Emma's Pennsylvania Kitchen, Book 2

By Laura Perkins

This is the second collection of old fashioned recipes from the mid-twentieth century kitchen of Emma Patterson, my great grandmother, who was a professional cook at a hotel in Spangler, Pennsylvania. She was known for her desserts, and this book contains many of them, including lots of pies.

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Laura Perkins
• Release date: Mar 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005392017

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

Recipes from Great-Grandmother Emma Patterson

Book 2

EMMA’S PENNSYLVANIA KITCHEN, Book 2

Family Recipes from Great Grandmother Emma Patterson

Edited by Laura Perkins

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Copyright 2013, 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

Introduction

Main Dishes

Sausage and Gravy (Dutch)

Filled Peppers with Meat

Stuffed Liver

Meat and Cabbage (German)

Liver Dumplings

Liver Cakes

Pot Roast

Kraut and Pork Chops

Rabbit Cake (Potato Filling)

Potato Filling for Fowl or Meat

Hasen Pfeffer

Stewed Chicken

Ham and Bacon Omelet

Chopped Beef Alexandria

Dried Beef Rabbit

Fried Corn Beef

Chicken Loaf

Salmon Pie

Shirred Eggs, Lenten Meal

Salmon Loaf with Curry Sauce

Top of Stove Supper

Egg Omelet (Never Fail)

Barbecued Short Ribs

Old Fashioned Hash

Swiss Steak

3 Layer Dinner

Roast Shoulder of Lamb

Baked Ham

Ham Loaf

Fried Ham in Cream Sauce

Fried Ham and Onion Gravy with Noodles

Pork Chops and Limas

For Breaded Pork Chops

Pork Chops and Potatoes

Sausage and Bean Casserole

Pork Chops and Rice

Sausage Casserole Dinner

Chicken Loaf No. 2

Chicken and Oyster Casserole

Pressed Chicken

Salmon Croquettes

Salads, Vegetables, and Side Dishes

Potato Salad

Corn Fritters

Bread Stuffing

Chestnut Stuffing for Poultry

Bean Soup

Split Pea Soup

Shupp Noodles

Creamed Spinach

Beans and Potatoes

Knabrus

Dutch Slaw

Dandelion Salad

Baked Potatoes

Potato Dumplings

Raw Potato Pancakes

Dumplings No. 1

Dumplings No. 2

Chicken Salad for Sandwiches

Dutch Cucumber Salad

Sour Cream Vegetable Salad

Carrot and Pineapple Salad

Cabbage, Carrot and Peanuts Make a Nice Salad

Salad Ideas

Waldorf Salad

String Bean Salad

Fruit Salad Idea

Sweet Potatoes Chantilly

Potato Dumplings No. 2

Carrots

Potato Balls

Applenut Salad

Apricot Pineapple Salad

Fresh Garden or Spring Salad

Lettuce Salad

Kidney Bean Salad

Beet Salad

Cole Slaw

Carrot Salad

German Cottage Cheese Cakes

Carmelized Sweet Potatoes

Sauces, Dressings, Pickles and Canning

Spanish Sauce

Onion Sauce for Omelet

Olive Sauce

Pickled Eggs and Beets

Ginger Tomatoes

Spiced Peaches

Pickled Pears

Russian Dressing

Thousand Island Dressing

Whipped Cream Dressing

Quick Meat Sauce

Tomato and Celery Relish

Preserves

Breads and Rolls

Hootsla or Egg Bread

Hot Biscuits

Cinnamon Buns

Pancakes

Buckwheat Cakes

Date and Nut Bread

White Bread

Oatmeal Bread

How To Season a Waffle Iron

Baking Powder Biscuits

Cranberry Muffins

Biscuits

White Bread No. 2

Salt Rising Bread

Cookies and Desserts

Apple Fritters

Pie Crust

Lemon Pie

Apple Pot Pie

Delicious Coconut Custard Pie

Lemon Sponge

Raisin Crumb Pie (2 Pies)

Pumpkin Pie

Butterscotch Pie

Molasses Shoo Fly Pie

Sand Tarts (Cookies)

Black Walnut Cookies

Almond Slices

Anise Cookies

Cinnamon Crisps

Lehigh County Oatmeal Cookies

Cinnamon Cake

Brownies (neither cake or candy)

Blitzkuchen

Crumb Cake

Cheese Cake Pastry

Steamed Berry Pudding

Molasses Candy Taffy

Peanut Moghy Candy

Butterscotch Candy

Delicious Fudge

2 Egg Cake

Egg Custard

Chocolate Fudge

Strawberry Pie

Ambrosia Pie

Orange Chiffon Pie

Spanish Cream

Make Easter Bunnies

Filling for Creamed Pies

Bittersweet Cream Pie

Glazed Cherry Cream Pie

Custard Pies (Egg)

Pecan Custard Pie

Sherry Custard

Black Walnut Rocks

Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Sand Tarts

Pies

Pastry 1 Pie

Fresh Peach Pie

Canned Fruit Pies

Rhubarb Pie

Glazed Strawberry Pie

Glazed Peach Pie

Apple Candy Pie (Crunch or Pie)

Burnt Sugar Cake and White Cake

Butter Nut Drops

Peanut Drop Cookies

Butterscotch Fingers

Taffy

Pineapple Pie

All Round Icing

Lemon Cake and Filling and Icing

Dixie Peach Pie

Sour Milk

Gladys Cake

Orange Cake

White Cake

White Layer Cake

Chocolate Bavarian Cream

French Apple Pie

Lemon Crumb Pie

Orange Cream Pie

Orange Meringue Pie

Peach Crumb Pie

French Apple Pie No. 2

Butter Pecan Pie

Raisin Spice Cookies (Good)

Silver Lake House Cream Pie

Spider Cake

Date and Nut Cookies

Holiday Sticks

Lemon Bisque

Pineapple Snow

Raspberry Tarts

Crumb Pie

Glorified Ginger Bread

Pumpkin Pie No. 2

Cinnamon Flop

Date Loaf Candy

Divinity

Shoo Fly Pie

Chocolate Fudge No. 2

Elderberry Pie

Buttermilk Pie

Cottage Cheese Pie

Cinnamon Pie

Apple Pie Tip

Candied Apple Pie

Dutch Apple Pie

Apple Crumb Pie

Apple Custard Pie

Pineapple Rice

Pastry for Pies

Peach Marlow

Pineapple Torte

Delightful Dessert

Pineapple Bavarian Cream

Creamy Delight

Apricot Delight

Rhubarb Crunch

Strawberry Shortcake

Blackberry Cobbler

Apple Pandowdy

Apple Sponge Pudding

Apple Goodie

Apple Grunt

Christmas Fruit Cookies

Sour Cream Cookies

Pineapple Cookies

Boiled Icing

Rock Cookies

Date Bars

Pecan Squares

Brownies

Butterscotch Squares

Butterscotch Refrigerator Cookies

Crispy Caramel Cookies

Sugar Cookies

Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

Applesauce Cookies

Corn Flake Macaroons

Pansy Cake (Children’s Party)

Glossary

About the Editor

Introduction

This is the second published collection of vintage recipes from my great-grandmother, Emma Patterson. These recipes come from the last four of six handwritten notebooks, dating from the 1930s through 1950s. The recipes in the first two notebooks were previously published as Emma’s Pennsylvania Kitchen.

The recipes have been typed out exactly as written, except that minor corrections have been made for clarity. Where I have added words or my own comments, they are enclosed in square brackets [].

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