesting foodie blog.

I've got some new recipe requests that I will be searching for this week. If I can't find them, I'll be asking for help. I did find and post a recipe for Tomato Soup Cake. The request was from a friend. I found quite a few recipes, but they were all about the same. The major difference was in the spices added. Some added Allspice and some didn't.

We welcome your recipes and their memories on our Heritage Recipe site, so please share. The holidays are fast approaching and that is the busiest season for our website. Everyone is looking for those favorite recipes that their moms and grandmas made -- so share your old family favorites!

Terrific Old Time Recipe Cookbook!

2007-09-14T19:35:00.000-07:00

Book Review: Saltville Centennial Cookbook,
A Century of Good Cooking, 1896-1996

If you like my Heritage Recipe website, then you will want to get a copy of The Saltville Centennial Cookbook, A Century of Good Cooking, 1896-1996. Following a similar format to my Heritage Recipe website, every recipe has a story about a Saltville area person. Out of print for many years, cookbook has been reprinted by the Friends of the Museum of the Middle Appalachians, Saltville, VA and is available again at the Museum of the Middle Appalachians Store.

The cookbook contains over 110 old recipes, family photos and articles from and about the old time cooks in the Saltville area. This cookbook is a "must have" for collectors of old fashioned recipes. I have a copy of the book from its original printing in 1996 and it's a family treasure. Even though I don't know the people in the stories, I have really enjoyed reading them -- and re-reading them.

Here's the beginning of one of the stories, "Sarah Greer's mother died at birth. Her father had to go off to the Civil War and never returned..." If you want to know what happens to Sarah, you are going to have to buy the cookbook!

You can learn more about the Museum of the Middle Appalachians on their website. This is a terrific small, community museum, located in an area of Virginia that is rich in both American history and pre-historic history. If you are traveling on I-81 through Virginia, take a detour off the interstate and visit Saltville. It is located eight miles north of I-81 in the southwestern part of Virginia. Take exit 35 via Route 107 or Exit 29 via Route 91 for the short and scenic drive into Saltville.

If you are interested in obtaining a copy, contact the Museum Store at (276) 496-3633. The price is $20 per copy and supplies are limited. The museum doesn't have online shopping so you will need to call them. They are happy to take phone orders! The funds from the sales of the book go toward supporting the museum. Purchase this cookbook and you will help the museum continue to grow!

Disclaimer: In case you are wondering how I even know about the re-print of this cookbook, I'm the volunteer webmaster for the Museum of the Middle Appalachians.

Pioneer Vinegar Pie Recipe

2007-09-06T14:33:00.000-07:00

This search is for my friend and third grade teacher, Wava, who will soon celebrate her 90th birthday. She remembers her mother making Vinegar Pie when she was a small girl and Wava’s grandmother made Vinegar Pie as a Kansas Pioneer, while living in a sod house in Western Kansas.

Vinegar Pie was a pie that pioneers made in the winter when the dried fruits had been depleted. I’ve included two Vinegar Pie recipes. The second Vinegar Pie recipe is very basic (the instructions are a bit vague) and probably more like what the pioneers made when supplies were low. The pie is suppose to have a rather fruity flavor. Click here to check out these Vinegar Pie recipes.

If you want to learn more about Kansas’ pioneer women, an excellent book to read is “Pioneer Women : Voices from the Kansas Frontier,” written by Joanna Stratton. If the book isn't available at your library, you can use the link on the Vinegar Pie Recipe page to order it from Amazon.

With the help of our visitors we have found:
Crumble Griddle Cakes (found by Priscilla)
Mustard Bean Pickles (found by Colleen)
Peanut Candy with Sorghum (found by John)

We also have a few new recipes that have been submitted with their memory to Heritage Recipes:
Grandma Smith's Icebox Cake
Mam's Banana Cake
Chunk Sweet Pickles
Oma's German Style Spare Ribs
If you have any recipes with memories that you would like to share, submit them to Heritage Recipes.

To everyone who has been helping me find recipes -- THANKS!

Cookbook Collector -- THANKS!

2007-09-01T16:23:00.000-07:00

Quite a few recipes have entered the "Found" column, thanks to our visitor - Cookbook Collector. I can't begin to thank her enough for all the detective work she has done to find these lost recipes. Once again -- THANKS! You can use the links on the right to view the found recipes.

In the lost column, we have new new request from Leo:
"Having great difficulty finding the nuts and bolts to this great pastry my mother used to make back in the 30"s . I remember I used to have to pulverize the poppy seeds with a hammer then she used to cook this in milk etc., etc. and this is the part I don't remember. At the age of 83, sometimes the details have a tendency to slip away. Back in the 50's a Jewish bake shop used to make a great product . Basically the poppy seed mixture , usually with raisins added fills a cake type pastry shell ( yeast type pastry ,I think . ) Does this ring a bell with any of your old timers . Thanks for any help . Leo" This almost sounds like Butter Rolls with poppy seeds, although Butter Rolls are not a yeast pastry. Does this sound familiar to anyone? If so, please let me know.

