Add a family recipe to your family story or a french nougat recipe

As you might be able to tell when I started thinking of a research subject for this blog post I was hungry. When writing your family history, you can bring your grandmother or great grandmother’s story to life by adding a recipe to it. Is the recipe part of a favorite meal she made you? Did the recipe win a blue ribbon at the county or state fair? Or maybe a contest in the local newspaper? Perhaps you like cooking and would like to share a recipe from an unknown person but from the time and area your relative lived. Maybe you are like me and looking at old recipes is interesting with little measurements used. When you try out the french nougat recipe or another recipe listed here please let me know what you think. To those creative types I have included a recipe on how to color carpet rags brown, blue, yellow, and green.

“Here’s for our lady readers.,” Evening Journal [Washington, Iowa], 23 November 1894; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed 14 March 2019), p. 4, c. 3.

“Recipes and Instructions of Interest to all. Marble Cake.” Daily Hustler [Washington, Iowa], 9 November 1893; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed 14 March 2019), p. 3, c. 2.

Recipe by Mattie McGaughey.

“Green Corn Omelet.,” Evening Journal [Washington, Iowa], 18 September 1897; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed 14 March 2019), p. 3, c. 3.

Ladies' World

“Recipe. Lemon Crackers.” Daily Hustler [Washington, Iowa], 1 December 1893; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed 14 March 2019), p. 3, c. 2.

Recipe by Mrs. F. L. Wallace.

“Recipe. Corn Bread.” Daily Hustler [Washington, Iowa], 30 August 1893; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed 14 March 2019), p. 3, c. 3.

Recipe by Mrs. L. Kline.

“Pie Crust without lard.,” Evening Journal [Washington, Iowa], 31 May 1894; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed 14 March 2019), p. 4, c. 4.

Recipe by unknown.

“Recipe. Rhubarb Pie.” Evening Journal [Washington, Iowa], 16 April 1894; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed 14 March 2019), p. 1, c. 3.

Recipe by Pearl Stephens.

“Recipe. Apple Dumplings.” Daily Hustler [Washington, Iowa], 20 November 1893; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed 14 March 2019), p. 3, c. 3.

Recipe by Emeline Warren.

“Recipe. Fried Oysters” Daily Hustler [Washington, Iowa], 5 December 1893; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed 14 March 2019), p. 3, c. 2.

Recipe by Miss Libbie Page.

“Recipe for French Nougat.,” Evening Journal [Washington, Iowa], 31 May 1894; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed 14 March 2019), p. 4, c. 4.

Recipe by unknown.

“Coloring,” The Homestead [Des Moines, Iowa], 13 June 1890; digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com/ : accessed 14 March 2019), p. 10, c. 3

Recipe by Mattie