True to my word in my last post, I skipped that strange recipe called Homemade Nuttose this week because… ewww. Instead, I moved right down the page to Cream Rice Pudding. I was excited to make this one. I’m a huge fan of rice pudding, but I’ve never found a truly good recipe. Then the ...
As promised, this week I was set to make a recipe from 1929 called Boiled Dressing. There is not one single thing about the sound of that recipe that would make a person think, “Say, let’s make some boiled dressing!” Nope. Not one thing. To be fair, I almost skipped it. I stared at the ...
This 1920 communion bread recipe came from my An Apple a Day cookbook and brought back more memories than I expected. This week’s post is a little late because, well, life got in the way. I had family staying with me the last two weekends, and while I absolutely love when my family comes to ...
A brief note: This week’s post includes reflections on grief and loss. I’ll be honest: I had no clue what fig pudding was supposed to be like, but I assumed, at the very least, it would include heavy cream and eggs. After all, those are basically the main ingredients in pudding. It seemed, however, ...
This week’s recipe, from 1914, was called Brown Betty. I have heard of Brown Bettys before, but I had never actually made one. I assumed it was one of those old-fashioned desserts that everybody’s grandmother knew how to make, even if no one could explain exactly what it was supposed to be. It sounded cozy. ...