In the "Maybe Found" column, we sent four prune pie recipes out following this request:
"I happened upon your site by chance and am hoping you can help me find a prune pie recipe for my aunt. Years ago her mother-in-law use to make a prune pie in which the prunes were cooked and possibly sieved before being made into the pie filling. My Aunt said the filling was very smooth and almost creamy. It was then served with whipped cream on top. Unfortunately her mother-in-law wasn't one to give out recipes so my aunt who is in her 80's has been looking for this recipe for a number of years. I do hope someone can help me find it. It would mean a lot and make her very happy. Thanks for any and all help you can give me. "

If you haven't visited our Heritage Recipe site lately take a look. I finished it's re-do so it has a new look, an easier to use navigation structure plus the recipes now have pdf files to make printing them easier. I'm always ready to read and post your old recipes and memories so please take time to submit them. If you are a knitter, take time to visit Confetti Creative Knitting -- it is from the sale of these felted bag patterns that I pay for the costs of maintaining the Heritage Recipe site.

And I'm still looking for the recipes listed in the previous posting. I am updating that post as the recipes are found. All your help is greatly appreciated. That Green Beans with Cream of Wheat has really got me stumped!

Have a totally terrific and safe Labor Day Holiday!

Recipe Search Recap -- Updated 9/6 with Found Recipes

2007-08-10T16:32:00.000-07:00

I've been busy re-vamping Heritage Recipes and have gotten behind in my recipe searches. So I'm asking for some help.

Here are the requests that I am looking for. Please let me know if you have any of these recipes!

"I have lost an old recipe that was on a pickling lime bag 25yrs ago. The recipe called for using white raisins in the making of the syrup. Can you please help? Thanks so much."

"Do you have any of the old recipes that talk about how many corn cobs it take to make so many degrees in the old cookstoves?"

FOUND "My Mom always made “sun pickles” in the heat of summer. She used a gallon glass jar, pickle size cucumbers, garlic, dill and salt. The problem is I don’t remember the ingredient portions! I don’t believe it was ever written down.The jar was filled with water, covered with a plate or other covering to protect it and literally left in the sun for 5-7 days to process. My children loved them and now I would like to share with my grandchildren as well.If anyone remembers this, let me know!"

"My Aunt made stuffed green bell peppers tied with string and canned them in the 40's and 50's. They were stuffed with what appeared to be a sour slaw. Absolutely delicious. I have never found a recipe. I assume they were possibly of German origin but cannot say for sure. She was a farm wife and Mother in central Illinois. Can you give me a suggestion as to where I might look for a recipe?"

"About fifteen years ago, I got a recipe out of Cosmopolitan magazine (I think) called Cheery Chowder. It had ham, cheese, broccoli, potatoes, cream, etc. I have lost the original recipe and wanted to know if any of your readers remembered it. IT WAS SO GOOD! I have written to Cosmo to see if it was archived, but haven't heard back from them. I hope someone else in web-land happened across this recipe many years ago and was smart enough to hang on to it. If you remember Cheery Chowder, please email me."

FOUND "HELP, am looking for a German pretzel recipe that my mom made soo good, mom is in a home, and I just wish to have this, dont know how to spell it correctly, (kimoek) something like that please help me."

"My grand mother used to prepare fresh green beans with a cereal, I think was called Ralston purina cream of wheat. This came out of the dutch/german amish area of western Pennsylvania north of Pittsburgh."

"There once was a small chain of grocery stores in Southern California known as Jurgensen's. They made a cookie called a Molasses Finger. They had the taste of a ginger snap, but they were wonderfully chewy. I haven't had much luck reproducing them. Any ideas? Thanks,Cheri"

"I don't know why it was called that. I only know that after it was baked, the cake was very heavy! People commented on how much it weighted. Rather it actually weighted 3 pounds in a 13x9 inch pan, I don't know. It was one of the best cakes I ever baked. Sometime in years past, the recipe book was lost in moving. I searched everywhere to find a recipe even similar to it.I don't know how to help, except to give clues: The recipe was very old. The first time I made it was around 1964, however, I know it was older than that. It had raisins, walnuts and maybe even dates in it. A lot of spices. It was so heavy, it resembled a fruit cake, but was instead, a spice cake. It was very moist. The best cake ever! I was always asked for recipes.If I remember correctly, that was the name of it. 3 Pound Spice Cake. It was very good with the caramel icing on top. That recipe was included with the cake if that helps.I would appreciate your help.Sincerely, Judy"

"My old favorites, Carrot Cake & Roger's Cream Cheese icing recipes out of the ( Ballinger) The Joy of Gardening Cookbook are missing. Seems someone liked them enough to remove them. I loaned my books out. The book I had was a 2 edition that I ordered before the printing. Please locate. Barbara"

FOUND "Many years ago I used to make Clever Judy Frosting with my Grandmother - it was almost a whipped mocha consistency. The thing I remember most is that we would have to spell one another beating the frosting in a bowl over a bowl of ice until it set. The recipe is long gone. Hopefully you will be familiar with it. I would love to have it. Many thanks. Sharon"

