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    1. [KYTRIGG] From Minnie's Book
    2. >From Jan, [email protected] Today: Mayonnaise dressing Mix Dry: 4 T flour, 1/2 t sugar, 1/4 t ground mustard, dash cayenne pepper, 1/2 t salt Beat the yolks of three eggs and mix with above, then take 1/2 c. sweet milk and lump of butter size of walnut and let come to a boil. Pour over and stir constantly in a double boiler and let cook until thick as honey. About "Minnie's Book": My grandmother, Minnie Fitzhugh Dennis 1889-1947 of Stewart County, had a "recipe book" in which are recipes as well as notes on her "egg sales" dating from 1911 up until not long before she died. I was privileged to examine this book and to copy much from it, as my aunt pulled it out along with other family keepsakes to show to me that I might know what she had and what the importance of some of the things she had kept were that I might not otherwise have understood the significance of. Naturally my grandmother's book was an easy one to see the beauty of.... I will be sharing some things "From Minnie's Book" along with you. -jan

    01/16/2000 05:58:42