A List of Recipes in the BryonySeries Cookbook

Melissa and her younger brother, Brian, move to Munsonville after the death of their father. 

Steve, a local maintenance man, takes to their family and becomes involved in their lives. From building new bookshelves for Melissa or doing schoolwork with Brian, he becomes a positive force in their daily routines. 

One of his favorite things is "manning" the kitchen  with Brian, whipping out the family meals. 

The first book in the BryonySeries mentions food from two time periods, 1975 and the 1890's.

Hence, a cookbook to bring those recipes to the reader. Today's cooks will find some recipes easy to replicate, others will be more difficult, and some, due to food safety concerns, only make fun reading and a glimpse into meals of past eras.

All proceeds of Memories in the Kitchen: Bites and Nibbles from "Bryony" are donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties, in honor of Steve's mentoring relationship with Brian.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties is a volunteer-supported agency proven to help at-risk children of single, low-income and incarcerated parents succeed through one-to-one mentoring relationships.

For more information about BBBS, visit www.bbbswillgrundy.org.

To order the cookbook, visit www.bryonyseries.com.

And now, a glimpse of what's inside.

1)      Introduction

2)      Acknowledgments

3)      History of the BB/BS

4)      Dedication

5)      Unfamiliar Terms

6)      Sue’s Diner

·         Boiled Fish with Gravy

·         Apple Pudding

·         Shepherd’s Pie

·         House Salad

·         Garlic Bread

·         Lemon Chicken with Caramelized Onions

·         Fish Loaf

·         Tartar Sauce

·         Fish Chowder

7)      Grandma Marchellis’ Memorial Luncheon

·         Grandma Anna’s Blintzes

·         In Advance French Toast

·         Cinnamon Coffee Cake

·         Apple-Banana Bread

·         Sweet and Sour Meatballs

·         Lasagna #1

·         Lasagna #2—No Boil Noodles

·         Pork Sausage Casserole

·         Home-Style Casserole

·         Beer Bread

·         Puerto Rican Rice

·         Marinated Peppers and Mushrooms

·         Spaghetti Salad

·         Haluski

·         Italian Herb Monkey Bread with Garlic Olive Oil

·         Aunt Elizabeth’s Carrot Cake

·         Amish Friendship Batter (With Bread Recipe)

8)      Bryony Breakfasts

·         Poached (Scrambled) Eggs

·         To Preserve Oranges and Pears

·         How to Clarify Sugar

·         Fried Potatoes

·         Scarborough Puffs

·         Ham Pieces

·         Cod Sounds (Air Bladders) and Tongues)

·         Codfish

·         Cottage Cheese Balls

·         To Prepare Rennet

·         Best Rice Griddle Cakes

9)      Simons Mansion

·         Ice Cream #1

·         Ice Cream #2

·         Strawberry Ice Cream

·         John’s Coffee

·         Fish Skin to Clarify Coffee

·         Tea with Eggs

·         Homemade Yeast

·         Hard Yeast

·         Potato Yeast

·         Prosphora

·         Molasses Candy

·         Candied Orange Peels

·         Spiced Chocolate

·         Children’s Boiled Fruit Pudding

·         Pear-Mascarpone French Toast

·         Goose Giblet Soup

·         Split Pea Soup

·         Mutton and Potato Pie

·         Rice Chicken Pie

·         Venison Shepherd’s Pie

·         Nut Cake

·         Irish Soda Bread

10)  Fetes & Feasts

·         Pot Pie of Beef

·         Bucottora

·         Turtle Steak

·         Veal Balls

·         Head Cheese

·         Spiced Vinegar for Pickling

·         To Pickle Peaches

·         To Pickle Peppers

·         Pickled Walnuts

·         Fine Pickled Cabbage

·         Pickled Beef tongue

·         Pineapple or Quince

·         Jelly Cake

·         Mr. H.H.’s Receipt for Curing Ham

·         To Cook a Ham

·         Very Nice Rusk

·         Roast Chicken with New-Made Applesauce

·         Calf’s Foot Jelly

·         Potato Biscuits

·         Royal Strawberry Acid

·         A La Mode Beef

·         Smoked Boiled Tongues

·         Yorkshire Raised Biscuits

·         Lemon Drop Cakes

·         Coconut Drops

·         Plum Preserves

·         Chicken Salad with Crackers

·         Bologna Sausage for Sandwiches

·         To Prepare Cases for Sausage Meat

·         Apple Ice

·         Sarsaparilla Mead

·         Mock Champagne

·         Roast Stuffed Opossum

·         Roast Rabbit with Sour Cream Gravy

·         Potatoes with Marjoram Gravy

·         Fish Salad

·         Raised Cake

11)  The Smythes’ Dinner Party

·         French Vegetable Soup

·         Baked Fish

·         Boiled Calves Head

·         Boiled Turkey

·         Drawn Butter

·         Roasted Pig

·         Browned Potatoes

·         Mashed Turnips

·         Sweet Potato Pudding

·         Old Hartford Election Cake

12)  Steve & Brian’s Thanksgiving Dinner

·         Steve’s Roast Turkey and Dressing

·         Roasted Root Vegetable Medley

·         Traditional Cornbread

·         Biscuits

·         Salad Dressing

·         Darlene’s Trifle

·         Darlene’s Pumpkin Roll

·         Sausage Gravy

13)  John & Melissa’s Lake Munson Picnic

·         Cold Beef Stewed with Apples

·         Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce

·         Buttermilk Bread

·         Cucumbers and Tomatoes

·         Stewed Fruit with Cream

·         Lavender Lemonade

·         Pastiera (Neapolitan Easter Cake)

14)  John & Bryony’s Christmas Eve Wedding

·         Fish Balls

·         Fruit Fritters

·         Scalloped Oysters

·         Giblet Soup with Veal

·         Chowder

·         Mushroom Catsup

·         Roast Wild Duck with Cranberries and Peas

·         Boiled Pigeons with Turkey Stuffing

·         Roast Goose Stuffed with Mashed Potato Dressing

·         Breaded Potatoes

·         Boiled Cabbage

·         Winter Squash

·         Boiled Parsnips and Carrots

·         Rice and Meat Pudding

·         Baked English Plum Pudding

·         French Rolls or Twists

·         Minced Pie

·         Bryga’s Special Eggnog

15)  Ordinary Days

·         Pizza

·         Fried Fish Cutlets

·         Stuffed Peppers

·         Pork Roast with Cabbage and Sauerkraut

·         Chicken Pot Pie

·         Barbecue Sauce

·         Steve Barnes’ Spaghetti Sauce

·         Melissa’s Garlic Bread

·         Darlene’s Hot Chocolate

·         Special Corn Dip

·         String Beans with Sour Cream Gravy

·         Bulldog Sloppy Joes

·         Black Avocado Dip

·         Meatloaf

·         Best Ever Chocolate Cake

·         Overnight Toffee-Apple French Toast

·         My “World Famous” Potato Salad

·         Ham Surprises

·         Vegetarian Chili

·         BLT Sandwiches

·         Darlene’s Cookies

16)  A “Real” Date

·         Tripe Soup

·         Ordinary Beef Soup

·         Turtle Soup

·         Rye Bread

·         Lentils with Sour Gravy

·         Pork with Kohlrabi

·         Potato Dumplings

·         Kale Fritters

·         Bohemian Biscuits with Jam

·         Cinnamon Lozenges