FOUND "I'm from Asheville North Carolina, Really love Old Fashioned Recipes. I am looking for a Batter Bread Recipe That you bake in a juice can Can you all help me find one Thank you .Love the wed site. Thank you Sharron"

FOUND (MAYBE!) "Hello, Please help me find a recipe for peach meringue pie (the filling was creamy instead of clear)...Thank you so much. Frances"

FOUND "When I was little my grandmother made persimmon cookies and pudding, these were a family favorites. I am looking for a persimmon cookies recipe that has the persimmon pulp, raisins and and spices. STILL LOOKING: She also made a persimmon pudding that she baked. All I remember was that she mixed the persimmon pudding and baked it the removed it from the over and put a sauce on topand baked it again. I have searched several different sites and can not find these recipes. Do you have anyone out there who may have the recipes?"

"I can not find in my files nor on the net a recipe for Fruit Chilli Sauce(chutney). It used a lot of Tomatoes, and then equal amounts of apples, peaches, green/red sweet peppers and onions. There was white/cider vinegar, chilli powder, brown sugar and so on. Can you please assist.Thanks, Shirley"

"Many years ago my mother made oatmeal cookies from a recipe that she found in a girl scout magazine. If anyone had one of these magazines from way back, probably in the fifties, and could find this recipe I would so love to have it. I have made many, many cookies from different oatmeal recipes and they just aren't it. I don't know if it was American Girl magazine or maybe Girl Scout Leader but I think it was one of them. Thanks for any help you can give me."

FOUND "Would you have a recipe for a Salad Dressing Cake? My mother used to make it all the time and got the recipe from her mother. Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the recipe. Sincerely, Ann"

FOUND "Please help me find an old sugar cookie recipe that was on the box of Arm & Hammer baking soda. 1954-1963 somewhere in that time frame. Thanks, Fern"

FOUND "I am looking for a Pour Biscuit Recipe that my husbands grandmother used to make when they were little. She never measured out the ingredients, but poured into hot skillet, like making cornbread. When they came out of the oven, she cut into wedges like cornbread. I would appreciate anyone sharing information about this recipe."

"Hi, Years ago, my favorite aunt used to take a package of Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild rice, cook it according to directions, and then do something with onions and canned B&B mushrooms and combine them. She served it as a side dish, but it was so delicious I sometimes ate it as my main course. I've tried Uncle Ben's but can't locate it; I'd really appreciate some help.Thanks, Mary"

"Years ago I had a recipe for artichoke foam, I move from Mass. to Fla and somehow it got lost. I remember sitting own after I steamed the artichokes and patiently scrapping all the leaves to get the pulp of the artichokes to make the recipe. If anybody has the recipe you will make one old lady happy."

FOUND "My Grandmother used to make a peanut (not peanut butter) candy made with sorghum syrup. I believe she ground some of the peanuts. I would like to find a recipe similar to hers. Thank you Starla"

FOUND "I have a friend who died in 1990- when we were kids in the late 70’s, we always made a cookie at Christmas at her house. The family lost the recipe. I feel sure it was one from one of those Pillsbury or other brand-related cookbooks of the 60’s-70’s, but I am not sure why I feel so sure of this. Anyway, I’m going to describe the recipe, and hope that maybe someone knows it. Thanks in advance; I’ve been looking for this since 1990 to no avail. The recipe was generally a basic shortbread variation, nothing fancy. You shaped the dough into a ball, and you put several chocolate chips inside as you shaped the ball, so that they baked in the middle. I think you then dipped the tops of the dough balls into round candy sprinkles. Then bake, that’s it. Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions on other ways to search. Lucinda"

"I've looked every where & can not find the recipe for stawberry - banana salad using only those two ingredients can you help."

FOUND "Almost 40 years ago I went to a Tupperware party where they gave out a recipe that went with the biggest round storage container they had at that time. It had numbers in the name of the recipe corresponding to the amounts of the ingredients in the recipe. (1-2-3-4 Cake?) You put a store-bought angel food cake into the container (I guess that was the 1) and then poured a Jell-o mixture over it. It was then covered and refrigerated. The cake soaked up the mixture and was served with whipped cream.Have you heard of this, or am I just dreaming? Thanks for any help you can give me..."

FOUND "Do you have an old recipe for a mustard bean pickle recipe that you make with wax or green beans?"

FOUND by Priscilla "Hi there! In my search for an old recipe which I've lost, I happened upon your site! This may prove to be fruitless, but I'm giving it a shot!When I got married (the first time!) in 1970, I received an Osterizer blender. The accompanying booklet of recipes included a recipe for pancakes - and one of the ingredients was slices of store-bought white bread. The recipe yielded the lightest and fluffiest pancakes I've EVER had! Sadly, aftter 20 or so years of marriage, my husband and I parted ways... I got the blender and he, apparently, got the recipe booklet (which he promptly threw out!) Since then I've been looking for this recipe and have been unsuccessful in my search. Any leads you could provide would be very much appreciated! Thank you Priscilla :-)" ** Editor's Not: Have Contacted Oster, but they no longer have the recipe in their archives.

