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| Fourth of July Pudding. Photo: Liz Raven. |
The Redone Challenge: Today in History (June 29-July 12, 2014) Make a dish based on or inspired by a momentous occasion that took place on the day you made it. Get creative - you would be surprised by all the interesting things that happened every single day!
The Recipe:
A Fourth of July Luncheon. To be served buffet style or on the porch. By Cora Farmer Perkins.
FOURTH OF JULY PUDDING: Pick over, wash and hull one quart box of strawberries. Sprinkle with one cupful of granulated sugar, cover, and let stand two hours. Mash, squeeze through a double thickness of cheesecloth, and add one cupful of cold water, and lemon juice to taste. Turn mixture into a brick mold. Beat one pint of heavy cream until stiff and add one-half cupful of powdered sugar, one-half tablespoonful of vanilla, a few grains of salt, and two thirds of a cupful of rolled dried macaroons. Pour cream mixture over fruit mixture to overflow mold. Cover with buttered paper (buttered side up) and adjust cover, when mixture should be forced down sides of mold. Pack in rock salt and finely crushed ice, using equal parts, and let stand three hours.
Remove to chilled serving dish, garnish with selected strawberries, and cut in slices for serving.
--from _Woman’s Home Companion_, July 1916.
The Date/Year and Region: the United States, 1916.
