Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | December 19, 2016

All Sorts of Greens

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After the long pieces of parsnips have been added to the cut mutton for the Dutch receipt (recipe), To stew Mutton, the translated receipt states and furthermore all sorts of greens coarsely chopped.  I used the late fall greens still in my garden, spinach and parsley.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | December 18, 2016

Long Pieces of Parsnips

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After the mutton is cut into large pieces for the Dutch receipt (recipe), To stew Mutton, the translated receipt states to add to it long pieces of Parsnips.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | December 17, 2016

Take Mutton

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For the Dutch receipt (recipe) for To stew Mutton, the first line as translated by Peter Rose is to Take Mutton; cut into large pieces, well cooked and skimmed.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | December 16, 2016

A Dutch Table

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The table is ready with the ingredients to prepare two Dutch receipts (recipes): To stew Mutton, and To bake an Apple (egg) fritter.  Both receipts are from Peter G Rose’s, The Sensible Cook, which includes the translation of the seventeenth century  De Verstnadige Kock.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | December 13, 2016

Miss James Gingerbread

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The graniteware pan needed to be rotated in the tin baker to bake the gingerbread prepared from the receipt (recipe), Miss James Gingerbread, from Ellen Emlen’s manuscript receipt book.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | December 11, 2016

Gingerbread in Graniteware

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After all the materials were combined for Ellen Emlen’s receipt (recipe), Miss James Gingerbread, the individual gingerbreads were baked using a graniteware pan in a reflective tin baker.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | December 9, 2016

The Other Materials

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Ellen Emlen writes in her manuscript receipt book for the receipt (recipe), Miss James Gingerbread, to mix the butter + sugar together, then the other materials, adding the milk and soda just before it is baked.  She wrote initially for a teaspoon of soda dissolved in a cup of milk and later added that sour cream is better.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | December 8, 2016

Wine Glass of Brandy

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The receipt (recipe), Miss James Gingerbread, was used by Ellen M Emlen after she wrote it in her manuscript receipt book as she entered adjustments to the materials.  She changed a tablespoon  all spice to use only just a tea, and increased the cinnamon from a teaspoon to a tablespoon.  There was no adjustment to the tablespoon of ginger and wine glass of brandy.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | December 5, 2016

1. Cup Molasses

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The receipt (recipe) for Miss James Gingerbread starts with:  1. cup molasses,   1. of sugar, 1. of butter, 3. of flour- 3 eggs.  I heated the molasses at the fire in the log cabin so it would flow.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | November 29, 2016

Manuscript Gingerbread

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This is my table for the preparation of the receipt (recipe), Miss James Gingerbread, from the manuscript receipt book of Ellen M Emlen.  Ellen was born in 1814 and married in 1840.

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