Wood Cookstove Baking | Antique Cookbooks | Bread Pudding, Apple Cake

Hi friends, today I want to share with you some really awesome antique cookbooks Dan bought me. I love old things, and it thrills me to no end that I get to cook recipes from them. If you want to skip to the cooking part of this video, jump to the 10:00 minute mark.
Corn Bread Recipe
The New Pennsylvania Dutch Cookbook
1 cup Flour
1/2 tsp BS
2 scant tsp BP
1 TBSP or more of white sugar
1 scant tsp salt
2/3 cup cornmeal
3 eggs
1 cup sour milk of buttermilk
Sift dry ingredients, add wet and mix. Bake at 425 for 30 Min in a bread pan.
Bread Pudding
24 cups firm bread, cut into cubes. *
3 cups raisins
10 cups whole milk
12 large eggs
2 c sugar
4 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1. Grease 2 9 by 13 pans generously with butter. Firmly pack 6 cups of bread cubes into each pan.
2. Make custard. Whisk milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and salt together.
3. Pour 1/2 of the custard over each pan of bread cubes, filling all nooks and crannies, pressing cubes into custard. Custard should come just to the top of the bead. With edges and corners peeking th4ough.
4. Cover pans with foil. Refrigerate overnight.
5. In the morning, uncover pudding and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 45-55 minutes until brown and set.
6. Let stand at least 15 minutes before serving.
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[@startipper3767]

Hey Chelsea- My sister called and translated your recipe. Starting at the top by the watermark, she thinks it says Mom's Jam. 1 quart strawberries, 1 quart rhubard, 1 1/2 quarts sugar. Cut and peel rhubard into 1/2" pieces. Mix strawberries, rhubarb and sugar. Heat slowly until sugar is dissolved. Boil rapidly until thick and clear. Pour into hot clean glasses and cover with melted paraffin wax. What a treasure you have. Glad you will be sharing your cookbooks and trying some recipes with all of us ! !

[@marybethhibbert8007]

It's called Shorthand.....I took that course in college.

[@ISellWisconsinHomes]

I sent the picture to a friend as well. He came up with the strawberries, rhubarb and sugar but could not read the rest.

[@vickiiluvboxers4191]

Chelsea...I was emotional all the way through this fabulous video. Remembering my Mom and Grandma, I just let the memories flood over me. Lovely! ♥ As soon as I saw the note I said, that's shorthand. I'm 74 and learned shorthand in High School.

[@kittyrichards9915]

Tell your sister she did an excellent job transcribing the recipe. I got most of it, but she got it all.

[@brookiebakerie]

@startipper3767 's sister for the win!

[@rachelholdt6840]

I'm sure Betty is smiling wherever she is in the universe, seeing her recipes honored and used again. ❤️

[@myrageary4920]

Not sure if anyone has commented this yet or not, but that one note in one of the old cookbooks looked like shorthand to me. My Mom used to do it. 🙂🙂

[@dorothybrown1692]

That's what I thought.

[@sherry2836]

Definitely shorthand.

[@tannenbaumgirl3100]

Yes, I agree, I use to know shorthand and will try to re-create it.

[@aferguson0327]

Agreed! It is Shorthand....I used Gregg's Shorthand book in school!

[@mariadelaney7179]

Yes it is looks like Gregg shorthand. I actually used Forkner shorthand back in the 80's. There is another type can't remember the name

[@jessicaj1377]

I am forever grateful that I have had the privilege of being a homemaker and I too, LOVE reading about homemaking a hundred years ago.

[@terripugsley]

Chelsea, I just love your channel! Wanted to let you know that the "letter" is actually Gregg Shorthand. I learned it as a young secretarial student, but never used it. It had already been replaced by Dictaphones, which then were replaced by Dragon Dictate, and now most people just do their own typing on their own computer. (Wonder what secretaries do these days?) Hmm, I'm only 60 but I suddenly feel ANCIENT! ☺️

[@angeladalton5502]

I love your passion for the cook books, and I know they will be cherished for many years. When you were reading them it sounded like poetry. Good job Dan!

