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Cooking & Baking

Lucinda

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24. Cool to hear how they turned out! And some info on the cook:

Reply to csziggy (Reply #23)

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 05:15 AM

Apr 2014

I have a big fascination with old recipes! And what a name!

According to Ancestry:

Born in Milton, Genoa, New York, USA on 21 Jul 1806 to Reuben Pomeroy and Esther Bradley.
Julia Bradley married Nathaniel Spaulding and had 2 children.
Julia Bradley married Samuel Milliken and had 4 children.

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Found a recipe in a 200 year old notebook! UPDATED [View all] csziggy Jan 2014 OP

coolness! Oscarmonster13 Jan 2014 #1

I know a lot of people used to use tea cups before standardized measuring cups csziggy Jan 2014 #3

Korbel is the best Oscarmonster13 Jan 2014 #7

Well, I have some aged Archbishop's mead that is sitting in the cupboard and needs to be used csziggy Jan 2014 #8

1 or 2 WHAT of butter.... Tea Cups? The empressof all Jan 2014 #2

Yes, I would think the butter and pecan measures would be the same as the sugar csziggy Jan 2014 #6

Without any liquid (other than brandy), I'm guessing it would be some kind of shortbread or cookie. Arkansas Granny Jan 2014 #4

Oh - should I make into smaller "cakes" then? csziggy Jan 2014 #5

Classic shortbread sugar cookies are Sentath Jan 2014 #11

Sounds interesting! Let us know how it turns out. woodsprite Jan 2014 #9

OK, a tea cup = 1/3 pint; 1 pint = 2 cups; so a tea cup = 2/3 cup! csziggy Jan 2014 #10

Did the recipe have a name? rdharma Jan 2014 #12

No, no name at all, just the information in my first post here. csziggy Jan 2014 #15

Pearl ash is actually closer to baking soda Major Nikon Jan 2014 #13

Yes - I don't think this is a complete recipe csziggy Jan 2014 #16

The more I thought about it, the more I agree with Arkansas Granny Major Nikon Jan 2014 #17

Good catch - now I am getting very interested in trying it! csziggy Feb 2014 #18

I like old recipes Major Nikon Feb 2014 #19

The earliest date in the notebook is 1812, latest is 1842 csziggy Feb 2014 #20

My guess is the variance had more to do with what you could afford Major Nikon Feb 2014 #21

Let us know how it turns out, if you try it, and how much of each ingredient you used. northoftheborder Jan 2014 #14

I'd try as much brandy as if it were vanilla extract, for this recipe eShirl Feb 2014 #22

I finally made the recipe! Pecan cookies, slightly puffy csziggy Apr 2014 #23

Cool to hear how they turned out! And some info on the cook: Lucinda Apr 2014 #24

Yes, Julia Pomeroy has an interesting ancestry csziggy Apr 2014 #25

Fascinating info! I dig into mine from time to time Lucinda Apr 2014 #26