FOUND "My grandmother made a sour cream raisin pie. As a child I did not like it. So so my sister would eat the filling out of my piece and I would eat the crust. I have wondered what it tasted like as I can't remember."

"I used to have a recipe clipped from the paper which is now LOST!! It was a great topping on a steak The ingredients were 2 cups of sliced celery,4 cups of sliced mushrooms individually sauteed in buttter then combined. I can't recall if there was worsterchire sauce added and or lemon juice. Can you help ? June"

Pour Biscuits

2007-01-13T18:37:00.000-08:00

Still look for a good Pour Biscuit recipe, however, I did find a recipe that said to add additional water (no amount given) to your biscuit recipe and pour them into skillet and bake.

If you have this recipe please send it to the Old Recipe Detective or if you have search requests, let us know!

Apple Cherry Pie Recipe Found

2007-01-10T20:35:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, I sent an email to the folks at VA Tech's Special Collections Library. They have an outstanding collection of old recipe books there. I visited them last summer and found the librarians and staff there to be really helpful. I asked them if they had Elizabeth Woody's "The Pocket Cookbook" in their collection. And they did. They kindly sent me the recipe. I will try to track down the publisher and get permission to post it here.

It does sound good and I'm going to use the sour cherries we put up last summer to try the recipe.

And thanks to John at VA Tech's Special Collection Library for helping me with this request.

Artichoke Foam, Pumpish and Apple Sour Cherry Pie

2007-01-09T21:11:00.000-08:00

Well, we are back from our trip to Vienna (love the Gulash), Nurnberg (just ate my last Lebkuhen) and Belgium, where my all time favorite chocolate shop is in Kortrijks (if you going to Belgium a side trip to Kortrijks Chocoladehuis, Leiestraat 35, is work the time).

So this week I've really been pushing to find some lost recipes.

First, Artichoke Foam. If you watch Top Chef, this is not the same type of foam. Marjorie tells me that she baked it. Haven't found anything like it in my books or on the internet. But I did find an interesting Artichoke Cookbook by Patricia Rain. I was able to track down Patricia's email address and was asked her about this recipe. Her response was "Well, you've got me stumped as well. I've never heard of Artichoke Foam." She suggested I contact the Artichoke Advisory Board which is my next step.

However, in my Artichoke search I discovered that Patrica Rain is also the Vanilla Queen. She has a website devoted to vanilla and has written the history of vanilla. I requested the book from my local library and plan to post a review on the HeritageRecipe site soon. She has a really interesting website, so check it out.

But back to Artichoke Foam...if anyone has any ideas about this recipe, please let me know.

The next recipe stumper is the request for Pumpish. Since we are just back from Austria, I thought it had an Austrian-Hungarian sound to it, so I emailed thepassionatecook (check out her terrific blog). She was kind enough to send the request on to some of her friends and got this response...

I’m not sure but eventually it could be a dish called Pompos (sp. pomposh). It is a Hungarian regional speciality originating from a village called Tök (hence the name „töki pompos”). The preparation is quite different then described by the lady but the name sounds so similar. It is basicly a potato bread dough topped with garlic sour cream and bacon, a kind of pizza actually. It used to be prepared in old times by women: when baking bread, they always stole a few piecec from the leavened dough for the always hungry children and topped it with whatever at home (potato, onion, sour cream, cheese, lard, etc.)
I think, it’s not quite what the lady is looking for but maybe it helps further.

The recipe goes like this:
Ingredients:
· 500 g strong flour
· 2-3 cooked potatoes
· 1 package instant dried yeast
· 200 g bacon, cut in cubes
· 1 onion, sliced thinly
· 4-5 cloves garlic, minced
· 500ml sour cream
· (150-200g grated cheese) optional
salt

Cook potatoes, peel, mash. Mix the flour with salt and the dried yeast. Add the potatoes and some of the cooking water. Knead. Let rest for 1 hour in a warm place. Roll out the dough and put on a baking sheet. Pre-bake in a preheated oven (200C/400F) for about 9 minutes. Mix sour cream with garlic and bacon. Top the half-baked bread dough with this mixture. Sprinkle with sliced onion and put back to oven for 10 minutes. (At the very end of baking you can add cheese and bake until melted)

This dish looks like here: http://www.tokipompos.hu/images2/IMG001.jpg

I sent this info along to Holly N., who was looking for the recipe, and hope this is it. If not, we will keep searching. I did buy an Austrian cookbook in my travels, but it and most of our luggage, is still traveling or hanging out in London in a giant pile of luggage in Terminal 4 at Heathrow (what a mess -- home 11 days and still waiting for the luggage).

Finally, I thought I had a better chance at finding a recipe request from Carole -- she's looking for Elizabeth Woody's recipe for Apple Cherry Pie. Carole says it is made with sour cherries, and since I have a quart of sour cherries from last summer, my interest was really peaked.

