That Jambalaya sounds good. It will be fun to make food that was fixed for Thomas Jefferson.
Not sure about the lard in the sweet potato biscuits though.
Is that like shortening?
Yes. You can use Crisco.
Mamie Eisenhower's Swedish Spritzbaaken Cookies
"This recipe was donated by Mrs Eisenhower during her husband's term in office to a church cookbook of cookie recipes."
1 lb butter
1 cup sugar
2 whole eggs
2 egg yolks
4 1/2 cups sifted flour
vanilla
Recipe
1. Cream sugar and butter.
2. Add beaten eggs and yolks.
3. Then flour gradually, then vanilla to taste.
4. Use cookie press and form your own design.
5. Bake in a moderate oven (350 or 375) 20 minutes or until done.
6. Should be light in color.
7. These bake very quickly and need to be watched constantly.
YIELD: 100 Cookies
As I'm allergic to pork and pork products (even bread baked with lard can occasion a reaction), I've learned (the hard way < BG >) that Crisco works quite well as a sub for lard. Home ground beef fat with a little chicken and turkey skin (about 1/5 volume skin, to taste) is also a reasonable sub for pork sausage, too.