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Soups
28 recipes
Fish
10 recipes
Meats
73 recipes
Vegetables
68 recipes
Salads
12 recipes
Cheese Dishes
17 recipes
Breads, Biscuits, Etc.
39 recipes
Rice, Hominy, Cereals, Etc.
22 recipes
Eggs
9 recipes
Desserts
103 recipes
Cakes
12 recipes
Highlights
Corn Boats
Boil nicely shaped sweet potatoes until almost done. Cool, skin, halve them lengthwise and scoop out the inside of each. Rub…
Potato Balls
Wash the necessary amount of potatoes, throw without paring into boiling water and boil until tender, but not soft, a little…
Chupe
Melt I tablespoonful of butter and fry in it I medium sized onion minced with 2 tomatoes, some minced parsley and marjoram; add…
Currant Jelly Whip
To the whites of 3 eggs add a tiny pinch of salt and beat until foamy. Add 3 tablespoonfuls of sifted powdered sugar and beat…
Hot Egg Salad
Into a small saucepan put 1 tablespoonful of olive oil and set over the fire. When very hot break into it 3 fresh eggs; as they…
Southern Egg Bread
Three pints of soft ground white meal, I pint of buttermilk, 2 eggs, I scant teacupful of lard, I teaspoonful of soda, ½ of a…