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Skriven 2010-05-15 14:47:02 av Lee Lofaso (3:800/432.0)
Ärende: Recipes to Die For
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Hello Everybody,

note to Moderator(s):
These are real recipes, found in a real cookbook.  Normally, I would
only post one recipe per message.  However, in this case, I am making
an exception.  I do beg your kind forgiveness.  :)

I found a very old, ancient, and crumbling book of recipes
from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  A cookbook, if you
will.  Here are a few of the recipes from that book -

VINEGAR PIE

Put one pint of diluted vinegar into a skillet.  Add butter half the
size of an egg, two-thirds of a cupful of sugar, one tablespoonful of
corn starch well in a little water, and the beaten yelk of one egg.
Flavor with lemon, and cook till thick.  Line a pie-pan with pastry, and
put in the mixture.  Bake till almost done; then remove from the overn,
and spread the beaten white of the egg over the top; sprinkle with
sugar, and return to the oven; let it remain until light brown.
- Miss Minnie Lewis, Tarkie, Mo.

ANOTHER VINEGAR PIE

1 cupful of water
1/4 cupful of vinegar
1 cupful of sugar
1 tablespoonful of butter
4 heaping tablespoonsfuls of bread crumbs
Flavor with extract of lemon, and bake with two crusts.
- Mrs. Timothy Dalton, Hainley's Switch, Mo.

There is another recipe for CHEAP VINEGAR PIE, but I'll skip that one.

FRUMENTY

Frumenty: Rinse a quart of wheat and put in a tin vessel with a gallon
of water.  Set this in a larger vessel of water and boil for eight
hours.  It will keep in a cool corner for a week.  Eat cold with sugar
and cream, or reheat if you are worried about food poisoning.

Here's a good one, under the heading "Preparations for the Sick" -

TOAST WATER

Toast Water: Place several pieces of stale toasted bread in a cup,
cover with ice water, and serve to your patient.

If this recipe does not cure the sick, I do not know what will.
Bon appetit.

In these tough economic times, with so many folks looking for work,
pies are the best remedy.  There is a recipe for HARD TIMES PIE, but
I found a better one, good for three pies -

PLAIN OLD CHEAP PIE

Take 1 quart of water and 4 tbsp of strong vinegar and mix with a cup of
sugar and 3 tbsp butter.  Boil.  While boiling, add a cupful of flour
wet in cold water and boil 2 minutes more.  Let cool.  Once cool, if you
do not have a solid mass of glue, pour into three pans lined with paste
and bake in a quick oven.

And if all else fails, the only left in your house being cardboard,
there is this fine recipe -

FRIED MUSH

Fried Mush: Slice cold mush 1/2 inch thick.  Dip pieces in beaten egg
and then in rolled crackers.  Fry same as doughnuts.  This is very nice
for breakfast.
- Hattie Cary of La Plata, Mo.

--Lee


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