Turns out to be harder than I thought. My local library doesn't have the book (The Pocket Cookbook by Elizabeth Woody) and it's out of print and rather pricey on Amazon. I posted a request to see if anyone has it on the CooksIllustrated Board -- no answers yet. I also emailed the Virginia Tech Special Collections Library as they have lots of old cookbooks. Still waiting for a reply. If you have this cookbook, please look up the recipe and I will send it on to Carole.

Other New Requests:

Pour Biscuits

"I am looking for a Pour Biscuit Recipe that my husbands grandmother used to make when
they were little. She never measured out the ingredients, but poured into hot skillet, like
making cornbread. When they came out of the oven, she cut into wedges like cornbread.
I would appreciate anyone sharing information about this recipe. " This request is from Sandra. If you have this recipe, please send it to me.

Cheery Chowder

Tonight I got this request, "About fifteen years ago, I got a recipe out of Cosmopolitan magazine (I think) called Cheery Chowder. It had ham, cheese, broccoli, potatoes, cream, etc. I have lost the original recipe and wanted to know if any of your readers remembered it. IT WAS SO GOOD! I have written to Cosmo to see if it was archived, but haven't heard back from them. I hope someone else in web-land happened across this recipe many years ago and was smart enough to hang on to it," writes Brenda.

Okay, you Cosmo readers -- anyone have this recipe in their files. A quick internet search got zip so I'm counting on you!

Searching for more old recipes...

2006-12-11T09:01:00.000-08:00

Here are new recipes searches...if you have any of these, please let me know.

Searching for Recipe from the Uncle Ben’s Package:
"Years ago, my favorite aunt used to take a package of Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild rice, cook it according to directions, and then do something with onions and canned B&B mushrooms and combine them. She served it as a side dish, but it was so delicious I sometimes ate it as my main course. I've tried Uncle Ben's but can't locate it; I'd really appreciate some help. Thanks, Mary"

Anyone heard of Artichoke Foam? Seeking Recipe…
"Years ago I had a recipe for artichoke foam, I move from Mass. to Fla and somehow it got lost. I remember sitting own after I steamed the artichokes and patiently scrapping all the leaves to get the pulp of the artichokes to make the recipe. If anybody has the recipe you will make one old lady happy. M. Roy"

Pastry Stuffed with Potatoes and Onions:
"I found your site from the Wall Street Journal, and I thought I would give this a try. I am trying to find a recipe that my husband remembers when he was growing up in Northeastern Pennsylvania. He would dearly love to have this again, and I have no idea how to go about making it, as I have never heard of it nor had it before. It was called “Pumpish” (sp?) Made with unleavened bread dough (?). The dough was rolled out, you put ground potatoes, onions and salt & pepper on top of the dough, seal the ends together and roll the whole thing flat. It was then baked on a cookie sheet. If anyone can find a recipe like this, I would be very grateful."

Searching for a Fruit Cake recipe with mashed bananas.
"Back in the early fifties, my sister in law gave me a recipe for fruit cake that included mashed bananas, dates and two small jars of preserves (any flavor you like) as well as the usual candied fruit and raisins. It was a dark fruitcake made with brown sugar and real butter. I have lost the recipe and can’t remember the proportions. I have done a google search and found several that were similar, but none with all of the ingredients I remember. It was a large recipe that would not fit in a standard mixing bowl, but had to be mixed in a large canning pot or old fashioned dish pan. Have you heard of this recipe?"

The Search Goes On...

2006-11-21T19:45:00.000-08:00

My apologies! I've been significantly short on time to look for recipes. The following are some requests with "found" recipes and some requests that I need help with! When you see this symbol then you know I need help finding the recipe

Recipe Request for Suet Pudding:
“Yrs ago my Mom used to make a "suet pudding" using good suet and cut up(cubed) beef all rolled up in a "muslin" cloth bag and boiled in a large pot. It was supposedly a traditional New Year's day dinner. Have you and info on this dish? I'm sure there were more ingredients, but perhaps not. Thanks, Phil.”

Would you believe there is a Suet Pudding Club in the UK ? Just click on the link in blue type and you can find out all about it and Suet. Plus there is a recipe – it doesn’t call for beef, just suet. If anyone has a recipe using suet and beef, please send it to us.

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Recipe Request for Green Beans and Cereal:
“My grand mother used to prepare fresh green beans with a cereal, I think was called Ralston purina cream of wheat. This came out of the dutch/german amish area of western Pennsylvania north of Pittsburgh.” From Sam

This is a new one on us – so if you know anything about this recipe – please let us know. We’ll keep searching!

