*Grape Fruit Coupe
Roast Chine of Pork
Spiced Apple Sauce
Baked Sweet Potatoes
Mashed Turnips
Lettuce and Radish Salad
Brown Bread Sandwiches
Pineapple Frappé
Toasted Crackers
Cheese
Café Noir
In 1914 December 27 was a Sunday. Despite our elaborate Christmas dinner on Friday, we’re having another fancy Sunday dinner.
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The cakes are cut cross-wise, decorated with green frosting leaves and red candies to look like Christmas trees. The cake batter is Newport Poundcake, which is the same as New York Gingerbread with vanilla instead of ginger. It’s been a while since I went on a recipe chase like that.
I am so excited to see Bent’s Water Crackers on this menu! The G. H. Bent Company was in the next town over from me, In 1801 Josiah Bent began selling water crackers and hardtack. In fact, Bent was one of the top producers of hardtack for the Union Army. Water crackers were like common crackers, but a bit smaller or like oyster crackers, but bigger. Or so my research has shown. The bakery closed a few years ago, although one can still see the historic building.
365 Kitchen Cabinet 