[indian cakes] 

Johnny Cake, or Hoe Cake. 
Scald 1 pint of  milk  and put to 3 pints of  indian meal,  and half pint of  flower --bake before the fire. Or scald with  milk  two thirds of the  indian meal,  or wet two thirds with  boiling water,  add  salt,   molasses  and  shortening,  work up with  cold water  pretty stiff, and bake as above. 
 
 
Indian Slapjack. [fritters] 
One quart of  milk,  1 pint of  indian meal,  4  eggs,  4 spoons of  flour,  little  salt,  beat together, baked on gridles, or fry in a dry pan, or baked in a pan which has been rub'd with  suet,   lard  or  butter. 






American Cookery


Amelia Simmons


1798








Northampton


Massachusetts

















































Comments











Post a Comment























Popular posts from this blog









Honey Cake.





















Six pound flour, 2 pound honey , 1 pound sugar, 2 ounces cinnamon, 1 ounce ginger, a little orange peel, 2 teaspoons pearl-ash, 6 eggs; dissolve the pearl-ash in milk, put the whole together, listen with milk is necessary, bake 20 minutes.        American Cookery  Amelia Simmons  1796    Albany  New York   








Read more










To keep Damsons.





















Take damsons when they are first ripe, pick them carefully, wipe them clean, put them into snuff[?] bottles, stop them up tight so that no air can get to them, nor water; put nothing into the bottles but plumbs; put the bottles into cold water, handthem over the fire, let them heat slowly, let the water boil slowly, for half an hour, when the water is cold take out the bottles, set the bottles into a cold place, they will keep twelve months if the bottles are stopped tight, so as no air nor water can get to them.  They will not keep long after the bottles are opened; the plumbs must be hard.    American Cookery  Amelia Simmons  1796   Albany  New York     








Read more










Wafers.





















One pound flour, quarter pound butter, two eggs beat, one glass wine, and nutmeg to make it palatable.      American Cookery  Amelia Simmons  1796    Albany  New York   








Read more