Wandering Jews (1889)

[Laurence Horn]

At 5:23 AM -0500 12/7/01, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>WANDERING JEWS
>
>    From THE GOOD CHEER COOK BOOK, BY THE LADIES AID SOCIETY OF THE
>EPISCOPAL CHURCH, CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN (Herald Print, 1889),
>pg. 85:
>
>       "WANDERING JEWS."
>    One and one-half cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of butter, two
>cupfuls of fruit, one-half teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of
>cloves, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, one-half of a nutmeg, three
>eggs.  Bakes as cookies.
>    MRS. HERBERT BARKER.
>    From OUR ALMA MATER COOK BOOK, Dow Academy Alumni, Franconia, N.
>H. (1903), pg. 67:
>
>       WANDERING JEWS.
>       MRS. S. C. BROOKS
>    One cup raisins, one cup butter, two cups sugar, three eggs, two
>teaspoons baking powder, four cups flour or more.  Roll out and cut
>like cookies.
>
Sounds a lot like the recipes for Wandering Episcopalians we used to
use at the Synagogue...

L