14 Completely Insane Dishes from History

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Butterless, Eggless, Milkless Cake

The last insane historical recipe comes directly from the Oregon Trail. Pioneers in 1800’s America, making the hard slog west from Missouri, weren’t lucky enough to have refrigerators, freezers, fresh vegetables or even much in the way of canned food. Between battling disease, famine and exposure, they used their meager supplies to create a surprising array of recipes like this cake, sans butter, egg and milk. Made with brown sugar, shortening, cinnamon, cloves, salt, raisins and cold water, it sounds pretty unappealing, but apparently it worked quite well. Want to give it a try? Check out the recipe here.