Emma's Pennsylvania Kitchen

By Laura Perkins

For several years of her life, during the Great Depression and later during the Second World War, my Great Grandmother Emma Patterson was a professional cook at the hotel in Spangler, Pennsylvania. She wrote down the recipes that she used at the hotel, as well as those she cooked for her family. When she passed away, she left behind six handwritten recipe notebooks. Now, this collection of old fashioned recipes has been made into a book.

Emma must have found work using the best of her talents, because everyone in my family always remembered her as “a very good cook.” She was famous for her dessert recipes, especially, and the tradition was that if it was your birthday, she would make anything you wanted. You can imagine how that worked out with kids in the family!

My Aunt Jan inherited the recipe books and began to transcribe the recipes into her computer, but Jan passed away soon after she began this work. A few years later, my Uncle asked me if I would continue the work that Aunt Jan had started. That is how I began this project.

I hope you enjoy rediscovering these old family recipes, many of which may not have been used for over half a century. I call it kitchen archaeology.

-Laura Perkins, May 2011

• Language: English
• Publisher: Laura Perkins
• Release date: Jun 3, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458107305

Laura Perkins

Laura Perkins is an entrepreneur and writer. She has a vintage jewelry business, and other assorted projects. She loves to travel. She dreams of living in an egalitarian, just, and sustainable world. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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EMMA’S PENNSYLVANIA KITCHEN

Family Recipes from Great Grandmother Emma Patterson

Book 1

Edited by Laura Perkins

Second Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2011, 2020 Laura Perkins

The editor of this book regularly donates a portion of the proceeds from her self-employment activities to charities supporting inclusiveness, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and human rights.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 -- About Emma Patterson and This Book

Chapter 2 -- Meat and Main Dishes

Ham Loaf (Recipe 1)

Beef or Pork Livers

Chicken Chow Mein

Hamburg Roll

Ham Dreams

Minted Mayonnaise

Baked Tuna Rolls

Pot Roasted Rabbit

Salmon Loaf

Meat Loaf

Sausage Loaf

Savory Meatballs

Ringtum Tiddy

Swiss Steak

Ham and Veal Loaf

Spaghetti Dinner

Chicken or Turkey Roulettes

Ham Loaf (Recipe 2)

Ham Loaf (Recipe 3)

Meat Loaf try

Steak Broiled

Baked Chicken Puff

Chili Con Carne

Tuna Casserole

Budget Meat Loaf

Pizza Dough

Liver Crisps

Potato Dumplings and Pork

Old Fashioned Rolled Dumplings or Baked Pot Pie

Individual Cheese and Meat Pies

Liver Patties (3 Servings)

Pork au Kraut with Potato Dumplings

Potato Dumplings

Winter Special (Meat Dish)

Macaroni Meat Pie

Cheese Fondue

Vegetarian Turkey

Mock Turkey - Good

To Use Leftover Chicken or Turkey

Hominy Hash

Salmon Roll

Sausage and Mushroom Pizza

Short Ribs with Onion Sauce

O’Brien Omelette (try)

Use with Egg Omelette

Pork Chop Menu Suggestion

Chicken Tetrazzini

Chipped Beef in Savory Sauce

Chapter 3 -- Salads, Vegetables and Side Dishes

Dutch Greens

Orange Glazed Sweet Potatoes

Limas in Casserole

Wonderful Scalloped Potatoes

Potato Pancakes

Dutch Lettuce

Super Cole Slaw

Stuffed Lettuce

Potato Salad

Golden French Fries

Cherry Salad

Prune Salad

Spiced Apples (try this)

Spanish Rice

Super Potato Salad

Cole Slaw (Super)

Jellied Beet Salad

Stuffed Cabbage

Carrot and Cabbage Salad

Cottage Cheese Salad

Cranberry Pineapple Salad

Dutch Salad to Can

Rosy Apple Balls

Lemon Yam Puff

Spanish Eggplant

Clear Tomato Soup

Chapter 4 -- Sauces, Dressings and Pickles

Mustard Dressing for Salads

Boiled Salad Dressing

Sandwich Spread

Green Bean Relish

Salad Dressing

Barbeque Sauce

Corn Relish

Filling for Turkey or Chicken

Sweet Pickles

Pickled Beets

(Chicken and) Roast Duck and Filling

Hollandaise Sauce

Saccharine Pickles (No. 1)

Saccharine Pickles (No. 2)

Red Flannel Dill Pickles

Sauces for Meat, Eggs and Vegetables Below

Horseradish Sauce

Russian Dressing for Lettuce

Chapter 5 -- Breads and Rolls

Almond Puffs

Soft Dough Feather Bed Rolls

Nut Bread

Corn Fritters

Bran Biscuit Buttermilk

Golden Cornbread

Corn Pone (Pa Dutch)

Cheese Swirls

Corn Meal Dumplings

Waffles (Swell)

