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"Aunt" Sydney's Recipe for Date Torte Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3 eggs
3/4 c sugar
1 c chopped dates
1.2 cut up pecan meat
1 1/2 c broken bread pieces
1/2 tsp. salt
Directions:
Directions:
Beat egg whites stiff and add sugar and salt and set aside. Then beat egg yolks. Add dates, nuts and bread and lastly, beaten egg whites. Stir well.
Put mixture in top part of double boiler, well greased, and steam for 1 1/2 hours. Serve with hard or foamy sauce or whipped cream.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
"Aunt" Sydney Reed lived with my aunt Edith at 1400 Georgia Ave. When her husband Sammy passed away, he left her the magnificent sum of $75 a month to cover all of her expenses -- which it did originally. However, she outlived his magnitude. Aunt Edith was my grandmother's youngest sibling. She was a tiny baby when her father passed away and her mother went back to work as a nurse to support the 5 Dalton children -- Ethel, Clara, Oscar, Alice and Edith. She sent my grandmother, Clara, to live with her mother and her youngest sister Harriet (Aunt Hattie) who was my grandmother's aunt but was close to her in age.

 

 

 

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