Finnish Coffee Bread

1½ c milk 1 c sugar 1 t salt 1 stick butter 3-4 beaten eggs (3 jumbo) 1 t cardamom (12 seeded, peeled, and ground) 2 yeast — ½ c warm water 7 c flour Warm milk almost to boil. Add sugar and salt; stir well. Then add butter and eggs. Pour into a large bowl…

Mary Thayer’s Kosher Dills

6 sterilized quart jars 36 cucumbers or so, depending on size, washed 3 c water 3 c cider vinegar 6 T kosher salt Mustard seed Garlic clove Fresh dill Into each jar place: 1½ t mustard seed 1 clove garlic 1 head of dill When half full, pack with cucumbers (raw) in whatever size and…

Jenny Main’s Blueberry Muffins

We all remember Jenny for her many years in Harrisville as the Postmistress. She disdained modern calculators and insisted on doing her sums of stamp purchases the old-fashioned way which enabled the citizen of the town a chance to visit and get caught up on the local gossip. She was also an incredible Red Sox…