Here are two recipes.
My great-grandmother Rachel Stoner's [[Winebrenner-44|Rachel Annis (Winebrenner) Stoner (1851-1923)]] German Egg Noodles, taught to me by my grandfather, by my request, when I was about 20, before he died.
My grandfather was very ill as a young child, having the measles and whooping cough simultaneously before he was a year old, then scarlet fever and double pneumonia when he was 4. After that, he didn't grow as he should have, and was always small for his age. Because of it. He helped his mother in the kitchen, until he was large enough to work in the fields, so he learned how to cook, at a time when men didn't do that so much.
Rachel Winebrenner's recipe for German Egg Noodles
1 egg
1 Tbs water
1 tsp. salt
enough flour to make a stiff dough
Mix together the first 3 ingredients, stir in flour until it's stiffer than bread dough, but not so stiff as pie crust. Knead in enough flour for the correct consistency, but not too much, so as not to develop the gluten.
Roll out thinly on a well-floured board. Flour the upper surface well, fold in half and roll out again, making sure that there is enough flour to keep the 2 sides from sticking. Then flour again and fold the dough over and over on itself to make a packet about 4" wide. Slice the packet crosswise every 1/4" to make the noodles, then cut once lengthwise to shorten them. Toss them into broth or soup and simmer 10 to 20 minutes, depending on thinness.
And then there is my grandmother, Edith Stoner's Raw Cranberry Relish: She used to do it in a food grinder (a Cuisinart should work); my mother, not having a food grinder, used a blender, putting in water to blend it, then running it through a sieve, and we'd drink the liquid as a beverage)
1 bag cranberries
1 orange
Sugar to taste
Grind the cranberries, and put into a serving bowl. Grind the orange, using the rind, also, but picking out any seeds. Add to the cranberries. Sweeten to taste.
I generally add an apple, too, ground up. It adds some more sweetness, and it doesn't need as much sugar. If you make it in summer, with frozen cranberries, you can add some strawberries, also, and that's really good, too.
