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Recipes from Clark & Sons Mercantile Inc. |
The Old Cook Shares Good Eats Sugar Buns (colonies) Take 3/4 of a pound of sifted flour, (2) large spoonfuls of brown sugar, (2) spoonfuls of good yeast, add a little salt, stir well together and when risen work in (2) spoonfuls of butter, make into buns, set to rise again and bake until a golden brown on tins. Mrs. Berkshire, New Lady’s Cook Book, 1731 Soda Biscuits (F & I War)________________________________ (1) Quart of sour milk, (1) teaspoonful of soda, (1) teaspoonful of salt, a piece of butter the size of an egg and enough flour to make them roll out. Bake on a clean rock or flat plate until they are brown. (un-named) 17xx ? Yeast Biscuits (Rev. War)________________________________ Take (2) quarts of flour, (2) ounces of butter, half pint of boiling water, (1) teaspoonful of salt, (1) pint of cold milk and half cup of yeast. Mix well and set to rise, then mix a teaspoonful of saleratus in a little water and mix into dough, roll on a board an inch thick, cut into small biscuits and bake twenty minutes. Sgt. Major A. N. Berwyn, Paoli News, 1776 Tarter Biscuits (War of 1812)________________________________ Take (1) quart of flour, (3) teaspoonfuls of cream of tarter, mixed well through the flour, (2) teaspoonfuls of shortening, (1) teaspoonful of soda, dissolved in warm water, of a sufficient quantity to mold the quart of flour. For the large families the amount can be doubled. un-named, New York Regulars, 1810 Reb Bread (Civil War)________________________________ (1) Quart of butter milk, (1) quart of corn meal, (1) quart of coarse flour, (1) cup of molasses, add a little soda and salt. Bake until tan in color. 1862 Lt. Samuel L. Brown, Pennsylvania Regulars Yeastless Bread (Indian Wars)________________________________ Mix in your flour sub carbonate of soda, (2) parts, tartaric acid (1) part, both finely powered. Mix up your bread with warm water, adding but a little at a time and then bake until brown. Mr. John Cottingly, Kansas City News, 1881 Johnny Cakes________________________________ Popular with troops of most every war that has been in N. America , William Clark wrote about them at Fort Osage years after the westward movement started. Take (1/2) a cup of sugar, (1 1/2) teaspoonfuls of soda, butter the size of an egg, (1) cup of yellow corn meal, (1) egg, (1) cup of white flour, (1 1/2) cups of sour cream or buttermilk and a pinch of salt. Grease a flat pan, bake in a field oven, medium heat, check when they start to brown. The Book of Recipes, 1837 |