These two recipes come from a cookbook put out by the “Tuscanna Chapter No. 24, Order of the Eastern Star “ in 1932. As with previous masonic cookbooks I’ve cooked from, I can’t really come up with a lot of information. Order of the Eastern Star certainly has a cool-ass logo though! Open to both…
A lot has changed since the New York Times ran an article on Southern Maryland Stuffed Ham in 1982. That article described stuffed ham as a curious, acquired taste. “Occasionally one hears of a newcomer – a visitor, even – whose sensitive palate quivers with delight at the first piquant bite,” wrote the article’s author,…
I was recently at the Pratt Library, working on my Maryland recipe database when I hit the milestone of 20,000 recipes. I figured I should make a note of the twenty-thousandth record: “Ham Timbales”, contributed to “Random Ruxton Recipes” (1953) by Mrs. Colin Montgomery. Timbales, which share etymology with the drum of the same name,…