Popular Dixie Dishes
Breakfast and Tea Cakes
BAKING POWDER BISCUIT. - Two pounds or quarts of flour, four ounces of melted lard or butter, four teaspoonfuls of powder, one teaspoonful…
Cakes
GEORGIA COCOANUT CAKE. - Grate a pound of cocoanut and dry, cream, one pound butter, add one of sugar, beaten yolks of two eggs, then the…
Cakes (II)
ONE EGG CAKE. - One cup sugar, half cup each butter and milk, two of flour and two level teaspoons baking powder, one egg and one cup…
Creams (Finger sack and tube)
finger sack and tube) with the batter and press out finger lengths on to a sheet of manilla paper, sift powdered sugar over, shake off…
Creams
CALEDONIA CREAM.-Beat together in a bowl for three quarters of an hour two ounces of rasberry jam, two of currant jelly, two of sifted loaf…
Drinks
APPLE WINE. To each gallon cider fresh from press, add two pounds good brown sugar; after this has dissolved, strain wine and put into a…
Entrees
BRUNSWICK STEW. -Stew one chicken or two squirrels in half gallon water until bones can be removed. Cook in separate saucepans six large…
Entrees (II)
CHICKEN PILLAU. - One pint milk, two well beaten eggs, half a pint cold minced chicken from which the outer skin has been previously…
Potted Rabbits
Two small rabbits or one large one, one pound fat bacon or fresh butter, one of veal, liver of rabbits, salt, pepper and spices; or fresh…
Fish
BOILED FISH WITH VEGETABLES. -Put a whole fish in kettle, and cover with stock made as follows: Fry in a saucepan two onions, a carrot, a…
Ices and Ice Cream (BISQUE GLACE Two quarts cream)
BISQUE GLACE. -Two quarts cream, one and a half dozen macaroons (stale, or if fresh dried in oven) pounded fine; pour a little cream over…
Pastry and Confectionery (CREAM PIE Butter size of egg)
CREAM PIE. - Butter size of egg, a cup sugar and two eggs beaten together, add one-third cup milk and two cups flour mixed with two…
Pastry and Confectionery
GOOSEBERRY PIES. -Mix one pint sugar with one of berries, adding just enough water to prevent burning; cook until it begins to jell, cool…
Preserves and Pickles
BRANDIED PEACHES. - Put fine large freestone peaches into a weak solution of hot soda-water only until the fur is losened sufficiently to…
Puddings
ALMOND PUDDING. -Blanche a pound of almonds; beat to a paste, adding gradually two tablespoons of rose or orange water to prevent their…
Soups and Vegetables (Invert the whole so)
invert the whole so that the pudding may rest on the dish, lift off basin and remove cloth. The use of the cold water is to chill and…
Soups and Vegetables (GUMBO FILLET Joint and dredge)
GUMBO FILLET. - Joint and dredge well with flour a full grown chicken; put in a pot with sufficient lard to fry it, adding a sliced onion…