Recipe Mutiny: Bacardi Rum Chocolate Cake: I promised myself that the first recipe on this website would be a Chocolate Cake recipe. So here it is. Fresh from the darker parts of th...
The open sandwich has had a bit of a revival recently. You can purchase open sandwiches to go in some upmarket shops, have a meal in a Scandi restaurant KuPP and you'll see open sandwiches on the menu. But this is Marguerite Patten's take on this fancy fashionable party food idea.
One of the things I love about old recipes is the process of decoding them. Whilst having a quick scour through Google Books, I came across a very authentic recipe for genuine American 1800's tomato ketchup straight from Dr. Chase's recipes; or, Information for everybody; an invaluable collection of about eight hundred practical recipes The recipe is credited to Mrs Hardy of the American Hotel, Dresden Ohio and according to Dr Chase is 'The best catchup which I have ever tasted'. The history of ketchup is quite extensive so, as usual, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup to get the background. The quantity is a tad large. I did some research, mostly Google based, and the recipe calls for 1 'bushel' of tomatoes. According to common law, that equates to 53 lbs which is by anyone's standards quite a bit. So this recipe is quite ready for a little bit of adjustment. What do you need then? 1 bushel of tomatos, washed and clean. Salt to taste, 2...
A theme tonight. Now its the sister of the Christmas Pudding, again this needs lots of brandy! Christmas Cakes have mixed origins, but take a gander at this lovely website to get the full fascinating history.
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