On the Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake recipe, reader Jason asked for a long lost family favorite: roast turkey with an apricot-tarragon glaze. I seem to have lost my recipe card for a turkey dinner that my family and I really enjoyed. It was the apricot tarragon glaze (gravy) instead of the traditional gravy. My brother-in-law…
Poultry
Lafcadio Hearn’s Creole Cookbook
If you’re a fan of Creole cooking, best look to pick up a copy of Lafcadio Hearn’s Creole Cookbook. Best known for books about Japan, Lafcadio Hearn lived in New Orleans for 10 years and wrote extensively about his life while there. One result of those years in New Orleans is the Creole Cookbook, a…
Country Captain from “Since Eve Ate Apples” Cookbook, 1958
“Since Eve Ate Apples” is a cookbook produced by the Women’s Service League of Union Hospital, Terre Haunt, Indiana in 1958. These days, the Women’s Service League is simply the Union Hospital Service League – aka volunteers. The organization began in 1953; one of their first projects was opening a gift shop in 1954. This…
Turkey Enchiladas
Do you know how much fun it is to hear from people who are searching for long lost cards from My Great Recipes? And it brings me such joy to be able to find the cards and share the recipe with you again. Tom wrote earlier this week: It’s that time of year again, where…
Turkey PomPons
This week I’ve been sharing the recipes for Thanksgiving, 1954 from Michigan Consolidated Gas Company: Roast Turkey with Almond Celery Stuffing Turkey Pompons Spicy Applesauce Mold Green Vegetable Trio Pumpkin Mince Pie Apple Torte Chocolate Delicacy At the end of the week, the most appropriate recipe to share is Turkey Pompons – a way to…