The Southern Cook Book of Fine Old Recipes

The natural, geographic and climatic advantages of the different sections of the sunny South have played an important part in Dixie cookery. The fertile fields, plentiful fruit trees and waterways have each contributed bountifully. Every part of the Southland is individual and distinctive in its cookery. The "Creole Dish" of New Orleans has nothing to do with racial origin but rather indicates the use of red and green peppers, onions and garlic. Oranges, grapefruit and avocados play an important part in Florida cookery. Maryland is famous for its fried chicken and its delicious sea food recipes. One thinks of Virginia, its hot breads and its sugar-cured hams. Kentucky is known for its corn "likker" and its flannel cakes. Only one thing is universally true: Every corner of the South is famous for its fine cookery. As you glance through this book you will find many delicious dishes . . . many excellent combinations. You will find here the carefully-guarded secrets of real Southern cooking, palatable and tempting to the eye. You will find accurate, tried and tested recipes . . . each one a gastronomical delight. (Introduction.)

APPETIZERS Avocado Canapes.....47 Cheese Appetizer for the Master's Cocktail.....47 Delicious Appetizer.....47 Papaya Canape.....26 Papaya Cocktail.....26 Pigs in Blankets.....47 Shrimp Avocado Cocktail.....47 Shrimp Paste.....18 BEVERAGES Egg Nog.....48 Idle Hour Cocktail.....48 Mint Julep.....48 Mint Tea.....21 Orange Julep.....48 Planter's Punch.....48 Spiced Cider.....48 Syllabub, North Carolina.....48 Tom and Jerry, Southern Style.....48 Zazarac Cocktail.....48 BREAD AND BISCUITS Batter Bread, Mulatto Style.....32 Baking Powder Biscuits, Mammy's.....32 Beaten Biscuits.....33 Buttermilk Muffins.....33 Cheese Biscuits.....32 Corn Bread, Miss Lee's Southern.....11 Corn Cakes, Richmond.....11 Corn Meal Muffins.....11 Corn Sticks.....22 Crackling Bread....11 Four o'clock Tea Scones.....11 Good Morning Biscuits.....32 Hot Bread, Sally Lunn....11 Nut Bread.....43 Raisin Biscuits....33 Spoon Bread, Southern.....11 CAKES Angel Food Cake, Bride's....42 Blackberry Roll....28 Brown and White Cake....42 Christening Cake....47 Confederate Coffee Cake....42 Fruit Cake.....42 Gingerbread, Miss Rosa's....41 Hot Frosted Gingerbread....41 Jelly Roll, None-So-Good....41 Lady Baltimore Cake....42 Marble Cake, Plantation....42 Old-Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake....41 Orange Cake....40 Palm Beach Poincianna Cake....42 Pecan Nut Cake....26 Pineapple Upside Down Cake....42 Spiced Devil's Food Cake....43 Strawberry Jam Cake....24 CANDIES CandiedOrange or Grapefruit Peel....46 Caramels, Grandmother's....46 Cocoanut Pralines, Florida....46 Fudge, Aunt Sarah's....46 Goober Brittle....46 Pecan Fondant 46 Pralines, New Orleans....46 EGGS Creole Omelet....29 Eggs Biltmore Goldenrod....29 Eggs, New Orleans....29 Eggs, Ponce de Leon....29 Eggs Stuffed with Chicken Livers....29 FRITTERS, PANCAKES, WAFFLES and MUSH Apple Fritters....28 Apricot Fritters....28 Corn Bread Fritters....28 Corn Fritters....28 Corn Meal Dodgers for Pot Likker....6 Corn Meal Mush....35 Flannel Cakes....32 Flapjacks, Georgia....32 Fruit Fritter Batter....28 Griddle