http://eggsfried.com/eggsfried_blog Eggs fried is a blog to share family recipes, information, and history. Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:46:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jane and I are making these on the anniversary of our sister’s, Barbara Shelnutt Bolender, death as a special remembrance as suggested by our youngest sister, Sarah. Cooking with Gourmet Grains is one of Jane’s favorite cookbooks, her first edition becoming so tattered, it needed to be replaced. She also gave ... http://eggsfried.com/eggsfried_blog/2007/11/18/black-bottom-cupcakes/ Daddy always claimed we had a relative named Montezuma Ragan who was part Indian. The Indian part is doubtful (though according to Bill Patterson, there were Indians mingled with the Shelnutts). However, Montezuma Ragan was real and my great, great grandmother. If you would like to meet her…………….. “On November 14, 1888, ... http://eggsfried.com/eggsfried_blog/2007/10/31/there-really-was-a-montezuma-ragan/ While doing a quick search on Google, I came up with an amazing discovery, a book written and privately published in 1935 by J.B. Shelnutt, Sr., Daddy’s grandfather and my great grandfather. "Christian Living" is 220 pages long and focuses on the Bible and Christian Living, but there are some ... http://eggsfried.com/eggsfried_blog/2007/10/30/e-bay-can-be-a-friend-to-genealogists-too/ Budd Bailey is the keeper of the Budd family genealogy and recently came to Willmington to see Old Swedes Church. It may be that both sides of the family are related to the Swedes through the Springers. His quest to find his Swedish ancestors was written up by the News ... http://eggsfried.com/eggsfried_blog/2007/07/04/budds-springers-and-old-swedes-church/ Like many before me, I have been bitten by the genealogy bug, all of which started with a quest to find out who the people were in an 1858 letter written to Sarah Derickson Harvey about getting a “low top wagon” and “expediting the African”. This is clearly a reference ... http://eggsfried.com/eggsfried_blog/2007/07/04/bitten-by-the-genealogy-bug-discovering-the-shelnutts/ Feeding America - the Historic American Cookbook Project is a joint project of Michigan State University and Michigan State Museum to not only collect influential American cookbooks but to make them available in either pdf format or as searchable text. The cookbooks range in date from 1798 (Amelia Simmons) ... http://eggsfried.com/eggsfried_blog/2006/06/29/feeding-america/ The 25th anniversary edition of Spoonbread and Strawberry Wine is out. This book, by Norma Jean and Carole Darden is what started my interest in collecting old family recipes, etc. It chronicles the Darden family roots from slavery with lots of old photos and great recipes from both the north ... http://eggsfried.com/eggsfried_blog/2006/06/28/spoonbread-and-strawberry-wine/ One of the joys of getting a Cuisinart in 1975 was making mayonnaise. Hellman's is fine and often preferred, but the magic of the swirling blade was irresistible. This is a good standard recipe. The quality and taste of the oil makes all the difference. Ingredients: 1 whole egg 1 tablespoons vinegar or lemon ... http://eggsfried.com/eggsfried_blog/2006/05/13/homemade-mayonnaise-2/ While reading Elizabeth David's An omelet and a Glass of Wine, I found a second recipe for Tomato (or tomata as the recipe is called) Honey which she says she found "excellent". This recipe comes from Miss Leslie's Complete Cookery, Philadelphia, 1837 and is American rather than English. The recipe ... http://eggsfried.com/eggsfried_blog/2006/05/10/tomata-honey-second-version/ One of the books I found in the Cutchogue Library was Janet McKenzie Hill's 1927 edition of Canning, Preserving and Jelly Making. It has great recipes for all sorts of fruits and vegetables including varieties that we think of as designer or heirloom today. This one sounds interesting: Tomato Honey To each ... http://eggsfried.com/eggsfried_blog/2006/05/08/tomato-honey/