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The Treasure Chest


Cabbage Roll Casserole
Cabbage rolls are a pain in the ass to make. I was tickled to death to come across this Recipe. I recommend sailing over to the website...

Pansy the Pirate
Jan 16, 20224 min read
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How to Make Liberty Bread
By Susan Bronson This recipe for Liberty Bread hails from 1918, when rationing flour was seen as a way to support the troops during World...

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Jan 16, 20222 min read
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Czech Coffee Cake
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Pansy the Pirate
Jan 9, 20223 min read
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Meyer Lemon Lavender Bars
I learned that the history of lemon squares doesn’t date as far back as I thought. The ingredients themselves were developed in...

Pansy the Pirate
Nov 6, 20212 min read
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Thomas Jefferson’sCatfish Soup
Thomas Jefferson's cooking notebooks paint a picture of fine dining in Colonial America, which was a culinary mish-mash of English,...

Pansy the Pirate
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Palmer House Brownies
Hotels have given us a lot over the years. They offer us a place to rest our heads after a long day. They are a place to look forward to...

Pansy the Pirate
Oct 16, 20212 min read
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100 Year Old Donut Recipe
I’d venture to say that this fits in the really old recipes category. I never know what treasures will appear for me to abscond with....

Pansy the Pirate
Sep 11, 20212 min read
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Best Banana Bread in the World
One of these days I am going to do a podcast that reveals the history and interesting facts about a lot of my pirated recipes. I just...

Pansy the Pirate
Jan 24, 20212 min read
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Ham Balls
I really love Allison’s wit and humor. Saves me making up stories. I'll just get to do direct quotes. “Ham balls are meatballs…..made of...

Pansy the Pirate
Aug 22, 20202 min read
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Depression or War Cake
Depression cakes, sometimes known as war cakes or even wacky cakes, are home baked goods that can be made without seemingly vital...

Pansy the Pirate
Jul 25, 20201 min read
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Five Roses Peanut Butter Bread
Peanut Butter Bread Is Banana Bread’s Easier, One-Bowl Cousin. This particular recipe comes from a 1932 Canadian cookbook titled Five...

Pansy the Pirate
Jul 12, 20201 min read
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Old Fashioned Pot Roast
This old recipes is well worth stealing. Everybody loves finding old family recipes that are splattered, tattered, and torn. It means...

Pansy the Pirate
Jun 21, 20201 min read
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Pinsa Roman Flatbread (Roman Style Pizza)
This Pirate has never heard of pinsa. I nearly passed this by. It originated in the Roman countryside where peasants used water and a mix...

Pansy the Pirate
May 31, 20203 min read
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Grandma's Pea Soup
This is right up there on the wow meter!

Pansy the Pirate
May 24, 20202 min read
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Salisbury Steak Deluxe
Ranks right up there as a comfort food.

Pansy the Pirate
May 17, 20201 min read
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Garlic Knots
Can't eat just one!

Pansy the Pirate
May 9, 20203 min read
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Porcupine Meatballs
The Great Depression is a misunderstood catch phrase. It was the worst global economic downturn in the history of the industrialized...

Pansy the Pirate
May 3, 20201 min read
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New England Spider Cake
Take Cornbread to the Next Level

Pansy the Pirate
Apr 23, 20201 min read
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The really old recipes
Revisiting and remembering the old recipes.

Pansy the Pirate
Apr 16, 20201 min read
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