[@2plus2by2]

"It is a sign of good taste to do only as much as we can do well." That is a life-wide lesson if I ever did hear one. Loving seeing Farmer Dan in the kitchen with you.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

I love old things, and it thrills me to no end. I talked about some new antique cookbooks Dan bought me a lot in this video. If you want to skip to the cooking part, jump to the 10:00 minute mark. Have a wonderful day, friends! ❤Chelsea

[@eightysixcommunism2827]

Oh Chelsea! We picked up our own cornstick pan last year and have yet to use it! My Aunts name was Martha. ❤️ It's nice to see the hubby in this one. You guys get along so dandy. So much fun!

[@lindadecker3538]

Chelsea, I loved this video. I also enjoy the stories and messages that have come down through the years to us from our ancestors. Maybe you could do a "Blast from the Past" video every once in a while to share more recipes and info from your books. Super entertaining and informative today. Thank you 🙂🙂

[@fullofhope2222]

I think its shorthand (writing) like what a secretary uses to take notes for typing (Ireland)

[@Fl-Mamabear]

I love the stories too. I would definitely like to see any of those books you are willing to share on your website.

[@nancyhewetson9517]

@@fullofhope2222 Yes that is what I thought as well when I saw it. Looks like shorthand to me.

[@cindyparker9920]

I absolutely loved this video. I love all things old. We can learn so many things from the women of the past. I am thrilled to be in this community of like minded souls.

[@ladonnahowell7151]

Chelsea, congrats on your anniversary. It was so cute to watch and listen to you be so excited about your presents-brought me joy. You are also very lucky that Dan was able to find these for you. He’s a jewel and especially so that he shared your joy in these finds and by doing so increased your joy. Love from Texas.

[@deenaboswell2692]

We are kindred spirits about old cookbooks 🥰🥰

[@ladyprepper7987]

I am with you! My treasure is a "New Butterick Cookbook" published in 1924 that I paid 10cents for at a thrift store. The inscription inside says "A Merry Christmas to my friend Frances. From Alice M. Moorman, 1924". I absolutely adore this cookbook. The binding is tearing, and the pages are yellow and stained. Such history.

[@joescott3393]

Chelsea, just imagine that Betty's apple sauce cake has probably not been made for over 85 years. Just amazes me. I love it. God Bless. Joe Scott Muddy Dog Ranch

[@julesanderson552]

I love the history of the personal cookbooks. I have my mother and grandmothers books with all the loose added hand written recipes and notes tucked in. It is the thread of love that connects us through cooking.

[@jongarr6610]

I am a 73YO man and grew up mostly in West Texas. My mom was a Old South Southern cook - lots of lard/crisco shoertning and sugar in most things cooked and of course butter. Northern cooking almost never has sugar added as with cornbread. Tip - to avoid soaking your cast iron - while cast iron is still very hot - once food is removed - use HOT water as hot as you can get it from the tap and put the hot water into the cast iron and the food particles will come off and wipe pan out then set on stove to dry and season/oil your pan - for your corn stick pan with all the nooks and crevices - this method will save you time and work. Always - hot water to hot cast iron never cold to hot. Just a little bit to pass on since you are into wood stove and cast iron cooking. You are a nice couple and it is a pleasure watching the both of you in the kitchen working together.

[@sherriekemper1828]

What treasures those books are. Reading those notes and letters feels like such an intimate look into "Betty" or someone else's life. Thanks for sharing them.

[@COWELLGIRL]

Cornpones! Yes we loved them as kids ! The corn shape was so much more enticing to eat than regular squares of cornbread 🤩

[@angelahaglund2656]

What a treasure to receive! I love old cook books! I can't wait to see what else you make. It was fun to see you and Dan work together. My hubby loves to help me in the kitchen during canning season which is a huge blessing.

