3 More Recipes for Civil War Foods!
Part 2 of 2, by Jocelyn Green
Today, Jocelyn follows up her first 3 recipes for Civil War foods with 3 more recipes for you to try out! If you missed it, you can read part 1 of Jocelyn’s post here.
4. Alice Carlisle’s Gingerbread
Gingerbread was popular among soldiers in both the North and South. Wives like Alice Carlisle often baked and sent loaves of this spicy bread to their husbands in camp, and when hospitals had the ingredients, they baked this for the patients who could eat it.
Ingredients:
- 1 TB butter
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 1/4 cups molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 1/2 tsp. allspice
- 1 cup very hot water
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease a 9″ square baking pan with the butter. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, soda and spices, and cut in softened butter to the flour mixture with a fork. Combine molasses, egg and water in a small mixing bowl. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir well. Pour the batter into a baking pan and bake 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Makes 9 servings.
*Recipe courtesy of Total Gettysburg
5. Fanny Hatch’s Switchel
“Make some switchel, I says, and she uses too much vinegar, not enough ginger. Dust it, I says, and she leaves rims of the fuzzy grey filth on the edge of the mantelpiece.” Fanny threw up her hands in a state of helplessness, and Phineas murmured his sympathies.
Civil War Recipes for Your Wedded to War Book Club (Including Hardtack Recipe!)
By Jocelyn Green
Wedded to War is almost here! It’s set to release July 1, and after you read it, you’re sure to want to get together with some friends and discuss it (questions are provided in the back of the book). You can get your Kindle copy free this week (June 25th, 2012)!
Of course no book club is complete without food, and what better way to add flavor to your experience than to sample some of the foods eaten by characters in the novel? Below you’ll find recipes for five such Civil War foods—with a bonus recipe at the end. Some of these have been modernized so you can try them at home, and some are taken straight from cookbooks published during the Civil War.
1. Charlotte Waverly’s Tea Time
Sighing, Charlotte reached for the Blue Willow teacup on the walnut table next to her, and breathed in the fragrance of orange and cloves. She picked up the New York Times and froze. Without taking her eyes off the paper, she rattled the cup back on its saucer.
Afternoon tea was a regular routine in the Waverly household. Try these Tea Cakes with Charlotte’s favorite tea—orange spice—or her sister Alice’s favorite—raspberry.
Ingredients:
- 5 cups flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups sugar
Heat the oven to 375 F. Grease the cookie sheets with butter. Combine flour, soda, and nutmeg together in a large mixing bowl. Continue reading / Leave a comment…
