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Blackberry Liquor
Mary Boerger
Ingredients
3 cups sugar
1 quart berries
1 quart whiskey
Instructions
- Combine sugar with 1 cup water, bring to a boil
- Pour simple syrup over berries
- Add 1 quart whiskey
- Let stand for at least a month
Bread Dumplings
Ingredients
1 cup milk, lukewarm
1/2 tsp dry yeast
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
3 slices cubed white bread
Instructions
- Dissolve yeast in lukewarm milk
- Mix everything together and add 3 slices cubed white bread
- Let sit at least half an hour
- Boil salted water, form 2 large dumplings and insert in boiling water
- Boil for 20 minutes, remove and slice
Chocolate Milk Mix
CM
Ingredients
1 20qt box powdered milk
5lbs sugar
1 small box cocoa
1/4 cup salt - try smaller amount, 2Tbsp
Instructions
- None given
Clay
Ingredients
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 cup salt
3/4 cup cold water
Instructions
- Mix together, then put over double boiler and stir constantly
- It will form a dough-like material in about 2 minutes
- Put on wax paper to cool
Dish Cloth
Instructions
No. 8 Needle
Cast on 5 St. Slip one stitch. Knit one - yarn over - Knit to end of row continue until 45 stitches are knit. Then decrease Slip one stitch - Knit 2 together. Yarn over Knit 2 together - Knit to end of row Continue until 5 stitches on needle. Bind these stitches off
Fire Proofing for Christmas Wreath & Trees
Ingredients
9oz borax
4oz boric acid
1 gallon water
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients together and shake well
- Spray on tree or wreath
Genuine Bulgarian Yogurt
Ingredients
1-2 quarts milk
3 Tbsp yogurt starter, sour milk or buttermilk
1 tsp plain gelatin (optional)
3 Tbsp milk powder (optional)
Instructions
- A: Prepare Milk:
Heat 1-2 quarts of milk to 180 degrees and cool to about 118 degrees F.
- B: Culturing:
Mix in starter...can be about 3 tablespoons of your most recent batch of yogurt. (You may use bought yogurt starters, I have used sour milk or buttermilk.)....Then pour into one or several containers....(I use one cup glass containers with plastic covers)
- C: Incubating:
Incubate at 105 to 115 degrees F, until milk has set (directions say 4-6 hours, mine clabbers in 2 hours...if you let it too long after it clabbers it gets strong) then place directly in refrigerator
Note: You may use milk of your choice. For a firmer yogurt, add to each quart of milk before heating: one tsp of plain gelatin mixed in a little water and three tablespoons of milk powder. Renew the culture monthly. When you add the gelatin and the powdered milk it should set in 3 hours
Homemade Catsup
Irene K
Ingredients
1 1/2 tsp whole cloves
1 1/2 tsp broken stick cinnamon
1 tsp celery seed
1 cup white vinegar
8 lbs ripe tomatoes (about 25)
1 Tbsp chopped onions
1/4 tsp red pepper
1 cup sugar
4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Measure spices into saucepan
- Add vinegar, then cover and heat to boiling
- Let stand until the tomato mixture is ready - this is what keeps the catsup bright red and spicy
- Peel tomatoes, cut in pieces or crush
- Add chopped onion and red pepper, then heat to boiling point and gook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally
- Put tomatoes through food mill, add sugar and heat mixture to boiling, then reduce heat and simmer
- Cook until 1/2 reduced, about 42-60 minutes
- Strain vinegar directly into tomato mixture, add salt and simmer until desired consistency, 30-40 minutes
- Stir frequently, fill jars and seal
- Makes 2 pints
Punch
Jane
Ingredients
6oz frozen pink lemonade
6oz orange juice
1 quart cranberry juice
28oz 7-Up
Instructions
- None given
Recipes
A selection of recipes Maude collected over the years