[@danamama6766]

Awwww that was so romantic. I love antique cookbooks to no matter what they look like. Oh my gosh the four leaf clover! Yes please take the pictures of some pages and post. Would love it. That is so so cool that paper!!! I love how Dan is so into it very much to. Ok Dan you are rocking that apron. That is true love if I ever have seen it!! oh my gosh love all the heritage recipes. This is so up my ally. LOVE it. It is very emotional. I love how you let the kids be so involved really twists my hearts strings always has. hugs

[@hanneloreboyer1525]

My soul is attached to a by-gone era also. Reading hand-written things and being able to cook or create something from their era tears me up, too. It's like their in the room with you. So heart warming. My grandma was my best friend and maiden of honor at my wedding in 1983. I have noticed over my lifetime that I migrate toward older generations. Like my soul needs to be near them. I know it might sound weird, but I feel peace around older folks. Anyway. I have several very old cookbooks, too. Thank you for sharing 😀

[@cynthiapigozzi9468]

My grandmother always used the cornbread stick cast iron pan. The trick is to preheat it in your oven with a little oil in it.... the hotter the pan the better. Then you put your batter in and bake it. Yours looks like it could have baked a little longer to get a better golden brown color and crispier. I inherited her cornbread stick pan. Your video makes me want to use it. I haven't used it in years. Her favorite way to eat the cornbread sticks was in a glass of milk. The sticks fit in perfectly.😃

[@deenaboswell2692]

Love Love Love when you cook /bake with Martha❤ Griswald❤❤❤ That corn stick pan!😍

[@judydunford8694]

I am fortunate to have in my possession family recipes from both mine and my husband's family. His aunt cooked on a wood stove her entire life. I was fortunate to receive her notebook of recipes. I was unfortunate to eat the food she prepared as Auntie was not a very good cook! But it was prepared with Love. I've also collected cookbooks from all over the US. I now live in the Deep South and have gathered some very old cookbooks. Here they call old recipes, "Receipts". My suggestion for all those loose treasures is frame them, and hang in your kitchen!

[@Noname-cn4ly]

I too have hand written recipes from several generations back on both sides. I’m 65, and wanted something unique to pass on to my kids….so I had the hand written recipes put on a tea towel for them. They turned out amazing…..and my adult kids just absolutely love them ❤. (Just google it and several companies come up)

[@pattipearson8959]

The mystery writing on a slip of paper in the second cookbook is Gregg shorthand.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

Wild! I have never seen, nor heard of it before.

[@janeweldon8874]

I’m almost 80 and I have some of my grandmothers recipes hand written by her that I love. There is nothing better than old timey recipes. By the way that recipe you have was written in shorthand. Love your videos and thank you Dan for the appearance.

[@carllatta871]

What does it say ?

[@jo-annjewett198]

Those cookbooks are a treasure. I too love how they expressed themselves in writing. I am afraid we have lost that wonderful ability.

[@lauriedrake]

Chelsea, instead of using lard to grease your cornpone pan, try using bacon grease. That's what my family in the South would have used, it adds a lot of flavor to the cornbread. Also, we have a tradition in our family to give the new brides a Good Housekeeping cookbook. I have my mother's cookbook from 1944, the cover is all torn up but it is still my old faithful cookbook that I learned to cook from. I love the old cookbooks too!

[@jessicaaustin33]

I love going to second hand bookstores and finding old cookbooks. I haven't found ones that old, but, I love fundraiser books from churches and schools. They always have simple, basic recipes

[@maureenhargrave3568]

There is a KZbin channel from Glen and Friends. He lives in Toronto. Every Sunday he makes something on his Old cookbook series. He has hundreds of old cookbooks. He is making it for the first time. Sometimes it is a complete hit. Sometimes not so much but always there is a lesson or discussion on that day. Somethings I have learned is that the first Fanny Farmer cookbook was when accurate measurements and temperatures were first included. Before that one cup was the size of that person’s tea cup. Temperatures and baking times could also be missing. Shortening was what was available to that person - butter, lard, etc so you get to choose what to use. The measurements before WW II talking about 1 teaspoon, 1 tablespoon, 1 cup was different sizes depending where the cookbook was printed. USA was different from Canada. I know England and Australia also some differences. One of his big hits - not part of the old cookbook series - are the peanut butter bars. Try them.

