INDEPENDENCE DAY RECIPE Plain Pound Cake From The White House Cookbook, 1887

INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS Butter This is the old-fashioned recipe that our mothers used to Sugar make, and it can be kept for weeks in an earthen jar, closely covered, first dipping letter-paper in brandy and placing Eggs over the top of the cake before covering the jar. Nutmeg Beat to a cream one pound of butter with one pound of Wine sugar, after mixing well with the beaten yolks of twelve Rose-water eggs, one grated nutmeg, one glass of wine, one glass of Flour rose-water. Then stir in one pound of sifted flour, and the well beaten whites of the eggs. Bake a nice light brown.

July 4, 2020 INDEPENDENCE DAY RECIPE Cold Slaw From The White House Cookbook, 1887

INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS Head of Cabbage Select the finest head of cabbage—that is to say, one of Salt the finest and most compact of the more delicate varieties; cut up enough into shreds to fill a large vegetable-dish or Pepper salad-bowl—that to be regulated by the size of the cabbage Hard-boiled Eggs and the quantity required; shave very fine, and after that Cold Slaw Dressing chop up, the more thoroughly the better. Put this into a dish in which it is to be served, after seasoning it well with salt and pepper. Turn over it a dressing made for cold slaw; mix it well, and garnish with slices of hard-boiled eggs.

July 4, 2020 INDEPENDENCE DAY RECIPE Cheese Sandwich From The White House Cookbook, 1887

INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS Hard-boiled Eggs These are extremely nice and very easily made. Take one hard- Cheese, grated boiled egg, a quarter pound of common cheese grated, half a teaspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonful of pepper, half a teaspoonful Salt of mustard, one tablespoonful of melted butter, and one Butter tablespoonful of vinegar or cold water. Take the yolk of the egg and Vinegar or Cold Water put it into a small bowl and crumble it down, put into it the butter Biscuits or Oat-Cake and mix it smooth with a spoon, then add the salt, pepper, mustard, Mustard and the cheese, mixing each well. Then put in the tablespoonful of vinegar, which will make it the proper thickness. If vinegar is not relished, then use cold water instead. Spread this between two biscuits or pieces of oat-cake, and you could not require a better sandwich. Some people will prefer the sandwich less highly seasoned. In that case, season to taste. July 4, 2020 INDEPENDENCE DAY RECIPE Egg Sandwich From The White House Cookbook, 1887

INGREDIENTS DIRECTIONS Hard-boiled Eggs Hard boil some very fresh eggs, and when cold, cut them Bread into moderately thin slices, and lay them between some bread and butter cut as thin as possible; season them with Butter pepper, salt and nutmeg. For picnic parties, or when one Salt is travelling, these sandwiches are far preferable to hard- Pepper boiled eggs au naturel. Nutmeg

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