Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking, 1960s?

[chamisa.livejournal.com]

There's no publication date on this little booklet, but I'm guessing it's from the 60s.




There was no dressing titled "Grandma's salad dressing", so I'm guessing it's the Good Pennsylvania Dutch dressing here. I'm not
big on beets, but I'd probably try this.


These sound really good--and I'm not usually all that into string beans.


This sounds really good!

YUM. I want to make these!


Anyone know what Soloman's advice is?


This sounds similar to haggis, doesn't it? Ew. I mean, the ingredients sound good, but the cooking inside the stomach just
squicks me out.

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[misstiajournal.livejournal.com]

scripture cake.....hmmmm....sounds good.....

thanks for posting so much this week!! our spotlight starts tomorrow!!! :)

i gotta post some stuff....i even made a vintage recipe this week!

[chamisa.livejournal.com]

The spotlight coming up was a good kick in the pants to get me posting stuff here. I've got more coming along. :-)

I'd like to try making some of this stuff, to post here along with the recipes, but it's just been so hot I haven't felt like actually cooking lately, you know?

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

Post pics! And a review!

[crabofdoom.livejournal.com]

Soloman's advice for making good boys: beat 'em with a stick (http://bible.cc/proverbs/23-14.htm).

[chamisa.livejournal.com]

So, you're supposed to be beating the batter at this point? Funny!

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

My family is Pennsylvania Dutch, and I miss the cooking more than I ever thought I would. I grew up on it, really, and a while many people find it to be bland, I think the tastes are just subtle. It's also probably why I don't like hot spicy foods; there is just no pleasure or taste in them for me.

Pennsylvania Dutch do tend to use a lot of salt though, if I remember correctly.

[chamisa.livejournal.com]

Did any of these recipes sound familiar? Which dishes did do you remember particularly liking from your childhood? Maybe some are in this book.

[outsdr.livejournal.com]

No, none of them sound familiar, and I don't remember any particular dishes- in our family, it was more of a style of cooking.

[shinywen.livejournal.com]

Whoa, we still have this book in my family's kitchen yet! We also say "Outen the lights" and other PAD quirky sayings like that. I can even say one thing in the dialect, which translates to "Better and better every day." Not a bad thing if you're going to know one thing in a language, ain'tcha naw?

[chamisa.livejournal.com]

Neat!

[annamaryse.livejournal.com]

I found two ancient (no later than 1920s) PAD cookbooks for free via Amazon Kindle... fascinating reading even if I'm not likely to try too many of the 'receipts'... but almost all these recipes were in the two PAD cookbooks, don't remember the Butter Semmels but I also didn't spend a lot of time on the baked goods because white flour baking doesn't happen around me much anymore.

Just to estimate, the booklet was probably published 1959-1964 based on price and artwork (if I'd hazard a guess!) Thanks for posting!

[sneezer222.livejournal.com]

OH yum, my mom always makes her green beans that way, and they are DELICIOUS

[leatherfemme.livejournal.com]

Oh please tell me there's a recipe for red beet eggs in there? And maybe perhaps the cabbage salad* my friend's Pennsylvania Dutch-raised Mom made for us every holiday? And that you'd share said recipes?

*Don't remember a name - just that it was sliced cabbage with vinegar and a few other things, tossed and let to sit in the fridge for a bit.

[chamisa.livejournal.com]

I found a few cabbage recipes, which I'll post in a minute. Nothing about red beet eggs, though, sorry!