November 2008

Main Dishes

Depression-Era Cheese Souffle Recipe

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I consider the following recipe to be an interesting find. Not so much for the recipe, but instead for the card on which it is written. The images below show the front and back of the bard, and although I’ve resized them poorly, the images should be the same size. On the back side is [...]

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Pies

Pineapple Pie Recipe

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I love pie. Plain and simple, pie is one of my childhood favorite foods and it remains my all-time favorite dessert (and also my favorite breakfast!). There’s nothing better that diving into a wedge-shaped slab of pie at any time of the day. My mother was known for her peach pies but apple, raspberry, blueberry, [...]

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Appetizers and Snacks

English Monkey Recipe

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Imagine my surprise when I found a recipe with ‘monkey’ in the title.  Sure, I’ve heard of monkey bread but never English Monkey.  To my relief, I discovered the recipe did not contain any actual monkeys or other primates. Like many old recipes, it just lists the ingredients and not much else.  I decided to [...]

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Desserts and Treats

American Pie: Raisins, Revolution & Rage

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So much has happened this week, I don’t know where to begin. I’ve made a delicious old raisin pie recipe that I found in my great-grandmother’s recipes. I should clarify that it’s the recipe which is old … not that you use old raisins :-)

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