This week's historic recipe is Maple Syrup Tarts, from the “Egremont Road Heritage Days Cookbook”. It originally appeared in Aberarder Women’s Institute Cook Book, 1949. The Aberarder Women’s Institute formed in 1910 and disbanded in 2016.
Mildred Jean Watson was born on October 9, 1907. She was the daughter of Daniel and Ivy Rena (Cairns) Watson of Lot 14 Con 11 Plympton Twp. She married John McIntosh Jardine on June 11, 1936 in Forest. John was born on October 9, 1906 to William and Alice (McIntosh) Jardine. At the time of their marriage Mildred was a telephone operator and John a farmer. Note that they shared the same birthday, just one year apart!
They spent most of their adult lives farming in Plympton Twp. on the Egremont Road. In 1961, they moved to and then later retired in Palmerston, Wellington County. Mildred passed away on July 27, 1983 and John passed on March 20, 1984. They are interred at the Palmerston Cemetery, Wellington County.
Ingredients:
- 1 egg
- pinch of salt
- maple syrup
- unbaked tart shells
- nuts or chopped dates
Maple Syrup Tarts:
- Break 1 egg in cup.
- Add a pinch of salt and beat.
- Fill up cup with maple syrup.
- Put in unbaked tart shells.
- Sprinkle with nuts or chopped dates.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
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