Popovers

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Popovers are a light, hollow roll made from an egg batter. They are similar to Yokshire Pudding. Thy are baked in muffin pans, sometimes called gem pans or special popover pans.

The popover was first mentioned in a letter by E.E. Stuart in 1850. The first cookbook to have a recipe was "Pratical Cooking" by M.N. Henderson in 1876.

According to Evan Jones in his book, "American Food", settlers from Maine who founded Portland, Oregon Americanized Yorkshire Pudding by cooking the batter in custard cups greased with drippings from beef. This is called Portland popover pudding.

A well known spot to eat popovers is Jordan Pond House at Acadia National Park. It has been opened since the 1800s. The Pond House traces its history back to 1847. The original farm house was built by the Jordan family. It was founded as a restaurant in the early 1870s. Later in 1895 the McIntires bought it and started the tradition of serving tea and popovers . That tradition continues today.

See History of the Jordan Pond House at:

http://www.jordanpond.com/history.html

Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. purchased the property and gave it to the National Park Service.
 
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My recipe for Popovers which I got from my Mom.

Popovers

2 cups milk
3 eggs
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt

Beat the eggs and milk together. Add the flour and salt, all at once, and continue to beat until smooth.

Have greased muffin pans preheated so the batter sizzles as you fill the pans half full. My Mom used black iron muffin pans. They are the best.

Bake 20 minutes at 450 degrees.

Serve hot with butter.
 
I remember Patricia Murphy's. My Mom loved that restaurant. We would go for special occasions like her birthday. We loved the popovers.

nitrofd where are you from? We lived in Elmhurst, Long Island, N.Y.. at the time. Had lived previously in St. Albans on Long Island.
I grew up in Scarsdale but have been in Florida since 1965 when we got married.
 
Preheating the pan is mandatory. It must sizzle.

For any of you who have fond memories of Patricia Murphy Restaurants check out:

http://dancirucci.blogspot.com/2012/03/remember-patricia-murphys-candleight.html

There is also the Patricia Murphy's Popover recipe in this post.
I couldn't get your link to load but while I was searching a found another recipe for Patricia Murphy's popovers which are butter ones by the way.the link to to a site called "Restaurant - in through history".it has recipes from about 30 famous restaurants including Brown's Hotel famous Hot Brown.
http://restaurt-ingthroughhistory.com/recipes/
 
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