California Mission Sweet Tortillas (1965)

• 3 cupfuls flour
• 2 tbspns sugar
• 1/2 tspn salt
• 1 tspn baking powder
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cupful milk

Into a bowl sift the flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Beat the egg well, and blend in the milk; then add a little at a time to the dry mixture until it forms a firm dough.

Divide the dough and roll into cakes about 1/8-inch in thickness. Prick with a fork and fry in deep, hot fat until golden in color, about 7 to 10 minutes. 

Makes 3 dozen. Serve hot with syrup or sprinkle with sugar.

More "Lost" Recipes from Old California

Rhubarb Vinegar (1820)

California Pomegranate Guacamole (1960)

(Origin - "California Mission Recipes" by Bess A. Cleveland. Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1965.)

California Pomegranate Guacamole (1960)

• 2 ripe avocados
• 3 green onions
• 1 tbspn jalapeno or other hot green chile, chopped fine
• 2-3 tbspns pomegranate juice
• 1-2 tbspns lime juice
• 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds
• 1 tbspn chopped mint or cilantro
• Salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper to taste

Quarter avocados, remove pits, and peel skin from flesh.

Dice the avocado flesh and mix in remaining ingredients, except for pomegranate seeds.  Sprinkle pomegranate seeds over top. Serves 4 to 6.

More "Lost" Avocado Recipes

Fried Avocado (1936)

Creamed Beef and Avocado (1964)

(Origin - "I Hear America Singing - The Cooks and Recipes of American Regional Cuisine" by Betty Fussell, published by Penguin Books, 1986. Pomegranates were introduced to California in 1769 by Spanish settlers.)

Rhubarb Vinegar (1820)

• 15 rhubarb stalks
• 5 gallons water
• 9 lbs coarse brown sugar
• 1/2 cup yeast (or 1/2 yeast cake)

Pound and crush the rhubarb with a potato masher, add water, and let stand for 24 hours. Strain into a 10-gallon keg, add the sugar and yeast, stir well, and place the keg in a spot where the temperature will NOT fall below 65 degrees.

Stir occasionally, and in 30 days,strain the liquid from the dregs, rinse out the keg thoroughly, return the liquid to the keg, and allow to stand until the contents will be vinegar.  Should be in about 2 weeks. 

(Origin - "California Mission Recipes" by Bess A. Cleveland. Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1965.)

More "Lost" Dressings and Condiments

Tomato Chutney (1932)
Hot Dandelion Dressing with Bacon (1946)

Brown Derby Old-Fashioned French Dressing (1959)