Misery Creek Saga of Samson South and Sally Miller
A stirring chapter on Misery Creek follows Samson South and Sally Miller as rival clans clash over a shooting. Bloodhounds trail a suspect, a truce is tested at Spicer South’s fence, and Samson defuses a tense confrontation while a wary outsider stalks farther along the ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misery Creek
Sally Miller
George Leecott
Sally
Sam Sone
Crow Black Sameone
Tamarack Spicer
Samson
Taumarack
Spicer
Jesse Jurvey
Josee Purdy
Lexington
Sammaon
Jim Hellman
Samson South
Jim Hollman
Hollman
Spicer South
Samson Hodder
Lescott
Uncle Spicer
Plumb Willin
Lestott
Rameon South
Old Spicer South
Hyar
Sameon
Jease Perry
Laccott
Sameng
Jim
Jesse Purry
Sameen
Jieromd
Leecott
Old Fashioned Cake with Brandy Fruit Mixture
A historic recipe details six cupfuls currants and three cupfuls raisins with eftron and almonds, mixed with butter and sugar, spiced with nutmeg mace cinnamon cloves and allspice, then baked eight hours in a lined tin. Brandy is added, cake iced white then given a thick icing for decoration.
The Hearty Course For Private Family Meals
A recipe fragment describes a light hors d oeuvre style course built from chopped shallots, pepper, and a tomato dressing. It suggests arranging small plates with a sauce, pepper, tomato slices, olives, onions, and a dressing of olive oil, lemon juice or vinegar, salt and pepper. It mentions anchor tea and a dish with chopped hard boiled eggs, capers, and minced parsley.
Delicate Chicken Paste With Cream and Curry
A fragment describes mixing small pieces of chicken with a thin cream spread over bread toast. It notes soaking seeds to remove skins, spreading leftovers to prevent souring, and adding curry powder to the cream for richer flavor in a macaronite baked dish.
Tablecloth repair method described in a homemaking note
A homemaking tip explains how to create napkins from a half worn tablecloth by folding and felting a very fine seam on the wrong side of the damask so the stitch does not show, enabling neat repurposing of fabric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarmeon
Jong
Lescott
L Leecott
Leecott, Booth
Combernesa
Learond
Laccott
Haddock
Mnger
Faner
Rea of
Galilee
Barber
Original Recipe Fragments for Layer Cake Filling
A recipe fragment lists ingredients: one cupful sugar, three quarters cupful creamed with one half cupful milk and beaten egg whites from three eggs, one and a half cupfuls flour, one and a half level teaspoons baking powder. Bake in two layers. Filling uses three cage Volks, one cupful sugar, two tablespoons thick cream beaten light with vanilla. These are very good.
Sugared Popcorn Syrup from Boiled Water and Wacupsule
A historical note describes making a syrup by boiling a water solution until droplets form on a spoon. It then pours the syrup over six quarts of freshly popped corn and stirs thoroughly to coat.
Fried Turnip Portrait From a Uprooted Recipe
Peet white turnips cut into half inch cubes. Soak in cold water for half an hour. Boil in salted water until tender. Drain dry and fry in oil until golden brown on both sides.
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Call of the Cumberlands
Charles Neville Buck
W. J. Watt & Co
Kryenin
Gooth
Jesse Purvy
Coesip
Hasly
Jim Holman
Bamson
Demang
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