Showing posts with label Twenties. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Twenties. Show all posts

Sunday, September 15, 2013

School Cake 1920s (The Anerly Cookbook)

Here is a very basic cake recipe. I can imagine it would have plenty of scope for adding to or modifying.

1lb self raising flour
6ozs butter or lard
4ozs castor sugar
2ozs currants
2ozs sultanas
2ozs raisins, stoned and chopped
2 eggs, well beaten

Rub the butter or lard into the flour then add the other ingredients also a drop of milk if required.

Put in a well greased tin and bake for one and a half hours.

Marrow Pickle (1920s, The Anerly Cookbook)

4lbs of Vegetable Marrow
1/2oz of ground ginger
1/2oz mustard
3/4lb moist sugar
2ozs eschalots
9 small chillies
14 cloves
1/2oz tumeric
3pts vinegar

Cut the marrow in to 1/4 inch squares, put into a colander and sprinkle with salt. Leave one night then strain.

Boil all other ingredients together for 10 minutes then put in the marrow and boil slowly until tender.

Monday, January 7, 2013

Scotch Pancakes - 1920s

I am assuming that The Anerley Recipe Book from which I found this recipe is 1920s as I can't find an exact date!

It was compiled by Mrs G Wilson with this recipe simply coming from someone called MD.

Ingredients:
4ozs flour
2ozs sugar
4 ozs butter
2ozs ground rice

Method:
Cream the butter, add the rest of the ingredients and knead into a smooth paste.
Roll out and cut into rounds about 1/4 inch thick, bake in a slow oven for half an hour.

Slow oven? More than likely as around the 180 mark or even lower possibly.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Video Recipe: Parsnip Pudding - 1920's




So I want to mix it up a bit.  This is a recipe from the 1920's, courtesy of TheVintageKitchen on Youtube.  It shouldn't be such a suprise but I found that there are, in fact, tons of high quality videos showing you step-by-step how to make some delicious vintage recipes.

TheVintageKitchen is just one of these channels.  Thanks to this recipe, I am now tempted to overcome my hatred of parsnip!