Texas Recipes

Subject: Cookbook Collection (TWU) Fri 04 Apr 2008, 8:00 am

On the subject of cookbooks ~ at the Texas Woman's University (located in Denton) is housed one of the largest collections in the nation. Found in the Blagg-Huey Library, here is the collection's web-site:

http://www.twu.edu/library/wom/wm_cook.htm

It really is worth making a day-trip to lovely Denton, exploring the grounds of the TWU campus as well the Cookbook Collection and the university's other holdings ....

http://www.twu.edu/attractions.asp

... with part of the afternoon set aside to explore the beautiful and historic, Denton County Courthouse, town square and nearby environs:

http://dentoncounty.com/dept/main.asp?Dept=72

http://dentoncounty.com/dept/main.asp?Dept=120

Oh, and of course, a lengthy visit to what we call the 'Purple Bookstore':

http://www.recycledbooks.com/tour1.html

Recycled Books has a pretty nice cookbook collection, too sunny

The Texana section is to be found in the basement of this old opera house.
_________________
The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Subject: From the Kitchen of Grandma Lula Harris Mon 11 Aug 2008, 9:09 pm

Grandma Harris loved little children and baby chickens (in that order). She had a way of making both feel safe and warm. There can never be a more secure feeling than snuggling down in Grandma's feather bed as she softly sang:

Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine!
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine.
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

Grandma Lula Harris' Ginger Bread (Recipe of 1902)

1 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. cloves 1 egg (beaten)
1 cup molasses 2 1/2 cups sifted flour
1/2 cup salt 1 tsp. ginger
1 cup hot water 1 tsp cinnamon 1 1/2 tsp. soda

Cream butter and sugar, add egg and molasses and mix well. Sift together ingredients and add to first mixture; add hot water. Beat until smooth. Pour into a lightly greased pan and bake in moderate oven and cook approximately 40 minutes.

Grandma Harris' Tea Cakes

4 eggs 3 cups sugar
2 cups margarine (soft) 4 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla 6 tbsp. milk about 7 cups flour

Pat or roll out thick, cut and bake at 375 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes.

~ Taken from 'Treasured Family Recipes' of the Vaughan-Harris bunch (1988). Grandma Harris' receipts courtesy of Judy Vaughan Day.
_________________
The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves

Wrangler Joined : 05 Aug 2008 Posts : 20

Subject: Re: Texas Recipes Fri 15 Aug 2008, 12:50 pm

Carol, thanks for your input on these books! I have read portions of both novels but have not completed either

That is a long-entrenched bad habit of mine and not the fault of the author.

I very much admire what Janice Woods Windle has done and will forever be grateful to her for giving her heroine to us: Sarah Ashby McClure.

And, I plan to get that cookbook!

As for Seguin ~ if wishes were horses, I would be there:sunny:

Subject: Re: Texas Recipes Today at 8:02 pm

From an old family recipe ... in an old family cookbook ... offered by one of the uncles of the family:

Persimmon Beer

1 cup cornmeal
1 gallon washed, ripe persimmons
5 gallons water
4 cups sugar

Let set for 3 or 4 days until fruit rises. Strain and drink or bottle and seal (fill bottles only 2/3 full)

Has anyone dared make -- and try -- this .... or, this?

1 Gallon Wine

18 ounces grape juice
4 cups sugar
1/4 ounces Fleischmann's yeast

Fill gallon jug with water and rest of ingredients. Let set 6 weeks.

study

_________________
The woman of the frontier made the best of her situation, for she had developed a respect for the land that gave her freedom as well as the courage to live in it.
~~~ from the perspective of Anne Seagraves