Wandering Jews (1889)

[Dennis R. Preston]

Of course us Hungarians ate only wandering infidels. But I think the
recipe was a little different. I haven't whiiped up a batch for quite
some time. Maybr this holiday season ...

dInIs





>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

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