Things Mother Used to Make / A Collection of Old Time Recipes, Some Nearly One Hundred Years Old and Never Published Before

The collection assembles old-fashioned household recipes and practical kitchen instructions presented plainly for inexperienced housekeepers. It compiles breads, cakes, griddle and fried preparations, puddings, pies, preserves, and quick breads that rely on simple, inexpensive ingredients — sour or sweet milk, molasses, cornmeal, rye, and basic leavening — with directions for steaming, baking, frying, and griddling. Brief household hints accompany recipes, and measures and techniques are given to favor reliable results when followed closely, preserving recipes passed down by oral tradition in a New England domestic cookery style.