Eclair Cake

Cake:
1 stick butter
4 eggs
1 cup flour
1 cup water

Boil water and butter
Remove from heat
Mix slowly, adding flour
Mix in eggs one at a time

Pour into a greased  13 x 9 cake pan
Bake at 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes (very lightly browned—don’t be concerned about the appearance)
Cool about 30 minutes;

Topping:
2 vanilla or French vanilla small instant pudding
8 oz. cream cheese  (soften)
8 oz. Cool Whip
3 cups Milk
Chocolate Sauce  (Chocolate Sundae Sauce froom the store works well)

Beat together the pudding, milk and cream cheese to a pudding-like consistency
Pour on top of Cake
Spread container of Cool Whip on top of mixture
Decorate with lines of Chocolate Sauce

Fish Fondue

1 lb mid-size shrimp peeled and deboned

1 lb scallops or swordfish cut into 1” cubes

Peanut oil to the depth of 1 ½ inches in your pot.

¼ lb butter

Assorted sauces

Heat Peanut oil in pan til hot ( about 350 degrees) then add add the stick of butter and cover til sizzling slows down. Then serve in fondue pot over heat. Spear shrimp, swordfish, or scallops with fork and cook until done. Fish will lose transparent appearance and become firm. Season with salt and dip into preferred sauce.

Good sauces for this fondue is cocktail sauce, tarter sauce, horseradish sauce, remoulade, or dill sauce.

Horseradish sauce: Mix together 1 cup sour cream, 1 tablespoon horseradish, 2 tablespoon chives.

Remoulade Sauce: 1 cup mayonnaise, 1 tsp dry mustard, 1 minced clove garlic, 1 tsp dried tarragon, 1 tsp anchovy paste, 1 tsp capers, and a hard boiled egg chopped fine.

Dill Sauce: 1 cup sour cream, 1 tablespoon parsley,1 tablespoon lemon juice,1 tablespoon chopped chives, I teaspoon grated onion, chopped or fresh dill to taste

Tina's Cornflake Cookies

Step one: Cream together
1 1/4 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar

Step two: Add
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

Step three: Sift together
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder

Step four: Add
Sifted step ingredients until mixed.
2 cups coconut until mixed
2 cups of cornflakes until mixed

Step five: Bake
at 350 for 8-10 minutes after dropping dough by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheets.

Hasty Pudding

4 ¼  cups water

1 cup oatmeal ( or rye flour or cornmeal)

½ teaspoon salt

Milk or cream to taste

Sugar, molasses, maple syrup or honey for sweetening.

 Bring a quart of water to boil in a pot. Remove from the fire. In a separate container, mix ¼ cup of water and 3 tablespoons of the oatmeal together.  Add the oatmeal mixture and salt to the pot of water. Place back on fire. Slowly add the remaining oatmeal ¼ cup at a time, stir to blend, and bring pot back to boil before adding the next bit of oatmeal. This should take about a half-hour. Serve hot with milk or cream, butter and sweetner to taste.

Take leftover mush and chill. Slice and dust with flour to fry in butter. Serve with your choice of syrup or honey.

This recipe is from the 18th century, adapted with modern measurements.