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Recipe Request: Beef Poppykoshe
“I am looking for a recipe that I remember being called "beef poppykoshe". It consisted of beef round steak, tomatoes, potatoes, onion, cabbage. It had the consistency of stew and was served over rice or noodles. I think it also had bell pepper and some tabasco sauce. Your help would be great.” Cheryl

Cheryl, I think you are looking for Beef Paprikash -- if you search on Google you will find quite a few old recipes for Beef and Chicken Paprikask (pronounced by many people as "poppykosh").
Here's a link to one of the recipes I found Beef Paprikash

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Recipe Request: Peanut Candy

"My Grandmother used to make a peanut (not peanut butter) candy made with sorghum syrup. I believe she ground some of the peanuts. I would like to find a recipe similar to hers. Thank you" Starla

I found lots of recipes similar to the one Starla is looking for on the George Washington Carver History Site and here is- Peanut Molasses Candy

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Recipe Request: Hot Grape Nuts

“Hi, I was wondering if you had the recipe for a hot Grape-nuts cereal that used to be on the back of their box. My kids and husband just loved it and it was great on a cold day. Thanks, Gretchen"

Try these links: http://www.kraftfoods.com/Recipes/BreakfastBrunch/HotCereals/HotGRAPE-NUTSCerealwithOats.html

http://www.recipezaar.com/122103 http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,185,154162-235200,00.html

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Recipe Request - Molasses Finger Cookies

“There once was a small chain of grocery stores in Southern California known as Jurgensen's. They made a cookie called a Molasses Finger. They had the taste of a ginger snap, but they were wonderfully chewy. I haven't had much luck reproducing them. Any ideas? Thanks, Cheri”

Anyone have this recipe? Please send it along.

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Recipe Request: Type of Shortbread with Chocolate Chips in the Center

“I have a friend who died in 1990- when we were kids in the late 70’s, we always made a cookie at Christmas at her house. The family lost the recipe. I feel sure it was one from one of those Pillsbury or other brand-related cookbooks of the 60’s-70’s, but I am not sure why I feel so sure of this. Anyway, I’m going to describe the recipe, and hope that maybe someone knows it. Thanks in advance; I’ve been looking for this since 1990 to no avail.

The recipe was generally a basic shortbread variation, nothing fancy. You shaped the dough into a ball, and you put several chocolate chips inside as you shaped the ball, so that they baked in the middle. I think you then dipped the tops of the dough balls into round candy sprinkles. Then bake, that’s it.

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions on other ways to search.

Lucinda"

Could use some help with this seach!

I quite a few more emails requesting recipes so I will be posting again soon.

Green Tomato Pie

2006-08-18T11:40:00.000-07:00

On another cooking forum, there was a request for some Green Tomato Pie recipes. Here are some Green Tomato Pie Recipes from "America Cooks", published in 1940. More sweet than savory. I haven't tried any of these recipes but plan to get some green tomatoes soon and give them a whirl.

(Indiana) Green Tomato Pie, page 189
Begin with 1 1/2 pounds of green tomatoes, sliced, stew them 5 minutes in syrup made with 1 1/2 cups of water and 1/2 pound of sugar. Add grated rind of 1 lemon, 3/4 tsp. cinnamom, cook tomatoes until transparent. Add 1/2 cup of seedless raisins or chopped figs. Coo a few more minutes. Spread over baked pie shell, cover with stripes of fresh pie dough and bake until brown. (no time or oven temperature provided)

(Kansas) Green Tomato Pie, page 244
Five or 6 large green tomatoes. One cup sugar, 2 T vinegar, 1 T flour, cinnamon and butter (no amounts listed). Core and slice tomatoes very thin, sprinkle very lightly with salt and let stand while you prepare your dough for crust. Line a large pie dish with dough. Put in flour and half the sugar. Add tomatoes, then vinegar. Pour remaining sugar over all of this. Sprinkle with cinnamob and dot generously with butter. Add top curst and bake at 425 degrees until lightly brown. Serve hot or cold. (The original owner of this cookbook add: grated rind of 1 lemon)

(North Carolina) Green Tomato Pie, page 640
Green tomatoes, sliced thin1 lemon, sliced think2 cups sugar1/2 cup waterLine pie tin with pastry. Lay in a layer of tomatoes, a layer of lemon and a layer of sugar, repeating until there are 3 layers of each. Pour water into middle. Cover with pastry, put into a hot oven (no temperature listed) and bake slowly (no time listed).

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Butter Roll Dessert Recipes

2005-12-23T20:54:00.000-08:00

We've had several responses to our request for this recipe.

Butter Roll Dessert Recipe #1

"My aunt Marylou use to make this dessert for us children back home in Courtland Alabama.

She rolled out biscuit dough like she was going to make a pie shell; she cut the dough into wide strips and spread it with butter, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg(creamed together). She rolled the dough into a roll (she made several rolls, depending on how large her pan was)and placed them into a baking dish. She covered the dough rolls with milk, eggs, sugar and bake. This is all I can remember. It was a long time ago. I am 57 now, and that was when I was about 8 or 9.

I hope this information will be of some help."

Butter Roll Dessert Recipe #2 from Julia

"My grandmother and Aunt Ivy used to make this when I was little and it is wonderful! I have made it and although it was good somehow is was not the same if not served in a huge white metal pan covered with a clean dishcloth!

Dough, rolled out thin. Then pat butter and sprinkle with sugar. Roll up. Place in large pan and pour boiling water over it. Then you put more butter and vanilla in the water and bake in the oven! It is so good and very rich! This is an East Texas tradition that is becoming a lost art. "

Butter Roll Dessert Recipe #3 from Christie

The butter roll recipe was something my grandmother loved cooking.