W.V. Break Off or Hoe Cake

Chocolate Pancakes

Serving Suggestions for Toast

Poppy Bread Sticks

Chapter 6 -- Beverages

Lemonade

Chapter 7 -- Cookies and Desserts

Cookie Filled Squares

Gingerbread Cake

Orange Cookies

Lemon Pie

Hot Fudge Pudding

Shoo Fly Pie

Lemon Cheese Pie

Fruit Crumble

Pumpkin Pie

Prize Pumpkin Pie

Apple Sauce Cup Cakes

Orange Lemon Cookies

Sugar Cookies (Recipe 1)

Chocolate Nut Squares

Apricot Raisin Pie

Hungarian Cookies

Crumb Ginger Cake

Strawberry or Peach Long Cake

Ginger Pear Pudding

Riced Gelatine

Peaches and Cream Pie

Rhubarb Custard Pie

Nice Dessert

Lemon Ice Cream

Peach Cobbler

For Dinner Dessert

Ice Cream Peanut Tarts

Sherry Surprise Ice Cream

Lemon Sugar Cookies

Frozen Apple Cream

Pecan Refrigerator Slices

Hot Water Pie Crust

Stewed Fresh Pears

Cherry Jello Pie or Tarts

Strawberry Shortcake

Lemon Roll with Filling

Banana Marlow

Flaky Pie Crust

Raisin Custard Pie

Raisin Nut Pudding

Sweet Potato Pie

Lady Baltimore Cake

Glazed Almond Loaf

Pineapple Nut Cookies

Spiced Bars Cookies

Chocolate Cookies

Rich Fruit Cookies

Date Cookies

Texas Butter Cookies

Nut Macaroons

Christmas Cookies

Black Walnut Cake

Date and Nut Bars

Walnut Drop Cookies

Brown Sugar Cookies

Pecan Cookies

Sour Cream Cookies

Prune Cookies

Devonshire Tarts

Crumb Cake

New Years Cookies

Orange Drop Cookies

Cinnamon Stars

Ribbon Cookies

Rainbow Pinwheels Cookies

Fudge Squares

Walnut Cookies

Peanut Butter Rounds

Pineapple Filled Cookies

Molasses Oatmeal Cookies

Date Loaf or Pudding

Hawaiian Dreams Cookies

Pastry 1 Pie

Rhubarb Souffle Pie

Sherry Cream Pie

Boston Cream Pie

Almond Cherry Cobbler

Butterscotch Slices

Mexican Kisses (Candy)

Sea Foam

Divinity Fudge

Pecan Balls Cookies

Coffee Frosting

Peach Cornucopias

Coconut Dessert

Caramel Sauce

Sour Milk

Egg Sauce for Puddings

Polka a French Pastry

White Fudge

Sugar Cookies (Recipe 2)

Pie Crust

Sand Tarts

Sugar Cookies - Soft Kind

Butterscotch Slices Cookies

Pineapple Sherbet

Lemon Meringue Pie (this is the one)

Crepes Susette (for dessert)

Brazil Rounds (Cookies)

Black Bottom Pie

Eggnog Sauce for Steamed Pudding Below

Steamed Fruit Pudding

Icing for Xmas Cookies

White Fudge

Pecan Cookies

Banana Cookies Oatmeal

Matrimonial Bars Cookies

Dream Bars

Chop Suey Cookies Good

Sour Cream Sugar Cookies

Lemon Butter Frosting

Date and Almond Pin Wheels

Rum Balls

Date Rolls

Peanut Brittle

Quick Fondant Drops

Date Pin Wheels (Swell)

Christmas Cut Out Cookies

Sugar Cookies (Recipe 3)

Chocolate Chip Cookies

English Cookies

Marshmallow Fudge Pie

Graham Cracker Crust

Lemon Fluff

Prune Pie

Whipped Cream Pie

Chocolate Drops

Lime Chiffon Pudding

Chapter 1 -- About Emma Patterson and This Book

For several years of her life, during the Great Depression and later during the Second World War, my Great Grandmother Emma Patterson was a professional cook at the hotel in Spangler, Pennsylvania. I write the hotel, because there was only one. It was a small town.

She wrote down the recipes that she used at the hotel, as well as those she cooked for her family. When she passed away, she left behind six handwritten recipe notebooks. This book comes from two of those notebooks.

When my mother was about five years old, she used to go with her Grandfather, Harry Patterson, whom she called Pap Pap, to deliver freshly killed chickens from the Patterson farm to the hotel in Spangler. That was where she met Emma, the woman who was soon to become her Grandmother.

My mother’s biological Grandmother was Nettie, Harry’s first wife. Nettie died in 1928, before my mother was born. Emma was the only Patterson Grandmother my mother and her generation of siblings and cousins ever knew.

Emma had also been previously married. She began working in the hotel in Spangler after her first husband was murdered. Suddenly she was left alone with a teenaged son, so she went to work.

She must have found work using the best of her talents, because everyone in my family always remembered her as a very good cook. She was