Cakes....32 Griddle Cakes, Sour Milk....32 Hoe Cake....30 Orange Fritters....28 Peach Fritters....28 Pear Fritters....28 Popovers, Good Old Southern....31 Rice Flour Waffles....34 Rice Waffles....32 Tallahassee Hush Puppies....30 Waffles, Louisiana....32 Waffles, Virginia....32 FRUIT AND VEGETABLES Apples, Glazed Baked....25 Artichokes....27 Bananas, Baked....25 Beans, Home-Baked....27 Cantaloupe, Spiced....25 Carrots, Candied....27 Carrot Pudding....38 Corn Custard, Southern....30 Corn Pudding....30 Egg Plant....27 Hominy or Grits....30 Hominy or Grits, Baked....34 Hopping John....27 Kumquats and Prunes, Stewed....25 Lima Beans, Fresh....28 Okra....27 Okra, Fried....27 Okra and Tomatoes....27 Oranges, Baked....26 Peaches, Fried....25 Papaya Baked....26 Parsnips and Salt Pork....10 Peas, Creamed Green....28 Peppers, Creole Stuffed....27 Prunes Savannah Stewed....25 Rice, Curried....34 Rice, Mulatto....34 Rice and Pineapple....34 Rice Cakes, Creole....34 Rice Croquettes, Dinah's....34 Salsify (Oyster Plant)....27 String Beans and Bacon, Old Fashioned....27 Squash, Stuffed....28 Squash Cakes, Fried....27 Wild Rice and Mushrooms....34 ICINGS Brown Sugar Frosting....44 Butter Icing....44 Mocha Icing....44 Never Fail Icing....44 Orange Icing....44 Royal Poincianna Cake Filling....42 JELLIES AND JAMS Grapefruit and Pineapple Marmalade....26 Guava Jelly....26 OrangeMarmalade....26 Pear Chips....46 Sherry Wine Jelly....47 MEAT Brunswick Stew.....16 Burgoo, Kentucky....6 Burgoo for Small Parties....13 Chitterlings....14 Corned Beef Hash....13 Creole Beef Stew, Aunt Linda's....13 Creole Goulash....13 Dried Beef a la Maryland....17 Frogs' Legs, Calvert Manor....10 Ham and Pineapple....14 Ham, Baked....14 Ham, Baked with Apples.....14 Ham, Broiled.....14 Ham, Smithfield....14 Hamburger-Bacon Roast....14 Hamburger Steak, Broiled....14 Hare, Belgian, a la Maryland.....10 Jambalayah (a Creole Dish).....13 Lamb, Barbecued 16.....16 Liver a la Madame Begue.....10 Opossum....16 Pork Chops, Stuffed....10 Pig, Roast Suckling.....16 Ribs of Beef a la Mission....10 Sweetbreads and Mushrooms....10 Veal Fricassee, Old Dominion....10 Veal Paprika....10 MEAT AND POULTRY STUFFING Apple Stuffing.....22 Bread Stuffing....22 Chestnut Stuffing....22 Cornbread Dressing....22 Oyster Stuffing....22 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS Chestnut Souffle....21 Crepes Suzette, New Orleans....41 Curds and Cream....28 Scrapple, South Carolina....28 Welsh Rarebit.....47 PIES Apple Pot Pie....38 Butterscotch Pie....38 Chess Pie....37 Cocoanut Pie....37 Jelly Pie....37 Kentucky Pie....37 Lemon Pie, Real Southern....37 Pecan Pie, White House....38 Pie Dough or Southern Pastry....37 Pineapple Custard Pie, Nannie's....38 Pumpkin Pie....37 Raisin Pie....38 POTATOES Potatoes, Baked Stuffed....35 Potato Croquettes, Piedmont....35 Potatoes, Hashed Browned....35 Potatoes, Scalloped....35 Sweet Potatoes in Honey....36 Sweet Potato, Georgian Style....35 Sweet Potatoes, Pineapple and Marshmallows....36 Sweet Potato Pone....35 Sweet Potatoes, Scalloped....36 Sweet Potatoes, Stuffed.....35 Yams, Candied....35 Yam Puff....35 Yams, Sugared....36 POULTRY Chicken a la Tartare....11 Chicken, Barbecued....12 Chicken, Cakes....12 Chicken Chili Con