Front [recipe]
Back [see written note: 341 windows in both buildings]
Which came first -- the recipe or the notation regarding the number of windows in the buildings? We will never know, but something about this piece of scrap paper feels familiar. It reminds me of something my grandmother often did, writing small notations on the nearest piece of paper.
Likely, the buildings were the talk of the town, a large-scale building for the time period. Whether intrigued by the number of windows or merely recording publicized information on the building, this person felt the need to write it down across the piece of paper. And whimsically, the words hovering over the building like clouds.
The recipe itself seems suspect though. I've not see a pie recipe like this which does not call for eggs. Raisins, sugar and sour cream? I'm not sure how this would turn out without eggs to bind it into a custard. Possibly, the window counting drew attention away from capturing the full recipe.
Ma's Raisin Pie Sour Cream
1 cup chopped raisins
1 cup sour cream
1/2 cup sugar
Pinch of cinnamon
Use 2 crusts.
Note: I assume this is to be a baked pie, using both a top and bottom crust (?).
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I was going to say that maybe the pie filling would be unbaked, but that's disproved by the 2-crust thing mostly. Yeah, it seems suspect, but it should thicken, kind of. Total LOL at the window counting comment, though :)
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I have had this pie and it is very good. One problem, the sour cream is cream that has soured. You probably won't find it.
In the days before pasteurization, you could skim off the cream and if you left it to long, it would aquire a sour taste. That is when you could make sour(ed) cream pie. I should say, that's when I could get Mom to make it. I remember temperture was critical, like making fudge. The cream had to boil but not boil over. That is what solidified it.
You can't use modern cream because it won't sour; it will just separate and be nasty. Regular sour cream is a cultured product and nothing like raw cream that has turned.