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Baked Wild Turkey with Berry Stuffing – Massachusetts State Game Bird

Baked Wild Turkey with Berry Stuffing – Mass...

Wild Turkey is the state bird (or state game bird) of Alabama, Massachusetts, and South Carolina. Cooking wild turkey is a little different than cooking a standard store-bought turkey, because they are drier and have a smaller breast. It’s important to keep the bird moist when you cook it. Ingredients for Wild Turkey 1 bird – wild turkey (prepared – gutted and feathers removed) 1/8 cup – Salt 1...
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Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Buns...

From Mother Goose: Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One ha” penny, two ha” penny, Hot cross buns! If you have no daughters, Give them to your sons One ha” penny, Two ha” penny, Hot Cross Buns! Originally these buns were supposed to be a Saxon tradition, marked with a cross in honor of the goddess Eostre, with the four quarters representing the four stages of the moon.  Early Christians...
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Corn Muffins – Massachusetts State Muffin

Corn Muffins – Massachusetts State Muffin...

Photo courtesy of Ukanda. The corn muffin is the state muffin of Massachusetts BR> Corn Muffins – Massachusetts State Muffin Cooking and Preparation Time: 30 minutes Servings: 9-18 Muffins Ingredients 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2/3 cup sugar 1/2 cup corn meal 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1-1/4 cups milk 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 1/3 cup vegetable oil 3 tablespoons butter...
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Boston Cream Pie – Massachusetts State Dessert

Boston Cream Pie – Massachusetts State Desse...

Photo courtesy of Cara Fealy Choate The Boston Cream Pie as we know it come from the Parker House Hotel in Boston.  Up to that point there was a pudding cake that was similar, although the top was usually coated with powdered sugar, not chocolate. It was made with a white cake split and filled with a pudding or custard filling. The Parker House chef,  Monsieur Sanzian, added a drizzled chocolate icing top layer...
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Chocolate Chip Cookie – Massachusetts State Cookie

Chocolate Chip Cookie – Massachusetts State ...

The Chocolate Chip Cookie was designated the official cookie of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on July 9, 1997. A third grade class from Somerset proposed the bill to honor the cookie invented in 1930 at the Toll House Restaurant in Whitman Chocolate Chip Cookie – Massachusetts State Cookie Cooking and Preparation Time: 40 minutes Yields: Approximately 5 dozen cookies Ingredients 2-1/4 cups all-purpose...
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