How To Serve For 100
Description
This section is from the book "Neighborhood Cook Book", by Circle No. 5, Women's Union, Hemenway Methodist Church. Also available from Amazon: Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking.
How To Serve For 100
Steamed Brown Bread
(See page 15).
Brown Bread
14 cups buttermilk, 4 1/2 cups sugar, 2 1/2 cups molasses, 26 cups graham flour, 13 tsp. baking powder, 2 1/2 tsp. soda, 1 tsp. salt. For 100.
- Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.
Nut Bread
10 eggs, 2 1/2 cups sugar, 10 cups milk, 18 cups flour, 18 tsp. baking powder, 4 cups nuts, 1 tsp. salt. Let rise 45 minutes and bake 1 hour. For 100.
- Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.
English Buns
2 cups butter, 3 cups sugar, 1 cup currants or raisins, 2 tsp. salt, 6 cups milk, 3 yeast cakes.
Mix altogether into a soft dough and let rise. Roll out into biscuits and let rise again. Brush tops with sugar and milk, and bake. For 100.
- Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.
Ginger Bread
7 cups molasses, 7 cups brown sugar, 7 cups boiling water, 4 cups shortening, 12 cups flour, 11 tsp. soda, 2 tsp. ginger, 2 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp: salt, 12 eggs, beaten light and folded in. For 100.
- Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.
Spice Cake
6 cups brown sugar, 3 cups sweet milk, 3 cups molasses, 5 cups raisins, 5 cups currants. 12 eggs, 3 tsp. soda in cup of hot water, 1 tsp. each of cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. For 100 people.
- Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.
Scotch Scones 1
6 cups flour, sifted with 6 tsp. baking powder. Rub into the flour, 3 cups of butter, adding milk to bind the paste. Roll out 3/4 of an inch thick, cut in three-cornered pieces and bake in a quick oven. For 100.
- Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.
Nut Cookies
1 1/2 cups butter, 3 cups sugar, 10 tbsp. milk, 5 eggs, 2 tsp. baking powder, 2 cups nut meats, chopped fine, 10 cups flour. Makes 150.
- Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.
Raisin Cookies
1 cup lard, 1 cup butter, 3 cups sugar, 2 cups sour milk, 2 cups chopped raisins, 2 tsp. soda, 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, flour enough to make a dough. For 100 people.
- Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.
Heavenly Delight
5 quarts whipped cream, 2 small cans of pineapple (cut fine), 1 small bottle of cherries, 1/2 lb. nuts (cut fine), 2 pkgs. of marshmallows, cut in fourths. Whip cream and mix thoroughly. Serves 100.
- Mr, Jos. Moore, Chef.
Doughnuts
4 cups sugar, 3 cups buttermilk, 8 eggs, 3 tsp. soda, 1 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 grated nutmeg, 2 tbsp. hot lard. This makes 7 dozen. (Very fine.)
- Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.
Baked Ham
2 hams, sliced, 2 cups brown sugar, 2 tbsp. mustard, 2 quarts milk. Serve 100.
- Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.
Steamed Salmon Loaf
15 cans salmon, 7 cups butter, 15 cups cracker crumbs, 18 eggs, 1 tsp. salt. Mix together, form in loaves and steam 1 hour or more. Serves 100 people.
- Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.
Oat Meal Muffins
12 cups sour milk, 20 cups outmeal, 12 tbsp. sugar, 6 eggs, 1 cup butter, 8 cups flour, 12 tsp. soda, 1 tsp. salt. For 100. - Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.
Russian Rocks
6 cups brown sugar, 2 1/2 cups butter, 12 eggs, 2 tsp. soda, 1 tsp. each of cinnamon and cloves, 12 cups flour, 2 cups milk, 1/2 cup walnuts, 1 cup raisins.
Drop from a spoon. Makes 150.
- Mr. Jos. Moore, Chef.
Continue to:
My Books
