In commemorating Juneteenth this year, we invited Chicago writer Tequia Burt to write about the importance of African American heirloom seeds. Every year in my garden, I grow at least one African American heirloom crop, partly to commemorate Juneteenth. For Black Americans, Juneteenth marks the final liberation of our ancestors held as slaves on June 19, 1865. What better way
— Read on www.chicagobotanic.org/blog/plants_and_gardening/my_juneteenth_garden
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Apple Puddeny recipe- an Irish classic perfect for anytime
APPLE PUDDENY
Ingredients
- 4 medium cooking apples
- ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅓ cup butter
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup water
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
Instructions
- Pare and core apples.
- Cut into eighths and place in a greased baking dish about 10"x6".
- Sprinkle with combined spices, sugar, and a little salt.
- Mix water, lemon juice, and grated rind and pour over apples.
- Add baking soda and remaining salt to oats; work the butter into this mixture over apples and bake in preheated moderate oven (375° F.) for 40 minutes
Turkey Dressing for 4-6 people or 100-125
Turkey Dressing
Turkey Dressing recipe for four to six people, then in amounts for 100 to 125 people
Ingredients
For 4-6 servings
- 4 Cups Dry bread crumbs
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Cup Diced celery
- 1 Small Onion Chopped fine
- 1 Tsp Poultry Seasoning
- 1 Tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Pepper
- 1 Stick Butter (½ cup)
- 1 Cup Chicken stock Hot
100 to 125 servings
- 12 Loaves Bread shredded (21 oz loaves)
- 24 Eggs
- 12 Cups Diced celery
- 4 Lbs Onions
- 14 Tsp Poultry seasoning
- 14 Tsp Salt
- 6 Tsp Pepper
- 14 Sticks Melted butter or margarine (7 cups)
- Chicken stock
Instructions
- Use enough stock to really moisten the bread mixture. When you think you have it moist enough, put in more stock. I really takes a great deal of moisture not to have a too dry dressing.
- If you don’t have a bowl large enough to mix the whole recipe, shred 6 loaves into one bowl and 6 in another. Divide the celery and onions and proceed to mix two batches and then combine them in a large electric roaster for the long slow cook.
- If you do not have an electric roaster, put it in pans and bake in the oven. Just be sure in advance that you have enough oven space.
Waffles
Waffles
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon Worcester Salt
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ to 2 cups milk
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup melted butter
Instructions
- Sift the flour, then measure.
- Mix and sift with the other dry ingredients.
- Separate the eggs, beat the yolks slightly, then add 1 1/2 cups of milk.
- Mix into the dry ingredients, beat well.
- More milk may be required to make a pour batter, depending on the type of flour used.
- Then add the melted butter, slightly cooled.
- Beat thoroughly.
- Finally, fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites.
- Preheat waffle iron until it sizzles when a drop of water is placed on the iron.
- Bake waffles until crisp and brown.
- Do not open iron while steam is being emitted as this will cause waffles to fall.
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Crullers
Crullers
Ingredients
Beat together
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup sweet milk
- 3 eggs
- 1 tablespoonful melted butter
Add
- ¼ teaspoonful Worcester Salt
- 1 teaspoonful cinnamon
- 1 teaspoonful grated nutmeg
- Grated rind of one lemon
Next take
- 3 cupfuls flour
- 2 heaping teaspoonfuls Baking Powder
Instructions
- Mix flour and baking powder thoroughly then sift into the other ingredients and mix well.
- Then add enough extra flour to give proper consistency to roll out.
- Deep fry in very hot fat.
- To make crullers light, put a teaspoonful of vinegar into the grease in which you fry them.
- The crullers will not then soak up the grease.
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