Ingredients:
Store bought biscuits or homemade biscuit dough cut to size
Milk
Butter
Cinnamon
Sugar
Nutmeg

Place biscuits in greased baking dish
Dot butter
Sprinkle on cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar
Pour milk over all (approximately 1 to 1 ½ cups for large baking dish)
Bake until biscuits are brown.

There were never any measurements for this recipe all done by taste and sight.

Butter Roll Dessert Recipe #4 found by Donyetta
Butter Roll from cooks.com

2 c. flour3 tsp. baking powder1/2 tsp. salt1 tbsp. shorteningHot water1 c. butter1 1/2 c. sugar1 1/2 tsp. vanillaMilk (enough to cover rolls)
Mix flour, baking powder, salt and shortening. Add enough hot water from the faucet to make mixture like biscuit dough. Roll dough out like pie dough. Put butter and sugar on crust. Roll up and pinch ends. Lay rolls in deep pan. Add vanilla to milk and pour over rolls. Bake in hot oven until brown (400 degrees).

Butter Roll Dessert Recipe Search

2005-10-26T07:22:00.000-07:00

Ever heard of a Butter Roll Dessert?

I've looked through all my cookbooks from the 1930's and 1940's and found nothing like this request: "In the 1930's my Mother made a dessert she called Butter Roll. She used left over biscuit dough, added a little more shortening. Rolled it out, spread it with butter and sugar. She then poured milk over and baked."

This recipe may have been the results of an inventive cook who didn't want buscuit dough to go to waste -- but if you have a recipe for anything like this, please send it to lost-recipes@heritagerecipes.com

Story of Two Chutneys

2005-10-26T07:01:00.000-07:00

UPDATE: A recent visitor sent us this email.

"Check out the Catfish Institute's recipe for pineapple chutney at Catfish Institute. This uses the least amount of sugar of any pineapple chutney recipe I've seen on the Internet and uses mustard seeds. "

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The number of chutney recipes out there is amazing. I've had two requests for chutney recipes and have only been able to find one -- maybe you all can help with the second.

Here is the first request: "I can not find in my files nor on the net a recipe for Fruit Chilli Sauce(chutney). It used a lot of Tomatoes, and then equal amounts of apples, peaches, green/red sweet peppers and onions. There was white/cider vinegar, chilli powder, brown sugar and so on."

And here is the recipe I found. If you have one closer to the description above, please send it to me.

Tomato Chutney
Ingredients
2 pounds of ripe tomatoes, peeled and coarsely chopped
3 onions, peeled and coarsely chopped
2 green apples, peeled and coarsely chopped
2 peaches, peeled, pitted and coarsely chopped
2 1/4 cups dark brown sugar
2 cups white vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon of mixed spice and chili powder

Directions
In a large pan, place tomatoes, onions, apples, and peaches; add brown sugar, vinegar, salt, spices and chili powder. Bring slowly to a boil and simmer for 2 hours, uncovered, until mixture is thick. Stir occasionally. Remove chutney from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes. Spoon into warm sterilized jars; seal immediately.

The second chutney recipe request was for one with "pineapple and mustard seed. It was savory, though, not sweet." I haven't been able to find one like this so your help would be appreciated. All the chutney recipes I found with pineapple were on the sweet side.

If you have a lost-recipe you would like me to search for, please post your message here or email lost-recipes@heritagerecipes.com. And feel free to visit ww.heritagerecipes.com. Searching for Recipes,
Holly

Pickle Mystery Solved

2005-09-28T13:00:00.000-07:00

A visitor to the Old Recipe Detective writes...
The word mandoline comes from the tool used to make the pickles. It was called a mandoline slicer. Here is a URL for a recipe that calls for using the mandoline slicer and for making sweet pickles. Hope this helps solvethe mystery: http://whatscookingamerica.net/cravencosweetpickles.htm

Thanks Carol!

In Search of Boiled Frosting

2005-08-22T17:52:00.000-07:00

We recently had a request for a boiled frosting recipe…. "Boiled Frosting was a recipe of my grandmother's. I know she frosted cakes with it for my mom around the 1930s and 1940s but exactly how old the recipe is I haven't the foggiest! I remember my mom saying it had to be cooked in a double boiler and you had to stir/whip it forever. Thanks for any help.”

I found several recipes for boiled frosting in a number of old cookbooks – the recipes are similar but have variations depending on who published the recipe. I also discovered that it is sometimes called White Mountain Frosting. If anyone knows more about the history of boiled frosting, please let me know. The final recipe gives the most guidance and it sounds like you do have to stir and stir and stir!

From the Dr. Price Cookbook, published by the Price Baking Powder Factory, 1929

Boiled Frosting
1 cup granulated sugar
½ cup water
½ tsp. Dr. Price’s Baking Powder
White of 1 egg
½ tsp. flavoring extract
Boil sugar and water until syrup starts to spins a thread at 238 degrees. Pour very slowly into stiffly beaten white of egg and beat until smooth; add baking powder and flavoring and mix well. Allow to stand about ten minutes and spread on cake.