Carne....17 Chicken, Fried Maryland....12 Chicken Hash....12 Chicken Liver Ramekins....29 Chicken Casserole, Rice....11 Chicken Pot Pie, Miss Cecilia's....12 Chicken, Roasted....12 Chicken, Shortcake Dixie....11 Chicken Stewed and Dumplings....12 Chicken Terrapin....13 Duck, Roasted....13 Mock Terrapin Stew....11 Partridge, Roasted....15 Pigeon Pie....11 Squab, Roasted with Rice, Pilau....11 Turkey, Roasted....12 PUDDINGS Ambrosia.....38 Apple Dumplings....39 Barbara Fritchie Pudding....40 Batter Pudding, Southern....39 Boiled Custard....39 Bread Pudding....40 Cottage Pudding, Paulina's Delicious.....40 Jelly Meringue....26 Molasses Pudding....40 Orange Fluffs, Baked.....44 Orange Marmalade Bread Pudding....39 Pandowdy, Monticello....39 Plum Pudding....39 Plum Pudding, Plantation....40 Queen of Trifles Pudding....39 Raw Apple Float.....41 Rice Custard....40 Southern Whip....44 Spanish Cream....44 SALADS AND RELISHES Apple Chutney.....26 Avocado or Alligator Pear Salad.....23 Cherries, Pickled Captain Henry's....25 Cole Slaw, Mississippi.....23 Chicken-and-Fruit Salad.....23 Cinnamon Apple Salad.....23 Grapefruit Ring....23 Guspachy Salad, Florida....23 Indian Relish....25 Jean Lafitte Salad....23 Papaya Recipes....26 Pepper Relish.....25 Poinsettia Salad....23 Shrimp Salad with Peas....18 SAUCES AND DRESSINGS Apple Ball Sauce for Suckling Pig....16 Barbecue Sauce.....16 Brandy Sauce for Fritters....24 Creamed Gravy for Fried Chicken....12 Egg Nog Sauce....44 Foaming Sauce for Fruit Puddings....24 French Dressings....21 Frozen Mint Ice for Roast Lamb....24 Hard Sauce....24 Hollandaise Sauce Supreme....21 Horseradish Sauce....21 Lemon Sauce for Fritters....28 Mayonnaise Dressing....21 Mushroom Sauce....24 Poultry Sauce, Louisiana.....15 Raisin Sauce for Ham.....24 Rhubarb Sauce....24 Shrimp Sauce....18 Sour Cream Dressing....21 Sour Cream Dressing, Richmond....21 Tomato Sauce....24 White Sauce....24 SEA FOOD Bouillabaisse....17 Crab Croquettes....18 Crabs, Deviled Norfolk....18 Diamond Back Terrapin Stew....20 Fish Cakes.....20 Flounder, Fillets of....20 Herring Roe....20 Lobster & la Newburg....19 Lobster Thermidor....19 Mackerel, Broiled Spanish.....20 Oysters, Browned.....19 Oysters Fried a la Norfolk.....19 Oyster Loaf Chesapeake.....19 Oysters, Louisiana....19 Oyster Pie....18 Planked Shad....15 Pompano with Shrimp Stuffing....20 Shrimps Caliente....18 Shrimp and Rice Croquettes....18 SMALL CAKES AND COOKIES Brownies Chocolate Indians.....45 Colonial Cookies.....45 Currant Cakes....45 Doughnuts, Pickaninny....43 Ginger Cookies Plantation.....45 Nut Drop Cookies Topsy's.....45 Orange Cookies, Florida....45 Pecan Brownies, Georgia....46 Short'nin' Bread....42 Sour Cream Cookies, Plantation....45 SOUPS Almond Chicken Soup....7 Bean Soup, Southern....7 Black Bean Soup....7 Chicken Cream Soup....7 Chicken Gumbo....7 Chicken Oyster Gumbo....8 Crab Soup, Baltimore....8 Crayfish Bisque....15 Cream of Crab Soup. Maryland....8 Creole (Soup a la Madame Begue)....9 Gumbo, Southern....7 Jellied Melange....9 Okra Soup....7 Onion Soup au Gratin....9 Oyster Bisque....8 Oyster Soup....8 Plantation Soup....9 Pot Likker....6 Shrimp Gumbo....8 Southern Jugged Soup....9 Turtle Soup Pendennis....17 Vegetable Bouillon....9