"SNITZ" PIE
Cover a bowlful of well-washed dried apples with cold water and allow
to soak over night. The following morning cook until tender and mash
through a colander. If quite thick a small quantity of water should be
added. Season with sugar to taste. Some apples require more sugar than
others. Add cinnamon, if liked. Aunt Sarah never used any spices in
these pies. Bake with two crusts or place strips cross-wise over the
pie of thinly rolled dough, like lattice work. These are typical
"Bucks County" pies.
More
-
"MOULDASHA" (PARSLEY PIES)
Mash and season with butter and salt half a dozen boiled white potatoes, add a little grated onion and chopped parsley. Sift together in a bowl 1 cup of flour, 1 teaspoonful baking powder and a little salt. Add a small quantity of milk to one egg if not e... "PAPRIKASH"
Two pounds of veal, from leg, cut into small pieces for stewing; 4 good-sized onions, cut rather fine; measure about 1/2 cup of sweet lard, place onions in pan with some of this lard and fry a light brown. Add meat and cook meat and onions together about ... "PASTURE" MUSHROOMS
All the members of the Landis family unanimously agreed in declaring the dish "Frau Schmidt" taught Sarah Landis to prepare from the delicious edible Fungi, known as "Pasture" mushrooms (gathered by Professor Schmidt from rich, wind-swept pastures early i... "PEBBLE DASH" OR SHOO-FLY PIE
Aunt Sarah made these to perfection and called them "Pebble Dash" pie. They are not really pies, they resemble cakes, but having a crust we will class them with pies. She lined three small sized pie-tins with rich pie crust. For the crumbs she placed in a... "PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH" KISSES
One cup of pulverized sugar, whites of 3 eggs, 1 heaping cup of nut meats (Mary used hickory nut meats), a pinch of salt. To the very stiffly beaten whites of eggs add sugar, salt and lastly the nut meats. Drop teaspoonfuls of this batter on a greased, fl... "PENNSYLVANIA" PLUM PUDDING (FOR THANKSGIVING DAY)
One cup milk, 2 eggs, 1 cup molasses, 1/2 teaspoonful nutmeg, 1/2 teaspoonful salt, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1 cup bread crumbs, 1/2 cup corn meal, 1 cup chopped beef suet, 1/4 cup finely minced citron, 1 cup seeded raisins, 1/2 cup currants. Flour t... "PFANNKUCHEN" (PANCAKES)
Four eggs, whites and yolks were beaten separately, 2 tablespoonfuls of milk, were added; 1 teaspoonful of chopped parsley; mix lightly together, add salt to season. Place 2 tablespoonfuls of butter in a fry pan. When butter has melted, pour mixture caref... "POLISH" RYE BREAD (AS MADE IN BUCKS COUNTY)
This excellent, nutritious bread, is made from the whole-ground grain. Every part of the grain is used in the flour, when ground. To bake this bread, sift together one quart of this "whole-ground" rye flour and two quarts of white-bread flour. Early in th... "RHUBARB CUSTARD" PIE
Two cups of rhubarb, uncooked, do not skin it, cut in half-inch pieces. Cream together 1 cup of sugar, 1 tablespoonful of cornstarch, 2 eggs (reserve white of one egg). Add the 2 cups of rhubarb to this mixture and place all in a pie-tin lined with pastry... "RIVEL KUCHEN"
Place in a bowl 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup sugar (good measure), 1/2 cup butter and lard, or all butter is better (scant measure). Some like a little grating of nutmeg, especially if part lard is used. Mix or crumb the ingredients well together with the hands t... "ROT PFEFFERS" FILLED WITH CABBAGE
Cut the tops from the stem end of twelve sweet (not hot) red peppers or "rot pfeffers," as Aunt Sarah called them. Carefully remove seeds, do not break outside shell of peppers. Cut one head of cabbage quite fine on a slaw-cutter; add to the cabbage 1 eve... "SAFFRON" RAISIN BREAD
For this old-fashioned, "country" bread, set a sponge in the evening, consisting of 1 cup of luke-warm water, 1 Fleischman's compressed yeast cake and 2 tablespoonfuls of saffron water, obtained by steeping 1/2 tablespoonful of dried saffron flowers in a ... "SAUERGEBRATENS" OR GERMAN POT ROAST
Buy about three pounds of beef, as for an ordinary pot roast. Place in a large bowl. Boil vinegar (or, if vinegar is too sharp, add a little water, a couple of whole cloves and a little allspice); this should cover the piece of meat. Vinegar should be pou... "SCHWARZ" CAKE
This delicious black chocolate or "Schwarz" cake, as Aunt Sarah called it, was made from the following recipe: 1-1/2 cups of sugar. 1/2 cup butter. 1/2 cup sweet milk. 1 even teaspoon of soda (saleratus). 3 eggs. 1 teaspoonful of vanilla. 2 cups flour. 1-... "SLICE" BREAD PUDDING
Line the sides of a pudding dish holding two quarts with seven slices of stale bread from which crust had been removed. Beat together 3 eggs, 3 tablespoonfuls of sugar and 3 cups of sweet milk (and add the juice and grated rind of one lemon, or half a gra... "SMIER-KASE" OR COTTAGE CHEESE
