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Good Seasons booklet

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:03:23 +0000

This fine new cook booklet fits in your shirt pocket, if you so desire. Published in 1955 by Perkins Products Company, this is a cookbook for the Good Seasons Salad Dressing Kit.

This is a fine little advertorial cook-booklet with several salad recipes, and some cool illustrations. Check out the Old-Fashioned Potato Salad recipe from this cook-booklet! More recipes and graphics to follow!

New Nestle's Tested Recipes

admin — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:14:01 +0000

Another fine new cook-booklet! I don’t see a date in it, but I’m guessing 1930′s or 40′s. Excellent little spot illustrations throughout, and lots of recipes which include Nestle’s evaporated milk.

The Meat You Buy

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:54:11 +0000

“The Meat You Buy” published by Armour and Company, date unknown (1940′s?). This booklet covers grades and cuts of meat, and discusses the price of meat, general methods of cooking, and the place of meat in the diet.

Nice illustrations, including diagrams of the different cuts of meat from various animals. Not a single recipe in here, but a great find nonetheless.

For a modern primer on meat (with recipes) I’d recommend “The River Cottage Meat Book”, combined with “Omnivore’s Dilemma”. Eat local, and sustainable!

Miss Fluffy's Rice Cookbook

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 02:05:46 +0000

Ah! Miss Fluffy’s! This booklet is from the Rice Council in Houston, Texas, but undated. I’m guessing it is from the 1960′s. Classic food photography, and the recipes (in general) seem okay.

Good Housekeeping Cook Book – 1955

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:06:15 +0000

My well worn copy of the 1955 edition of the Good Housekeeping Cook Book has many great illustrations and food photos. Oh, ah… the recipes are interesting also. “Cheese-Potato Mound”, “Orange Fluff Sauce”, Cube Steaks with Hasty-Tasty Sauce”, “Chicken Hickmano”…. Hickmano? I’ve only found one other source for that word on the internet… a photo of the recipe. And other great titles such as “Let’s Have Canned Meats”, “Let’s Have The Last of the Meat”, and “When It’s Oysters”. When It’s Oysters? What the hell does that mean?

It is actually a fairly good cookbook which is not only filled with good to odd recipes, but it has various list of menu ideas and other tips and tricks. I look forward to finding other editions of the Good Housekeeping Cook Book to see how the design, art & photos, and recipes differ from this great edition.

Lamb Chart

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:03:20 +0000

This fold-out chart is from the “Extension bulletin 223 – Preservation of Meats and Poultry Products in Frozen-Food Lockers” by the Michigan State College Extension Service, East Lansing.

It discusses freezing meats, game and fish, eggs and dairy products, and provides a chart of Retail Cuts, Wholesale Cuts, and more Retail Cuts for Lamb, Pork, and Beef.

It looks like the first printing date was 1914, but my copy is the “Second Printing of the Second Revision, June 1948.”

Tempting Dishes the Easy Way for 2 or 4 or 6

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 04:46:55 +0000

Wow, now that is a striking title. “Tempting Dishes the Easy Way for 2 or 4 or 6″ and with a little math you could probably make these “Tempting Dishes” for 8 or 10 or 12 or a small army. And judging from the greasy “Sausage Casserole” dish on the cover, I’d imagine your guests would be lining up at the bathroom after this tempting taste treat.

This cookbook was published by the PET Milk Company, with an unknown date. Mary Lee Taylor is the “author”, so I am guessing this is from the 1930′s or 40′s.

The recipes in the booklet are, um… well, horrific in my opinion. Okay, I’m being harsh… they are, uh.., “interesting” to say the least. Recipes will follow as I find the time…

Outdoor Cookery

admin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:59:06 +0000

Outdoor Cookery, April 1955, by the Colorado Agriculture and Mechanical College in For Collins. Classic cover art with basic spot illustrations. Contains recipes for cooking in the great outdoors, as well as info on how to build fires and make cooking implements. Ever wondered how to cook eggs on stones? You can find it in here!