[@thomasdrake6190]

This sounds so interesting! Thank you for the information.

[@vickyprice1932]

You make my heart smile, all the love you show for those old cookbooks. You have brought so much happiness into my life, I love they make you so happy. Thank you for sharing so much love and happiness with me (all of us) you make me feel like your best friend. Hope I am not overstepping.❤️😊😊

[@MemawsHomestead]

This is one of my favorite videos of all time. I'm now 65 yrs old and my first experience with cooking was with my German Great Grandmother. I was kneeling at the sink on one of those bright yellow metal foot/seating stools. She had a small window that looked out her side yard. I could see my Great Grandpa cutting the grass while I was peeling with one of the old-school push mowers. He even went as far as trimming the sides of the sidewalk with a very sharp pair of scissors. She taught me how to peel potatoes with a teaspoon at the age of 3. I did get one of her authentic german cookbooks but there is no way I can read it as it is all in German. Thank you for this video. My favorite cooking is old school. I have a Better Crocker cookbook from some time in the 30's I found at an old antique store warehouse in downtown Indianapolis. I'm a lover of older cookbooks when the ingredients were affordable and available. You brought back so many of my great childhood memories.

[@marvona3531]

You could photograph one recipe after another - I will translate it for you. Or tell me the name and author and year, maybe I‘ll find it at faksimilie in Germany. Many greetings from Bavaria

[@connie8022]

I would be eager to assist! Greetings from Munich

[@krisheathman9053]

For us humans, our phenomenal sense of smell, is one of the strongest elicitors of memory. Also, music is a very powerful elicitor of memory.

[@TheMoodyHouse]

Chelsea I am so jealous right now. Oh how I wish I had those cookbooks. You have been blessed.

[@SCreagle73]

It's amazing to find little gems like that in old books. I think that may actually be shorthand. Gregg's shorthand, I think it is called. My grandmother used to write fluently in it and started teaching me phrases when I was little. I learned just enough to read her birthday cards to me. That has been many moons ago.

[@marionlove368]

The Arabian script is shorthand that every stenographer/ secretary had to be skilled.

[@peggyelliottedens8132]

I grew up in the hills of southwest Virginia. My mom cooked with a wood stove. We had chicken, geese, pigs etc. Our family put out a very large garden and did a lot of canning. We did not have running water in the house. We had a spring and my dad would have to carry water from the spring for my mother to use. Also in the south we do no put sugar in our cornbread. Love your show.

[@michelinecrouch8682]

I collect cookbooks and the ones you have are treasures indeed! I’m from the south (United States) and when making cornbread I always add the fat to the cast iron and place it into the oven to heat while mixing the cornbread, then when you pour the mixture into the hot pan you will get that crispy crust..... so yummy! Thanks for sharing you new treasures!

[@zoec3527]

Crouch is my married name. It’s very unusual to see it😀

[@georgialesley2185]

I loved this, you guys are so cute together! Daniel the apron suits you...with or without the tools. I look forward to more episodes with the two of you doing more cooking together. 😃

[@pauladart176]

My mom used her corn stick pans often. It was always fun.