Stand a pan containing three quarts of milk in a warm place until it becomes sour and quite thick. Stand the pan containing the thick milk on the back part of the range, where it will heat gradually but not cook. When the "whey" separates from the curd in... "SNITZ" PIE
Cover a bowlful of well-washed dried apples with cold water and allow to soak over night. The following morning cook until tender and mash through a colander. If quite thick a small quantity of water should be added. Season with sugar to taste. Some apple... "SOUR CREAM" MOLASSES CAKE
1/2 cup molasses. 1 cup sugar. 1/2 cup thick sour cream. 1/2 cup sour milk. 1/2 cup finely chopped peanuts. 1 egg. 1 teaspoonful soda dissolved in little hot water. 2-3/4 cups flour. 1 cup seeded raisins. Mix together like ordinary cake. Bake in a fruit c... "SPRINGERLES" (GERMAN CHRISTMAS CAKES)
4 eggs. 1 pound sifted pulverized sugar 2 quarts flour, sifted twice. 2 small teaspoonfuls baking powder. Beat whites and yolks of eggs separately, mix with sugar and beat well. Add flour until you have a smooth dough. Roll out pieces of dough, which shou... "STIRRED" OATMEAL BREAD
Early in the morning 1 cup of oatmeal porridge, left over from that which had been cooked for breakfast, was placed in a bowl and added gradually 2 cups of scalded, luke-warm milk, 1 tablespoon of a mixture of lard and butter, 1/4 cup New Orleans molasses... "STREUSEL KUCHEN"
For these German-raised cakes, take 1/2 cup mashed potatoes and 1/2 cup of potato water, 1/2 cup lard and butter mixed, creamed with 1/2 cup sugar. Mix with these ingredients about 3-1/2 cups of flour and 1 cup of yeast. Set this sponge to rise at night i... "SUPPEE SCHWANGEN"
Mary was taught to make these by the Professor's wife. She beat together either 1 or 2 raw eggs, 1/2 cup flour, 1 tablespoonful butter, a little salt, and just enough milk to thin the mixture enough so it may be dropped by half teaspoonfuls into hot soup ... "T" Punch
Slice a whole pineapple and three lemons, and place in a punch bowl with the juice only of nine other lemons, add two pounds of sugar, and let these ingredients stand several hours. Then add one quart each of green tea, Jamaica rum, brandy, claret, a pint... "TWENTIETH CENTURY" MINCE MEAT
Two pounds lean beef (uncooked), chopped fine, 1/2 pound beef suet, shredded. Put the beef and suet in a large stone jar, pour over it 2/3 of a quart of whiskey. Let stand covered with a lid for a week, then add 2 pounds large, seeded raisins, 2 pounds Su... "WUNDERSELDA" MARMALADE
This was composed of 2 quarts of the pulp and juice combined of ripe Kieffer pears, which had been pared and cored, (Measured after being run through a food chopper.) The grated yellow rind and juice of five medium-sized tart oranges, and 6-1/2 cups granu... "ZWEIBACH"
Cut wheat bread in slices not too thin. Place in a warm, not hot, oven, and allow it to remain until thoroughly dry and crisp. Place in a toaster or a wire broiler over a hot fire and toast a golden brown and allow it to remain in the oven until toasted. ... "ZWETCHEN DAMPFNUDELN" (PRUNE DUMPLINGS)
In the evening a sponge was prepared with yeast for bread. All the flour required to stiffen the dough for loaves of bread being added at this time. The bread sponge was stood in a warm place to rise over night. In the morning, when shaping the dough into... (AS AUNT SARAH MADE THEM.)
Add 1 tablespoonful of butter and 1 tablespoonful lard to 1 cup of cold, boiled rice; 2 yolks of eggs, the whites beaten separately and added last; 2 cups of flour, 1 teaspoonful salt and 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, sifted together; 1 teaspoonful of sug... (SOUBISE BLANCHE.)
1 pint of Milk--2d. 1 oz. Butter--1d. 4 Onions Salt and Pepper 1 pint White Bone Stock Dry Crusts--1d. Total Cost--4d. Time--One Hour. Peel and slice up the onions and put them into a saucepan with the butter; make them very hot, and then ... 1 8 Florida Corn Cake
One egg, 1 cup of milk, 1 tablespoonful salt fat pork, 1 teaspoonful salt, 1 of sugar, 2 cups white corn-meal, 1 tablespoonful baking powder. Mix all thoroughly and bake in 2 thin cakes. ... 17.
1/2 cup shortening 1 cup granulated or powdered sugar yolks of 3 eggs 1/2 cup milk 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder Cream shortening, add sugar slowly and beat well; add beaten egg yolks; add milk a little at a time and flour which has b... 7.
1/4 cupful of brown sugar 1/2 cupful of granulated sugar 1 cupful of water 2 half pint cans of condensed milk 1 teaspoonful of vanilla Put the brown sugar in an iron pan, melt and brown it. When it begins to smoke, add two tablespoonf...