Recipes Used in the Cooking Schools, U. S. Army — John Shaqi
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Recipes Used in the Cooking Schools, U. S. Army
United States. Army
Cooking; Cooking for military personnel -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; United States. Army -- Commissariat
=Corn bread (for 20 men).=
Take 2½ pounds white flour, 2½ pounds corn meal, ¼ pound butter, ¼
pound lard, 2 ounces baking powder, 1 quart milk, 8 eggs (yolks and
whites) beaten separately, 1 ounce salt, 2 ounces brown sugar. Mix all
thoroly together. Grease a bake pan well and pour in the mixture and
let bake about 45 minutes or till done. Test with a broom straw into
center of cake. If it comes out clean and dry it is done; if wet or
stuff sticks, not done.
=Corn bread (for 15 men).=
Take 2 heaping cups yellow corn meal, 1 cup flour, 3 eggs, 2½ cups
sweet milk, 1 teaspoonful lard, 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, 3 teaspoonfuls
baking powder, 1 teaspoonful salt. Beat eggs thoroly, whites and yolks
separately. Sift baking powder with corn meal and flour. Melt lard, add
the last. Beat fast and thoroly. Bake ½ hour in greased pan.
=Bread dressing (for 20 men).=
Take 5 pounds stale bread, put in cold water and let soak 15 minutes,
then drain off the water. Have chopped fine 2 pounds raw onions; 1
ounce sage, ground; salt and pepper to taste; ½ pound lard, butter,
suet, or bacon grease. Thoroly mix together and set in oven and let
bake about 1 hour. When ready to dish up pour 2 quarts beef stock over
the dressing and then serve.
=French toast or fried bread (for 20 men).=
Take 2 loaves old bread left, and cut in slices. Beat 3 eggs well
together. Add ½ pint milk, and season with salt and pepper. Add 2
tablespoonfuls of sugar. Put on stove in frying pan with 2 ounces
butter. Dip the slices of bread in the egg batter and put in pan and
fry a nice brown. Serve hot.
=Rye and graham bread.=
Take ½ wheat flour, ½ graham (or rye) flour, add 1 quart molasses for
100 pounds dough. Use sponge and dough system. Make sponge of wheat
flour.
=English tea biscuit (for 80 men).=
Take 16 pounds flour, 2 pounds lard, 2 quarts cold water, 3 pounds
granulated sugar, 2 ounces caraway seed, 2 ounces ammonia, “for baker’s
use,” 2 ounces baking powder. Cut with regular or fancy cutters. Bake
in moderate oven. Ammonia “for baker’s use” can be had in any reliable
drug store, 4 ounces for 10 cents.
=Biscuits (for 20 men).=
Take 4 pounds flour, 2 pounds lard, 2 ounces baking powder, 3 quarts
water (cold), 1 ounce salt. Mix together like dough, making medium
stiff dough. Grease pan before putting in biscuits. Roll dough ½ inch
thick. Place in pan close together and bake for 15 minutes or till they
are twice their original size.
Before baking biscuits punch them with a fork to have them hold their
shape.
=Buckwheat cakes (for 20 men).=
Take 4 pounds self-raising buckwheat flour and mix with cold water till
it will pour easily from spoon. Add 1 ounce salt. Have cake griddle
well greased and hot. Bake for about 5 minutes. When done on one side
turn over and send to table good and hot. Butter and sirup used to eat
with cakes.
=New England corn johnnycake (for 80 men).=
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