[@lorimcmichael5846]

Thanks Chelsea! I love old cook books, so much insight to what was going on at the time, I read mine like books. So much good food- no low sugar, fat free yucky recipes! I will admit I wince a little with some recipes when they nonchalantly say, add eggs, 2 cups butter, 2 cups sugar and 2 cups cream!!!! Delicious but wow, so rich 😊

[@marylehrbaum4135]

I grew up on my grandparents farm during the 30’s and 40’s . We had electricity but no running water . We had a well in the back yard that had 2 buckets on a chain and a and every drop of water had to be carried in a bucket back and forth From the well . consider the calories expended by her as she carried all the water needed to wash the clothing by hand with a scrub board compared with hitting a few buttons on a washer . They needed all the calories of those rich recipes. . ( and I never once heard my grandmother complain )

[@lindas.8036]

Another really fun thing to do is to compare an old recipe to the modern equivalent, to see what, if any, differences there area. Also, comparing the instructions, as local older language usage can change. I absolutely love cookbooks and read them like a most people read novels. My grandmother, who raised me, was born in 1900. My great-grandmother lived with us, and I ended up living with an aunt who had a dinner-house restaurant. So, my cooking experiences are varied. It has been a ride!

[@williej3831]

I have my grandmothers corn stick (cast iron ). I use my regular cornbread recipe. You have to grease them with crisco or lard. Preheat them in your oven. When they are hot put your batter in and bake. They will fall out

[@beckydigilormo4261]

I love how you got emotional over the letter to Betty. You have such a tender ❤️

[@estherford8209]

I watch you all the time but don't usually take time to comment! Had to stop my canning prep for a moment to to say just how extra enjoyable today was! I'm quite jealous of these old cookbooks. Such a treasure. Thank you for sharing and reading them for us. Keep up your wonderful videos please. So inspiring!

[@cynthiafisher9907]

I loved the old cookbooks. I too love old things! Thanks for sharing.

[@angelmiller3224]

I love the old cookbooks I bought a box of old cookbooks at a auction and found a journal of the person that had the cookbooks Loved reading her daily life ❤

[@angievictory2332]

I love that you guys love historic cookbooks so much. I have several cookbooks that were my great great grandparents. They are treasures.

[@angelaberni8873]

I feel like going out and hunting old recipe books. In fact I most certainly will. I'm an avid collector of anything old. Hugs from Spain 🇪🇸

[@lisaburns235]

What a treasure to find those books. Looking forward to all the cooking videos. Love to see little hands helping in the kitchen too.

[@kelsey5468]

When my parents were first married my great grandmother gave them an old cookbook for a wood stove. They didn’t know it was for a wood stove though and followed the recipe that said leave on the back burner overnight only it was on an electric stove. My parents woke up to a kitchen full of smoke the night before hosting their first thanksgiving. Thankfully everyone and the house was fine and 30 years later just a funny story they share every thanksgiving.

[@mindypereda9660]

Love the cookbooks! I'm always looking at thrift stores for them. So much fun having your husband in the video today.🥰

[@valdachristensen6795]

The note that you are thinking is Arabic is actually Gregg Shorthand. My mother wrote notes like that often. She was a trained as a secretary in the late 30's. They would use it to take dictation.

[@ldg2655]

I love all old things; books (the tattier the better), tools, gadgets clothes, automobiles, houses…I like to use my vintage cooking utensils and wonder who owned it before, what they made, what their lives were like, were they happy. I love old books with handwritten inscriptions in them, and recipes with notes alongside them.

[@taustin6524]

I agree that the writing is actually shorthand. It went out of style in the late 70’s/early 80’s with the advancement of technology. Before that, all most secretaries would take dictation for letters using shorthand. At the risk of dating myself, I learned this in high school and could take dictation at 100 words per minute on a regular basis…..it helped me get my first job out of high school😂

[@j.b.5435]

I would also add a hotdog to the corn-stick pan... corndog, possibly?? I' so hungry! LOL

[@Grandpacarlreacts]

Too Funny! Its shorthand. A skill long forgotten with all our technology. Love that others here were able to translate it for you.

[@tst1200]

so glad you rescued the books. Applause for hubby.

