What do you need to feed a Barn Raising?
List of Ingredients
this was found as a handwritten recipe in a book from Mary Emma's great-grandmothers time.
115 lemon pies
500 fat cakes(doughnuts)
15 large cakes
3 gallons applesauce
3 gallons rice pudding
3 gallons cornstarch pudding
16 chickens
3 hams
50lbs roast beef
300 light rolls
16 loaves bread
red beet pickle and pickled eggs
Cucumber pickle
6 pounds dried stewed prunes
1 large crock stewed raisins
5 gal. stone jar white potatoes and same of sweet potatoes
enough for 175 men.
grab a hammer and a napkin
Recipe
Thanks Rod