New-York tribune., 1908-08-02
COLONIAL RECIPES
Il Book of Good old Southern
Dishes Fit for King.

Dishes Fit for a King.
| The South has long been famed as the pi.ce ,o1
good things to eat. The wonderful rich cakes tne
| fred chicken the preserves, the Tight bread -
| what man or woman old enough and fortunate
enough to have known the South or the iAsl se"
| Grafton does not remember those? AND the corn
| pones' of the old black "mammies'? fhe eootH
/ erners who Iove the traditions Of the past-ano
who love good things to eat-have preserved 'no'o
recipes preserved them, IN many cases. as reiS.
iousy as they cherished the family silver ano
hsirlooms buried to insure their sa1e'y CURING n
Civil War.
In a little blue book issued by the Nesle Pub
| fishing Company New York and Washington
Maude A Bomberger has gathered nunDer Oh
such recipes They date from before the civil
War being in fact the title page announces,
| Colonial recipes from Old Virginia and Maryland
manors" But as many Of them have been N
active use till the present day they are parI OK
| the South of the last hundred years Among the
recipes the author has woven numerous ntsio
histories and traditions of the manors from which
| these recipes came.
Here is the famous 'olach cake 1nfcn MA1lno
Washington's servants made, under her direction
| In the kitchen of Mount Vernon for the Wsoains
| of Nellie Custis:
| Take 20 eggs: divide the whites from the yoks
and beat the whites to a froth. Then work
| pounds OF butter to cream, put the whites OK
eggs 1t, spoonful at time, until weii mixed
| Then put pounds Of sugar. finely powdered. IN
| It In the same manner. Then add the yoiks OK
! eggs we'll beaten IA pounds Of -four and POUNDS
| of fruit. Add this one-fourth ounce OF naos
| a nutmeg. one-half pint OF vino and soHs Srencn
| brandy. Five and one-quartsr hours Will bake II
This certainly sounds like its full ttls-"a rfch
! black cake" The recipe was obtained nom tne
| great-granddaughter Of Mrs Hazelhurst, OF Phil
| adelphia, to whom It given by Mrs Washing
! ton herself
| From Mrs. Lorenzo Lewis, Nellie Custiss dAusa-
| ter-in-law, descended this recipe of muffin loaf
| which was made often at Audley, tho old Lewis
home In Virginia
| -Four eggs; beat whites and yoks separately;
large spoonful of butter rubbed into quart OF
-four; pint yeast. cup of warm milk. set 70 rise
at IL o'clock for tea"
Not Colonial recipe. but very good. is that
| called Robert E. Lee cake" It was given the
| author by a cousin Of General Lee.
Ten eggs. the weight Of ten eggs in sugar. half
the weight IN -four. the Juice Of one lemon; make
like sponge cake, bake like jelly cake
| For the filing add to two pounds Of pufvertEed
| sugar the Juice OF five oranges and the grated peel
of three and the juice Of three lemons. This must
not be spread upon the cake until cold. This guam
| tity will make two cakes of three layers each
| From Shirley" on James River. the homo Of
| the descendants of that Robert Carter who was
called King" Carter because Of his enormous
| grants OF land from the Crown, comes this recipe
| for creamed chicken.
"One pound cold chicken or turkey, cut as for
| salad two haEd boiled eggs. two ounces butter
| rubbed in two tabIespoonfuls OF -four: cover the
chicken with milk, pint. and let 1t get hot
| stir in the butter and -four. SALT red and black
pepper. and glass of sherry. When ready to
| serve stir in the eggs chopped fine and serve at
| once, very hot"
River comes recipe for bread cake. sometimes
| called election cake. but under any name one OF
| the best and most wholesome OF dark cakes.
| "one and one-half pounds of flour. pound Of
| sugar OF butter. giIis of milk, pint of
| yeast and eggs. Work the butter and sugar to-
setber put the yeast in the four and ons-half the
| butter and sugar and also the milk and beat II all
scr1e time Set it where It will rise overnight In
| the morning, II we'll risen, add the rest of the
| butter and sugar and the eggs, we'll beaten. Soms
desire currants raisns and little nutmeg mace
Beat all well together. then set to rise again. II
| must be very light when you put 1t in to bake.
| Here 8 relish that has been a favorite for
| generations in the Marshall family. and often
| eaten by Chief Justice Marshall, OF Revolutionary
| times, IN his home. Oak Hill:
| "spced currants-Six pounds of currants. pounds
| OF brown sugar tablespoonfuls OF ground cinna-
| mon and tabiespoonfuls Of cloves Boil twenty
| minutes Seal while hot"
The preceding recipes are from Virginan estates.
/ Here are esome from Maryland. Soft gingerbread"
| Is old family recipe from Glen Ellen, the homo
/ OF the Gilmors-
| TWO pounds of flour. pound of butter. pound
| Of brown sugar. pint of moasses. eggs. Cream
! butter and sugar together. then add -four and
molasses alternately: half of the -four to be re-
tanned and beaten in alternately with the eggs
Grated lemon peel. sIspce cinnamon and ginger
teaspoonfuls of soda IN molasses"
This is a blackberry pudding marked "exoellent':
-Four tablespoonfus of -four II pint of milk. the
yolks OF eggs; 4 pound OF butter. a pound of
brown sugar, nutmeg to taste. wine II you choose
Mix batter, and add L pint of blackberries
mixed in gradually Bake in creased dish faster
than cake. Serve with butter sauce"
From Glen Ellen also comes this simple breakfast
bread:
Two eggs, pound of -four. butter the size of an
egg, II cake Of yeast. Mix with milk as stir as
you can stir. Beat light and put in a covered pan
until next morning then bake IN a hot oven
Olive oil often gets taste in hot weather
Here is delicious salad dressing made with sour
cream:
"One cup OF thick cream yolk OF one
hard boiled egg. dessertspoonful OF vinegar pinch
Of salt and saltspoonful OF mustard Mash the
egg well, add the vinegar, mustard and salt; then
the cream; stir we'll" This comes from Belmont
old manor house built by Caleb Dorsey In 1928
in Maryland. His descendants still hold the house
and the family recipes.
A real Southern bread. from The Rocks
the home for generations OF the Lewis family. and
the repository OF many letters and other relics
OF Revolutionary times. is the following:
half pint cornmeal (white), two-thirds cup
O milk. two-thirds cup milk tea
spoonful soda, three eggs piece OF lard one-half
the size of egg; melt the lard; beat the eggs
very light before using Bake In pans"
The great -great-nephew of General Otho Hollard
Williams of Revolutionary times contributes this
glorious recipe for tea punch:
Three pints OF whiskey, one pint OF rum.
large teacupful OF green tea. two dozen lemons
four pounds sugar, two quarts OF boiling water;
pour water on tea and let 1t steep for short
time Squeeze lemons the sugar. Peel very
thiuly eighteen lemons and pour the boiling hot
tea over the peels. Let 1t stand for dve minutes
Then strain and pour tea over sugar and lomou
Juice When sugar IL entirely dissolved add whis-