Does anyone know any good pre civil war recipies?!
i need 3 for my English Class
its a presentation on Huck Finn, idky i have to get recipes but i do so can anyone help me out!?
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its a presentation on Huck Finn, idky i have to get recipes but i do so can anyone help me out!?
thank you!
:DWww@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Corn cakes are made with half cornmeal and half corn flour!. Stir a cup of each together with two teaspoonsful of baking powder, one egg and enough milk to make a batter!. Heat a skillet with a tablespoonful of oil, then pour your batter by the tablespoonful onto the skillet!. A ten-inch skillet will allow you to cook four cakes at a time!. Flip 'em over when the edges stop bubbling!. Let them cook another minute and a half, then put 'em on a warm plate while you cook the rest!. Serve with a breakfast sausage link and plenty of maple syrup!.
Civil War soldiers often had to make do with hard bread (hardtack) and coffee for lunch!. Hard bread is simple; you take flour and enough water to dampen it and add a bit of salt!. Then you mix the flour and water until you have a very thick dough!. Knead the dough as best you can, then roll it out to 1/2-inch thickness!. Cut it in squares 2 inches on a side, poke about a dozen holes evenly spaced in each square, then bake them in a moderate oven (325 degrees) for about 45 minutes!. Let them cool before serving!. To make them more palatable, soldiers would crumble them up - sometimes you had to bust 'em with a rock or your rifle butt!. Then they'd soak them in a bit of water and then fry them in leftover bacon grease!. Don't do this often or you'll learn why Civil War surgeons called it "Death by frying pan!." It's incredibly high in fat and cholesterol!. Instead of frying it, the smart soldier just dampened it in some water, tossed in some cut up apple and a bit of sugar and milk and let that stew for awhile in the skillet!.
You can roast any kind of meat over an open fire!. Even in pre-Colonial and Colonial New England's towns and villages, cooking was almost always done in front of a shallow fireplace!. You can make a wooden roasting rack or stick your meat in a roasting pan - a cast iron camp oven (a dutch oven with feet) or a spider ( a frying pan on legs) are quite authentic, and be sure you've got the cast iron lid for the utensil!. You can toss small whole potatoes and chunks of carrot and onion in there, and add a cupful of red wine or even whiskey to make an absolutely heavenly pot roast!. Damn right it's period - my ancestor, Andy Nickel, documented that meal in his diary in 1745! Andy emigrated to Virginia Colony from County Tyrone in Ireland five years earlier!.!.!.
So there's ya three period recipes (they were called "receipts" back then) Hope they help!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Civil War soldiers often had to make do with hard bread (hardtack) and coffee for lunch!. Hard bread is simple; you take flour and enough water to dampen it and add a bit of salt!. Then you mix the flour and water until you have a very thick dough!. Knead the dough as best you can, then roll it out to 1/2-inch thickness!. Cut it in squares 2 inches on a side, poke about a dozen holes evenly spaced in each square, then bake them in a moderate oven (325 degrees) for about 45 minutes!. Let them cool before serving!. To make them more palatable, soldiers would crumble them up - sometimes you had to bust 'em with a rock or your rifle butt!. Then they'd soak them in a bit of water and then fry them in leftover bacon grease!. Don't do this often or you'll learn why Civil War surgeons called it "Death by frying pan!." It's incredibly high in fat and cholesterol!. Instead of frying it, the smart soldier just dampened it in some water, tossed in some cut up apple and a bit of sugar and milk and let that stew for awhile in the skillet!.
You can roast any kind of meat over an open fire!. Even in pre-Colonial and Colonial New England's towns and villages, cooking was almost always done in front of a shallow fireplace!. You can make a wooden roasting rack or stick your meat in a roasting pan - a cast iron camp oven (a dutch oven with feet) or a spider ( a frying pan on legs) are quite authentic, and be sure you've got the cast iron lid for the utensil!. You can toss small whole potatoes and chunks of carrot and onion in there, and add a cupful of red wine or even whiskey to make an absolutely heavenly pot roast!. Damn right it's period - my ancestor, Andy Nickel, documented that meal in his diary in 1745! Andy emigrated to Virginia Colony from County Tyrone in Ireland five years earlier!.!.!.
So there's ya three period recipes (they were called "receipts" back then) Hope they help!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
CIVIL WAR FRUIT CAKE
Boil for 5 minutes and then let cool: 3 c!. raisins 2 c!. granulated sugar 2 c!. water 2 tbsp!. butter or Crisco
Sift together and add to cooled mixture: 2 tsp!. baking soda 1 tsp!. cinnamon 1 tsp!. salt 1 tsp!. nutmeg 1 tsp!. ground cloves
Mix and then add 1 cup chopped black walnuts!. Bake in a well greased angel food or loaf pan for 1 hour at 300 degrees!. This cake was developed during the Civil War when fancier fruits were rare!.
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Boil for 5 minutes and then let cool: 3 c!. raisins 2 c!. granulated sugar 2 c!. water 2 tbsp!. butter or Crisco
Sift together and add to cooled mixture: 2 tsp!. baking soda 1 tsp!. cinnamon 1 tsp!. salt 1 tsp!. nutmeg 1 tsp!. ground cloves
Mix and then add 1 cup chopped black walnuts!. Bake in a well greased angel food or loaf pan for 1 hour at 300 degrees!. This cake was developed during the Civil War when fancier fruits were rare!.
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Hoe Cakes!.!.!.basically a thick battered pancake made with corn meal flour, egg, baking powder and milk!.!.!.cooked on an open fire on a garden hoe!
Fresh caught fish or small gane were gutted and skewered on a stick and roasted over a fire!.
Coffee grounds were boiled in a pot with water, then the brewed coffee was poured off the grounds into cupes to drink!.
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Fresh caught fish or small gane were gutted and skewered on a stick and roasted over a fire!.
Coffee grounds were boiled in a pot with water, then the brewed coffee was poured off the grounds into cupes to drink!.
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Southern Johnnie Cake, not bad, pretty good!.
Hardtack was common, but not tasty!.
Here's a great site for help:
http://www!.geocities!.com/pentagon/barrac!.!.!.
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Hardtack was common, but not tasty!.
Here's a great site for help:
http://www!.geocities!.com/pentagon/barrac!.!.!.
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