From “Reliable Recipes,” no publication date but booklet looks like it is from the 1920s.

Boiled Frosting
2 cups sugar
½ cup water
1 T. corn syrup
2 egg whites
Boil sugar and water until syrup starts to spins a thread . Pour very slowly into stiffly beaten egg whites. Add flavoring and beat until smooth enough to spread.

And finally here is a recipe from the “Five Flours Cookbook”, 1938.

Boiled Frosting
2 cups granulated sugar
1/3 cup corn syrup
1/3 cup water
2 egg whites
1 tsp. vanilla
Cook sugar, corn syrup and water until syrup will spin a long thread when dropped from the tines of a silver fork. Remove from fire. Have ready the stiffly whipped egg-whites. Pour hot syrup slowly onto the egg-whites, while beating constantly. Add vanilla and beat until mixture until mixture is almost cold, is creamy to taste and will hold its shape when spread on the cake.
Grated lemon or orange rind or almond flavoring may be used instead of vanilla; chopped nuts, chopped dried fruits or cocoanut may be added.

If you have a lost-recipe you would like me to search for, please post your message here or email lost-recipes@heritagerecipes.com. And feel free to visit www.heritagerecipes.com.

Searching for Recipes,
Holly

Corn Meal Gravy

2005-08-13T08:37:00.000-07:00

We recently had a request to search for a corn meal gravy recipe -- her mother use to make it and now she would like to try it.

We have found two recipes -- both are very similar. Both appear in many old cookbooks and on numerous websites. In both recipes, you need to brown the cornmeal before adding the milk or buttermilk.

Cornmeal Gravy

4 pieces of meat
2 1/2 cups milk
1/2 cup cornmeal
Salt and Pepper, to taste

Fry meat to have enough grease to cover cornmeal. Add cornmeal and salt and pepper to taste. Brown meat in grease. Add milk, stir and let boil until thick.

Cornmeal Gravy

1/2 cup corn meal
1 cup water
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup milk or buttermilk
1 teaspoon oil or bacon grease

In heavy skillet brown corn meal to a golden brown, add salt and pepper, then stir in the oil. Combine the milk and water and pour as much as needed to boil. Make sure the gravy is thin enough too, because it will thicken slightly after it is cooked. Let boil for about 2 minutes.

If you have a favorite cornmeal gravy recipe, please post it below or send it to lost-recipes@heritagerecipes.com and we will post it here. We are still looking for the sweet pickle recipe listed earlier.

And if you have a lost-recipe you would like me to search for, please post your message here or email lost-recipes@heritagerecipes.com. And feel free to visit www.heritagerecipes.com.

Searching for Recipes,
Holly

Sweet Pickle Recipe Search

2005-07-15T17:12:00.000-07:00

Lost Sweet Pickles Recipe

Looking for old recipes is a hobby of mine and this week I got a request thru my website www.heritagerecipes.com that is leaving me stumped.

The request is for a sweet pickles cube, well, I’ll let the requestor tell it in her own words…

“I am trying to remember the name of a sweet pickle cube my grandmother put in her potato salad. I”m not sure how to spell it correctly , it was something like mangdelinor mandelin sweet pickle cubes. Any help would be appreciated. “

I’ve looked all through my old pickle recipes, which I have quite a collection, and searched on the internet. No Luck. So I’m hoping that someone will have heard of this recipe or actually has it.

If you do, please post it below or send it to lost-recipes@heritagerecipes.com.

Gooseberry Pie

Another recent search request was for Gooseberry Pie. Finding a Gooseberry Pie recipe turned out to be a bigger challenge than I thought it would be. We always had them when I was growing up, but I'm sure my mother didn't use a recipe. Here are a couple for you to consider if you ever want to make a Gooseberry Pie. I haven't tried either, but they come from good sources. If you have a good recipe for this type pie, please post it and I will sent to along.

The first recipe is from a cookbook put together by women in Linn, KS, about 30 years ago.

Gooseberry Pie
2 1/2 c gooseberries, cleaned1 c sugar1/2 c waterCook ingredients until berries burst. Then stir in:1/2 c sugar2 Tablespoon fine Tapioca1/4 tsp. vanillaSprinkle 1 Tablespoon flour on the bottom of an unbaked pie shell. Add filling and top with 1 Tablespoon flour. Dot with butter (doesn't say how much) and add top crust. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.

This second recipe comes from book published during the second World War.

Gooseberry Pie
Combine 2 c gooseberries, cleaned, with a few grains of salt, 3/4 cup sugar, mix with 1 Tablespoon of flour and 3 Tablespoons of water. Heat slowly until berries break and then cool. Add filling to an unbaked pie shell. Add top crust and bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.
I personally would try the first recipe since during the war, with rationing, they may have cut back on the sugar and other ingredients.

If you have a lost-recipe you would like me to search for, please post your message here or email lost-recipes@heritagerecipes.com. And feel free to visit www.heritagerecipes.com.

Searching for Recipes,
Holly

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