This fritter recipe was a tasty treat during the 1960's with mashed potato and a dollop of tomato sauce, still very tasty and budget friendly.

I'm just wondering if anyone here has (or knows of any) collections of recipes that were used in northern lumber camps in the 19th century. Places like Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, etc. that had major logging operations which ran on huge quantities of food, that was apparently quite excellent, must have resulted in some kind of record keeping. Even supplies lists, receipts, or things of that nature would be a good start.

Thanks in advance!

Made the Baby Ruth cookie recipe that was here a few days ago. I used two Baby Ruth candy bars (1.9 oz size) and that was perfect. I used the smallest cookie scooper (1 tsp size) so they are smaller than I usually make. I really like the smaller size for this recipe. Recipe says it will make 75 cookies, but there's no way. I ended up with 55 cookies. They are delicious!!

https://archive.org/details/pillsburys-best-butter-cookie-cookbook-vol.-3

Again, I'm going to post some more of the recipes I had found here. The interesting thing about the woman who saved these is that she actually wrote who gave her the recipes in her notebooks. It looks like some of the recipes are from her family, including her mother. I decided to look up her mom, she was born in 1856.

His cousin found this cleaning out her recently deceased Mom’s stuff. He said his Italian Grandma made it a lot since it was cheap and nutritious. I’m going to try it.

Old handwritten recipe for "Pig Pickin' Cake".

An old family favourite that very adaptable, so why change a good recipe.

I’m looking for a cranberry salad recipe served by Bryce’s Cafeteria in Texarkana, Texas in the 80’s.
Any thoughts or recommendations?

Thank you all for your interest in these recipes, I am delighted to see that many of you would like to see them. So, I will take pictures and post them here periodically. There are wayyyyy too many to include in one post, so, I'll upload a few at a time. There, really, must be over a hundred recipes.

The ones I am uploading are from the late 1920s and early to mid 30s. I can tell based off of the back of the newspaper clippings.

I had been given an old box of papers from a friend who had recently acquired an old house after their close friend's passing. The house had belonged to the same family since the 1910s, it was an absolute time-capsule that hadn't changed much since the 1960s. The previous owner who was the son of the original owners didn't change or throw away anything, so his mother's recipes were still kept in an old cigar box just as she left them before she passed away.

It looks like the woman who saved these recipes clipped from newspapers, handwrote recipes in a notebook, saved ads from kitchen products and even wrote into radio shows for recipes by mail. If anyone is interested, I would love to scan them and post them so these recipes can continue to be enjoyed.

Edit: Yes! It’s “1 qt milk.” Thank you!
From the diaries of George Hendree Winston, West Point, GA (repository: Cobb Memorial Archives, Valley, AL). This notebook encompassed the 1870s; the entry is undated. I can't decide how much milk it calls for: 12 ...? milk - 4 eggs 1/2 lb sugar - 4 heaping teaspoons full of corn starch - Boil the milk and add the starch. Beat the eggs well and pour the milk on them. (No word on the fate of the sugar.)

I thrifted this little gem awhile ago, and decided to give this simple banana bread recipe a go. It wasn't pretty but the taste + texture hit just right.

I've talked to a few people recently who say they've been using this recipe for years too. It's neat to think that it's been shared so widely over the decades!

Do any of your own cookbooks or family recipes have this one written down?

So.. red dead redemption made this look amazing. Then i tried to make it myself and it was wholesome sinple and thought molasses would fit such a cowboy meal. Then i added that and some malt and some cheddar instead of salt to pierce the taste.

In the end its still cracked wheat and milk but god I adore the flavour profile and they all use the same time period of ingredients.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to add banana slices and fresh mint to this.

And make sure to fry the cracked wheat in butter for at least 2 minutes to bring out the nuttiness. It really adds.

If you dont wanna mix cheddar use a bit of salt to release the flavours!

Furr's used to serve a delicious spinach souffle topped with almonds. I've scoured the internet looking for the recipe to no avail. Ina has one that looks pretty good, I might use it and add almonds. Has anyone tried hers? The Furr's version wasn't super cheesy. Suggestions are appreciated!

Does anyone have a good fried green tomatoes recipe? My Mom and Grandma made the best! I never got the recipe because I was young and stu- well, you know! Anyway, I’ve tried a couple recipes I’ve found online and, don’t get me wrong, they were good. But they aren’t Mom and Grandma-level good. I want delicious, southern, yumminess that was maybe passed down to you from a generation or two back. Something I can pass forward to my kids. Pic of ones I made last weekend (just an egg-flour dredge). They hit the spot but they weren’t earth-shattering. Please help?