Recipes in Ordinary Use

RECIPES IN ORDINARY USE RCP/1988/09

Fourth printing, 2019.

A NOTE ON QUANTITIES. The figures given are for thirty. Houses cooking

for a public evening should use the certificate quantities and not these.

River House is asked to use these. (See MEM/2003/07.)

1. THE BEAN POT (North House)

Yellow-eye beans, soaked overnight. Salt pork, or not. Molasses,

mustard, one onion. Low oven, six hours.

[Kitchen card, North House, undated, in Vale's hand: 'nine'. The

house follows the card. The printed figure has not been altered.]

2. THE HOUSE LOAF (Shore House)

Plain white, four tins. Sent to any house that asks.

Footnote, added 1994: sent to Fell House on eleven occasions.

3. THE FELL LOAF (Fell House)

As above, at Fell House.

Footnote, added 1994: Fell House is content with this.

4. THE THURSDAY POT (River House)

Rice, lentils, whatever is in. Quantities for thirty.

7. THE SEPTEMBER JARS (Karst House)

Half-litre jars, vinegar, whatever the high garden gives.

Label with the month. [Archivist's note, 1997, 2004, 2011: and the

year. And the year. And the year.]

11. THE PRESSING-DAY CAKE (Orchard House)

Apple, heavy, in a roasting tin, cut thirty. Made four times on the

day and at no other time of year. Nobody has written down why.

14. THE NIGHT POT (Lantern House)

Beans, chile, cornmeal. Cooked in the cool of the morning and held.

17. THE WORKSHOP SOUP (Cedar House)

One pot, twice a week, by whoever is not in the shop.

22. THE TRAY (South House)

Eleven things are known to fit the South House oven. They are listed

overleaf. The list is added to about once a year.

DIETARY REQUIREMENTS are held on a card in each kitchen, written by the

person concerned, and are not discussed at the table.