Food Friday: Ritz Cracker Sandwiches

Today's Food Friday is from the Bentley Community Cook Book contributed by the Ladies of Bentley and Their Friends. Compiled by Esther Circle of the Bentley Methodist Church (Kansas, 1942).One recipe that caught my eye was the Ritz Cracker Sandwiches. I love this recipe, it's simple and perfect for mom's that are multitasking.  Almost like the...

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Slow Cooked Pork Spring Rolls

Got a beautiful pork shoulder from Paulina Market and decided to cook it for a real long time and eat it. I'm old and have traveled a lot, and the one thing I've learned is that very few things are universal. Not every culture is monogamous, not every culture has money or property, not every culture even has numbers to express quantities bigger than...

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(App)Led Zeppole

Fried stuff is great, so long as you get it while it's piping hot. Since our place is small, I can get food from the kitchen to Heather in a heartbeat, so I fry stuff all the time. Usually I make little croquettes or other doughy things and fry them, but I thought they might be getting a little heavy after repetition and have laid off the...

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Food Friday: Cookery for the Sick

Community cookbooks were more than just books of recipes.  Early cookbooks served as reference guides for women in which they were given instructions for how to prepare food for the sick, how to clean their homes, and medicinal remedies. Often, these cookbooks provided a wealth of knowledge for the women who owned them.Today's cookbook is no different....

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