[@fairyprairiefarm]

I’m from Arkansas. If it said old south estate, it probably means the part of Arkansas that is Deep South Arkansas. Lots of farmland there, now days it’s mostly soy beans, rice, and feed corn. Most of my family is from around Conway, AR and they were considered “Farmers” on all of the census records. I remember going to my Great Grandparents home and now I realize it was 100% a Homestead. They had a large garden, tons of chickens, ducks, and a pond full of fish. They also regularly went deer hunting. My Great Grandma had sewing patterns made on newspaper. I fondly remember trying my hardest to catch the mallard drake. 😂 If you can handle hot and humid summers, all of our lakes help, and weird weather, Arkansas is a beautiful place to live and homestead.

[@kathybergman4409]

Reminds me of co-worker I had years ago. She said her parents talked about the years during the depression of the thirties; her father's family was very poor and had some very difficult times, he remembered going to bed hungry many times. Her mother said her family also had a very hard time during the depression, they had to let all the servants go but two.

[@GroovyDayBaby]

What a treasure you have with those vintage cookbooks! The writing looks like shorthand symbols to me, a 70 yr. old grandma. She, the original owner of the book; may have been a secretary.

[@dawnahuggett377]

This, so far, was my favourite episode! So much history and neat articles. Thanks for sharing

[@jmt7676]

Love the old cook books. I have a book on jam making and preserving passed down from my Great, Great Grandmother. It barely holds together now but it is priceless to me.

[@teresar.1152]

My MIL gave me her cookbooks and her moms cookbooks. They have handwritten notes and clippings in them. I adore them. Your cookbooks are divine.

[@tressanallenmartin9336]

Listening to you read above the servants is like watching a time period movie

[@paulaphelps7176]

I love those cookbook and shows how certain concepts are the same and others are not.

[@denisescull4227]

I love love love old cookbooks and when there is writing in them it is even better. I cherish handwritten recipe cards I have from family and friends. My favorite memory of a handwritten recipe was in a neighborhood collaboration cookbook that my great aunt had gotten from my great grandmother from their predominantly Swedish neighborhood. It was for homemade sausage and started with "Butcher your hog". I can't remember the rest of the recipe, it was very general and "to taste". Since then, I have made sure to include actual amounts on my own handwritten recipe cards, rather than "a package" or "a can" because those have changed over the years. Old cookbooks are my favorite books of all. Thanks for sharing yours, I was over the moon when you showed the four leaf clover.

[@lindadelzer423]

I have the corn stick pan, too. Given to me by my Grandma 50 years ago. It was very old then. Heavy cause it's cast iron, but bakes fantastic.

[@redgingerbreadpam]

Such cool finds are these old cookbooks. I absolutely love finding them & buying them to add to my cookbook collection. Love anything vintage.

[@annakauffman2992]

My grandmothers each had pans like that. They were good and crispy. But it became easier to feed a crowd with a big skillet of cornbread.

[@pamyoder6163]

I live in an Amish community, and I love going to the thrift stores to find the old Amish and Mennonite cookbooks.

[@usbpphillips]

I LOVE old cookbooks like that.

[@annaking9213]

I love the old cook books to. Your husband was so nice and loving together you them.

[@coloradoblueskiesboutique7720]

I have cookbooks like that from my mom and grandma. I was born in 1950. The one recipe is written in shorthand. But its been years since I was taught that in school. More years than you are old lol❤❤❤😂

[@DianneKGreer]

It looks to me like shorthand, graduated in the 60s and we learned this art form for secretarial work.

[@maloneight]

Hi my name is Colleen. I am pretty sure that note you showed is written in Gregg Shorthand. This was taught in schools as a secretarial skill as late as the early 1980’s. I learned Pitman shorthand in high school which you had to use a pencil. Once I went to college in 1980 to become a legal Secretary, I had to switch over to the “more modern” and faster Gregg shorthand hand that uses an ink pen. I can understand how people confuse it for another language. A very wise teacher encouraged us to use it in our everyday life so we wouldn’t forget it. I still use it today when taking notes. Tip: Assign the deciphering of the note to one of your children as a homeschool project. You can find info on line about how to learn Gregg shorthand. It’s like learning a language you never have to speak. I’ve always been grateful having been being taught it.

