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Pumpkin Pie
From The Pocumtuc housewife, 1897
Presented as published in 1897. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The Pocumtuc housewife (1897), page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
One quart sifted pumpkin, one pint milk, two eggs, one cup sugar, salt, nutmeg, and a little ginger. Bake with one crust. Pumpkin Pic Without E§:§:s. One quart pumpkin, five tablespoons fiour, two quarts milk. Sweeten to taste with molasses and sugar; season with ginger, allspice, cinnamon, and a pinch of cloves. Place over boiling water, and stir until it thickens. Bake with one crust. Raisin Pie« One cup seeded raisins, one half cup sugar, one tablespoon ginger, salt and spice. Boil the raisins in a cup of water; add a spoonful of flour and one egg. Bake in two crusts. Mince Pie* ^^iss Avis Ailms. One third each of meat, suet and apple chopped fine, also citron and raisins. Moisten with molasses and cider, or sweet pickle vinegar; add one cup sugar, salt, nutmeg, clore and cinnamon, lemon rind, if liked. Rhubarb or Persian Apple* Mrs. Luke Wright. One cup chopped rhubarb, one cup sugar, one egg, one table- spoon fiour, one-third rind of lemon grated. Cream Pie. Mrs. J. Stebbins. One cup cream, one egg, op^ cup maple sugar, one table- spoon flour, small piece of butter. 23 Squash Pic. Mrs. F. Stebbins. One cup sifted squash, one egg, one half cup sugar, one table- spoon flour, one pint milk, one half cup raisins seeded and spread on the pastry, salt and cinnamon. Lemon Pic» Juice and grated rind of one lemon, one cup of sugar, one cup water, two tablespoons flour, salt. Flour and water boiled together; white of egg partly reserved for frosting with a spoon- ful of sugar. Sweet Potato Pic. Slice boiled potatoes into a covered plate; add sugar, a sprinkle of flour, salt; then another layer of potatoes, more sugar, a bit of butter, nutmeg. Pour in milk and bake slowly. Cheese Cakes. Mrs. Jenks. Two cups soft cottage cheese, two eggs
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