[@catracampolieto8989]

My Mother and I love old cookbooks. She had one that had recipes to cook muskrat, beaver and other wild animals. I don't think I would be cooking those animals...lol. I have an old Betty Crocker ( orange) from the 70's. It's been helpful from time to time. I have a couple corn pans also. I should get them out and use them. The grandkids will love that. Another great video. Thank you.

[@524FrmGrl]

Chelsea, my daughter just inherited her great grandparents 110 year old, 3500 sq ft, 2 story farmhouse. We have found newspaper clippings, farm receipts back to 1899. Just crazy!

[@akiglesias]

I love this so much. I also keep old books and cook books. Actually, my bag pipes are from 1898! I had them restored and can now play them. They were given to me through my cousins, husbands family who knew I played. The original receipt is still in the box. The man who bought them brought them from Scotland when he came over. His only daughter is deaf, she married a deaf man and their only child is not interested in them so even though they could have sold these to museums, I get to play them to my hearts desire. I'm so very blessed! It makes me want to cry to think of the history of them and where they were played in time.

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Aww, how sweet!

[@brodiecouch174]

Chelsea you would of loved my great grandmothers home, she was born in the beginning of 1899 and lived until the summer of 2001. There by she lived in three centuries and kept absolutely everything. Going through two world wars and the great depression. Her home was given to my grandfather and when he passed away we went through everything in the home. There were newspapers from the 1920's, old serving ware, the most unique little kitchen gadgets, just everything you could possibly imagine. Oddly my favorite item that I kept is an old glass coffee jar still in perfect condition, it currently stores all my tea. Really enjoyed this video and thank you for sharing :)

[@brodiecouch174]

I should also add she was an avid canner such as yourself and we enjoyed peaches she had canned for 3 years after her passing.

[@JanGrowsVeg]

This is the recipe translation. It is in Gregg Shorthand, which I learned in high school in 1966. MARMALADE 1 quart strawberries 1 quart rhubarb 1 1/2 quart sugar Cut all berries and rhubarb to 1/2 inch pieces. Mix strawberries, rhubarb with sugar. Heat slowly until sauce is bubbling and berries. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (the next few words are not known ).Put into hot green glass and cover with melted wax.

[@LittleMountainRanch]

That’s incredible!! Thank you so much. Now I have to make it!

[@heathernotzdaniels6350]

Knew if I read enough comments, I'd find someone that could do better than me :) Thanks!

[@lassie7777]

Gosh I love old cookbooks and notes are a real treasure for sure.

[@katehopkinsbrent5573]

Oh WOW Nothing like older cookbooks My dad bought me the Purity cookbook when I married and Mom gave me her Five Roses one ... I used those two all the time, lost both in the house fire BUT have found them again and feel so blessed to have them Five Rose's says , dissolve sugar in milk ,stir constantly then set at back of fire : ) Those books sound so awesome , you sound so 😊 HAPPY

[@carolcarson3700]

I Love the old cookbooks. I have one of my Mom’s it is called “ Woman’s Home Companion Cook Book” from 1950. I cherish it, because it belong to my mom.

[@rosejarman6920]

Those Books are fantastic ! The cornbread pan is all over down here in Southern Georgia. Get it hot with bacon grease in the slots, then add the corn bread. The pan will be be hot for each new batch. I didn't see your recipe but down here they don't use sugar it is some what a debate LOL. I am from Michigan and moved here 25 years ago so I had to learn all the secrets

[@mantelnaturalhealthconsult6336]

This video was epic 🥰 I love the cookbooks and hearing the history ❤

[@adnaloy-x8757]

You know, watching you bring the cake back in from the porch made me think of a project you and Dan could do that would be very useful, and in keeping with your old-timey living style. You need to make yourself a pie safe for your porch :)

[@jskingfamilyfarm1386]

Well, my 4 year old, who is feeling unwell, has stated that he would 'soooo like to taste that cake' So I'm gonna bake one. I love vintage cookbooks. Simple food that's often quite frugal.

[@rhondamontiel3827]

Welcome Dan! We hope to see more of you!

[@joannecannella4948]

I love old cookbooks and old women’s magazines. They are a special part of history. It’s so cool to be able to bring the history into today and prepare the foods from the cookbooks. I loved this video! I am inspired to go to a used bookstore and get some old cookbooks. Thanks for sharing. ❤

[@maryharris2124]

That one that was 1919 was the year my mama was born in September 9th 1919.she died 3 years ago. That's so cool.We have the cornbread pan. Yes you have to have it hot every time!

[@connienelson3162]

Yes, that is shorthand. My mother took a secretarial course in the 1950’s & I remember the shorthand she had to learn.

[@dorisgodinez9303]

Thank you sharing your passion for old cook books 📚 It was a true pleasure to see the joy on your face. It was a Fabulous video!

[@elaineparker6986]

Hey Chelsea, thank you for sharing with us those wonderful cook books. Like you it make me emotional to think of my Grandmother and her kitchen/cooking. She was born in 1904 so could of easily made things like the one's you talked about.

[@santos0490]

Hey Chelsea, I so enjoyed the segment. I too get emotional over old recipes. I think it’s our connection to the past., we all eat. I have a wonderful photo of my great grandmother standing out on the Prairie with several of her children, holding my grandmother on her hip and the chuckwagon in view, my great grandmother had 14 children. During hunting season she would go with my great grandfathers hunting party. To collect game for the winter when I have a tough Times, I think of how strong she had to be to get through all of this to be out on the Prairie with young children cooking for a bunch of guys sadly I don’t have any recipes from her, but I do have a few cast iron fry pans and a Dutch oven and her KJ Bible. You referred to your Pennsylvania Dutch cookbook as an antique. I was nine years old when it printed, yes, I’m old, but not an antique, lol

[@metamud8686]

Whenever I read recipes that old (early 1900) in European cookbooks the one thing that strikes me is the really insane amounts of salt and sugar that they used. Salt sometimes needs to be cut by a factor of 10 and quartering the amount of sugar still makes everything taste like you need to go to the dentist tomorrow. Still 'high blood pressure' wasn't that much of a thing back then...

[@nancyalberghini7581]

Wow Dan you did a great job! How exciting ….have fun and I hope you will make lots of old fashion recipes for us.

[@kellyh1316]

Love that you shared these books…I have a couple of cookbooks that are written in composition books by my great grandma and great aunt…amazing how they wrote! They would save and add clippings from newspapers and magazines…which are from early 1900’s and are so fascinating…so glad you found these and are sharing with us!

[@stevenmills3]

Those cookbooks are amazing! I have my grandmother’s cookbook from the forties with all her improvements that she wrote in the margins! I also have her mother’s cast iron skillet! Every single time I use them I can imagine there grandma hands touching them “thousands of times “!

[@ivygriffiths741]

So cool! I love this kind of thing. Somethinf special about seeing a persons own handwriting too!

[@harriettejensen479]

I love that you love antiques. I am also a freak for old things that have a history, that have stories. My housse is filled with heavy old furniture that is way to big for my tiny house, but I couldn't part with them. As for the apple cake, my grandmother used to make them and also fresh apple cale. which was my all-time favorite. She also used to make blackberry cobbler, which she said she learned to make from an old Indian woman when she and my grandpa lived "on the lease" in Oklahoma. That was in the early 1920s. Grandpa worked as a rigger on oil wells and "the lease" was a portion of land that the oil companies rented from the Kaw Indians who were allotted the land by the federal government. BTW, my grandmother made the best fried chicken I have ever eaten and she used Crisco!